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PHOTOS: Contemporary Three-Story Lakeview House Just Under $1 Million

Posted 05.12.2012

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A modern, three-story house in Lakeview designed by AIA Merit Award-winning architect John Issa has been placed on the market with a $925,000 price ta...

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Will City Tear Down Temple -- Or Will Preservationists Turn It Into A Museum?

Posted 03.08.2012

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A 99-year-old West Side house of worship slated for demolition by the city has inspired action among historians, preservationists and area residents w...

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Is The Wrecking Ball Pointed At Historic Wilmette Home?

WBEZ | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Wilmette, Architecture, Chicago Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago News

In what could be a stunning architectural loss, a beautiful Wilmette residence with ties to three prominent 20th century architects--including Frank L...

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Open House Chicago: Free Architecture Tours Offered

AP | Posted 12.07.2011

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CHICAGO -- From downtown high-rise buildings to neighborhood landmarks, a Chicago architecture group is offering free behind-the-scenes looks at dozen...

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Stanley Tigerman Retrospective at Yale

J. Michael Welton | Posted 11.01.2011

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PHOTOS: Illinois' Most Successful Building Preservations, Then And Now

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Chicago Preservation, Chicago History, Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois, Chicago Architecture, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Impact, Chicago Newspapers, Preservation Chicago, Landmark Illinois, Chicago News

To commemorate the 40th anniversaryof Landmarks Illinois, a statewide organization that advocates for the preservation of historical state landmarks, ...

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Was Frank Lloyd Wright's Visionary Architecture Sustainable?

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the seven decades of his long career, Frank Lloyd Wright created some of the most innovative buildings of the 20th century. But advances in build...

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PHOTOS: Chicago's Most Endangered Historic Buildings

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Preservation, Chicago History, Chicago Architecture, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Impact, Preservation Chicago, Chicago News

A massive fire that ravaged the city in 1871 may have destroyed some valuable pieces of Chicago history, but in the years following the notorious blaz...

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Chicago's Skyscraper Reign Coming To An End

Chicago News Cooperative | DANIEL LIBIT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Buildings, Chicago Skyscrapers, Chicago Architecture, Willis Tower, Sears Tower, Chicago News

Chicago is facing another Second City moment: It soon will not be able to boast about having the tallest building in America. After nearly four dec...

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Architecture's Terror and Wonder: A Conversation with Blair Kamin

Guy Horton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Art, New York Architecture, Chicago Architecture, Urban Planning, Chicago, Architecture, Design, Barack Obama, New York City, Arts News
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Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, thoughtfully and provocatively defines the emotional and cultural dim...

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PHOTOS: A Peek Inside An Innovative Glass Penthouse

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architecture, Chicago Architecture, Ralph Johnson, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago-Luxury-Real-Estate, Chicago, Slidepollajax, Chicago News

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a modern high-rise built entirely from glass, steel and concrete? The Contemporaine building in River N...

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PHOTOS: Condo On Sale In Mies Van Der Rohe Masterpiece

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Real Estate, Slidepollajax, 860 N. Lake Shore, Illinois, Chicago Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, Chicago, Chicago News

They're some of the most striking, and most divisive, pieces of architecture on Chicago's lakefront. They're designed by one of the most influential a...

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PHOTOS: Chicago Mag Names Best Buildings In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011

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For months, Chicago magazine has been running "Top 40" lists to celebrate their 40th anniversary and highlight the best Chicago films, music, art and ...

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Bruce Graham Dies: Willis Tower, Hancock Center Architect Dies At Age 84

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Bruce J. Graham, the pioneering architect who designed the iconic Chicago skyscraper formerly named the Sears Tower, has died. He was ...

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Chicago Tears Down a Mies

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architectural Preservation, Chicago Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, Blair Kamin, IIT Campus, IIT Test Cell, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

This week, powers that be in Chicago will demolish a little work by Mies van der Rohe. A small part of his extraordinarily important campus for the Illinois Institute of Technology will bite the dust.

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A Letter From Concerned Citizens to Mayor Daley

Jim Peters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Chicago Architecture, Bauhaus, Walter-Gropius, Mayor Daley, Michael Reese Hospital, South Side of Chicago, Chicago Development, Modernist Architecture, Chicago News
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The disappointment over the loss of the 2016 Olympics should not prevent Chicagoans from realizing a great opportunity -- the redevelopment of the former Michael Reese Hospital Campus.

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Is a "Green" McMansion Socially Acceptable?

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architecture, Chicago Architecture, Green Living, Green Architecture, Green News
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Is any green step a step in the right direction? How do we differentiate between progress and just plain treading water?

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How to Make the Art Institute's New Modern Wing Even Better

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Edward Lifson

If New York can close a part of Broadway, why can't Chicago close a part of Monroe?

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Tour the New Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Edward Lifson

With a stunning addition by architect Renzo Piano -- filled with natural light and beautifully detailed-- the Art Institute of Chicago becomes the sec...

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Going, Going, Gone? Will Chicago Tear Down Buildings by Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius?

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Reese Hospital Olympic Village, Iit, Historic Preservation, Walter Gropius, Mies Van Der Rohe, Chicago Architecture, Olympics, Mayor Daley, Chicago Preservation, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

The best way to promote sustainable, environmentally responsible architecture is to adaptively reuse buildings where possible. The Michael Reese campus is the perfect place.

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Millennium Park Burnham Centennial Pavilions Unveiled

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicagoans got their first glimpse late Tuesday of the two temporary pavilions designed by internally-celebrated architects that will setup shop in Mi...

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High-Speed Rail Station Design Competition Winners Announced

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andres Montana, Chicago Infrastructure, Chicago Architectural Club, David Lillie, Chicago Architecture, Burnham Plan, Chicago Humanities Festival, Midwest High Speed Rail, Burnham 2.0, Elba Gil, Cheyne Owens, Lindsay Grote, Chicago High Speed Rail Hub, Michael Cady, Trains, Chicago News

If the dream of turning Chicago into a high-speed rail hub ever came true, would the station be an anonymous piece of infrastructure or would it give ...

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A Preview of the Bigger, Better (Alas, More Expensive) Art Institute of Chicago

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Edward Lifson

When the Modern Wing opens it will drastically change our perceptions the area. Combined with Millennium Park, we now have a stronger than ever cultural presence in that part of downtown.

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Chicago's Worst Buildings Of The Year

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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This rogues gallery of condominium and apartment towers, all either new or completed in the last few years, reveal a trend that Chicago's boosters wil...

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Trump Tower Spire To Be Installed Saturday

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The helicopter installation of the spire atop Donald Trump's Chicago tower was moving ahead Friday, with the installation scheduled to start Saturday ...

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