Tag: Architecture
Recalling the Hancock Center’s troubled early days
The Hancock Center, an iconic presence on Chicago's skyline, had a troubled and mostly-forgotten early history.
I was reminded of that history whe [...]
Mies on Marina City: Don’t do that again
In the video, the Museum of Contemporary Art's Michael Darling talks briefly about the "organic" and "sculptural" quality of Bertrand Goldberg's a [...]
Wrecking the Purple Hotel and Macsai’s Shit List
The demolition of the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood has elicited a great deal of attention and commentary, as the building itself did throughout the [...]
An architectural gem in southeast Evanston
Designed in 1910 by the architect team of Spencer and Powers and built in 1911, this stunning "Prairie Tudor" home is situated on tree-lined Fores [...]
Meet John Holabird Jr, architect and Renaissance man
Holabird & Root, one of Chicago's storied architectural firms, began in the 1880s and during most of its history a Holabird was an active principa [...]
Tour a Highland Park landmark, the Ben Rose house and pavilion
The Ben Rose house and pavilion has been said to be the most important modernist home in Chicagoland.
It was designed by A. James Speyer, a st [...]
235 Van Buren condos are a Walker’s Paradise
We've previously taken you along on a water taxi commute from 235 Van Buren, the striking Ralph Johnson-designed condo tower at the edge of the Lo [...]
A nicely upgraded River North 2-bedroom at the Montgomery
The soaring Travertine-clad verticals of Minoru Yamasaki's Montgomery (the former headquarters of Montgomery Ward) give the building a distinctive [...]
Innovative rowhomes at Backyard Andersonville
Backyard Andersonville is unusual in a number of respects.
The development's 23 rowhomes are on a large site that belies its Clark Street addr [...]
Bruce Graham, a self-described Chicago architect
When he was a child Bruce Graham's dream was to build cities. As the Chief of Design for the Chicago office of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Graham l [...]
Does Erie on the Park have River North’s best outdoor spaces?
We noted a few days ago that the Tribune's Blair Kamin is back in town. Kamin had quite a bit to say back in October of 2002 on the topic of Lucie [...]