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We Found Rhyming Salvation At The Poetry Foundation
The library of the Poetry Foundation, featured during the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago. Note: The Poetry Foundation was one of 200 fascinating architectural specimens open for...
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805 N. Lasalle Offers Amenities Inside And A Great Rooftop View
Throw a stick at new construction in River North and the Gold Coast and you’re likely to hit a residential tower designed by Palo Alto, CA-based architect Adam Berkelhamer. One of the latest...
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Fertility Goddesses And A Hasheesh Dream Greet Guests At The Oriental Theatre
Chicago’s Oriental Theatre has played host to a who’s who of entertainers throughout its long history. Some of the talent who have graced its stage include: George Burns, Cab Calloway, Eddie Cantor,...
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Open House Chicago Popularity Soars With Huge Increase During 2015 Event
A 2015 OHC visitor on Michigan Avenue planning the next location. The 2015 edition of Chicago’s annual architecture festival was more popular than ever. Open House Chicago, the October 17-18 event...
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Neo-Gothic Tribune Tower Anchors The South End Of Mag Mile
The New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood pocketed a nice prize—$50,000—in 1922 for their design of the Chicago Tribune’s iconic building at 435 N. Michigan Avenue. Today, the Tribune...
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Colorful Pilsen Neighborhood Loses Landmark Nuevo Leon To Fire
The colorful, mural-filled stretch of West 18th Street in Pilsen just lost a landmark–Nuevo Leon Restaurant at 1515 West 18th was destroyed by fire just after midnight on December 1. An extra-alarm...
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A Vintage Model A Now Sits In The Mezzanine Of The Hampton Inn Michigan Avenue
When we last visited the former Chicago Motor Club (now a Hampton Inn) in April, a vintage Model A Ford was being hoisted up to the mezzanine level, a tribute to the building’s past life. If you enter...
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Chicago Loop Synagogue Offers Harried Workers A Haven For Quiet Reflection
Tucked in a compact space at 16 South Clark Street, you’ll find a modern, yet ornate, structure with an angular roof and a wild-looking sculpture bearing the biblical phrase from Numbers: THE LORD...
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Charnley-Persky House Is The Result Of A Collaboration Between Two Legendary...
Among the classic stately mansions you’ll find along the Gold Coast, one house stands out. The Charnley-Persky House at 1365 North Astor Street is noteworthy for both its symmetrical design and for...
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Once A Storefront, The Ukrainian Institute Of Modern Art Now Gives Artists An...
One of the best things about the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s annual Open House Chicago event is its variety. This week Chicago Architecture features two sites from the 2015 OHC that illustrate...
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Neo-Egyptian Reliefs Abound At Inter-Continental Chicago Hotel
Earlier this week, Chicago Architecture visited the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, one of the 200 locations featured during the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s 2015 Open House Chicago. Today, we...
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Final Stats Show Open House Chicago Scored Big With Visitors And Economic Impact
Earlier this month, Chicago Architecture reported on the huge success of this year’s edition of Open House Chicago. The Chicago Architecture Foundation just released additional details on attendance,...
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John Ronan Among Finalists Selected For Obama Library Design
The Chicago Poetry Foundation, designed by John Ronan Architects. The Barack Obama Foundation today issued a formal request for proposal (RFP) to seven architectural firms. From those finalists, one...
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Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist Offers A Friendly Welcome To Visitors
Architects who design buildings for a city center must often contend with a lack of one thing that’s far more available in the suburbs. That precious commodity is space. And it becomes even more of a...
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Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Stands Tall In Ukrainian Village
From nearly any vantage point in the Near West Side, you can spot one of the baker’s dozen of ornate spires atop Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. The church is located just off of Chicago...
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Chicago Architecture Biennial Closes Shop In One More Week
You say you’ve got the post-Christmas blues? There’s no more glühwein now that Christkindlmarket is over and a shot of Jeppson’s Malört just won’t cut it even if they both have an umlaut? Perhaps a...
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Mies Stairway Is Focal Point Of The Arts Club Of Chicago
Climb the stairs from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor of the Arts Club of Chicago, and you’ll be walking on architectural history. It’s not any old flight of stairs–this one was rescued from the...
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Aon Center And Prudential Plaza Offer Great Views Of The Loop And Downtown
Prudential Plaza (left) and Aon Center. We end 2015 featuring a pair of venerable downtown buildings that offered visitors million dollar views during this year’s Open House Chicago, hosted by the...
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A Look At Architecture And Design Trends In Commercial Real Estate For 2016
1000 S. Clark (Rendering courtesy Taylor Johnson Public Relations). What trends in architecture and design for commercial real estate will we see in 2016? Based on the opinion of experts in the field,...
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Biennial Draws A Half Million Visitors, Will Return In 2017
The Chicago Architecture Biennial is gone but not forgotten. Last Sunday, the event closed after three months. It attracted 530,551 visitors, according to Biennial planners. Those architecture fans...
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