Wright fans take note: Newsweek.com has a feature story and three short videos on the restoration of Glasner House, his 1906 masterpiece built on...
Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood is one of the hippest on the North Side, a magnet of shopping and dining in the sometimes bleak commercial landscape...
Registration starts at noon today for Great Chicago Places and Spaces 2007 – which looks like a must for Chicago architecture lovers. The event...
Beverly / Morgan Park week at YoChicago is over, but we continue to admire the people, places and architecture in these neighborhoods. Join Eileen...
On a bike trip through Lake View this morning, I rode past The Vic Theatre, 3145 N Sheffield, which literally faces off against its...
Although Beverly – Morgan Park week is officially over at the Yo, we’re still working our way through the videos we shot of an...
Granite counters and hardwood floors (not to mention marble baths and stainless steel appliances) have become so ubiquitous at Chicago condo developments that it...
Things just don’t seem to be built with the same level of skill and craftsmanship today as when this stately “Victorian manor” in Beverly...
Beverly boasts architectural gems by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and Daniel Burnham. This Wright house (photograph by Dan Williamson, provided by the...
Sure, it might seem fitting that the British School of Chicago is located on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater – after all, “Bryn Mawr”...
You’re looking at a 3-D view of Harbor Point on Google Earth. If you have Google Earth 4 (and if you don’t you should)...
We would be remiss if we ended Prairie District day without at least mentioning two official landmark houses, each now a museum, in this...
Walking through parts of the Prairie Avenue Historic District, one can almost hear echoes of the Fort Dearborn Massacre of 1812, when Indians slaughtered...
Watch part of Santiago Calatrava’s presentation yesterday to the Chicago Plan Commission. Ah, the music of the spire! Watch Santiago draw, and mumble, at...
Once home to Chicago’s rich and famous, the historic neighborhood pocket known as the Prairie Avenue District has returned to prominence during the last...
Many developers shy away from working with a name architect. In this video, the developers of X/O Condominiums, Jerry Karlik and Keith Giles, talk...
In the first part of our interview, X/O‘s developers, Jerry Karlik and Keith Giles, talk about why they opted for architect Lucien Lagrange‘s innovative...
“If Kelleher can come up with a billion or more to finance the Spire, he should have no trouble sorting through his pocket change...
United House of Prayer for All People, 4359 S State St
The Lake Forest City Council last night approved a plan to raze the wing of the former Barat College that houses Sacred Heart Chapel...
