Category: Architecture, design
Hate the UIC campus? Don't blame Walter
"It was one of the greener campuses anywhere. But it was radical, and to some it was wrong."
-- Oral history of Walter Netsch, p. 211 (pdf), The Art [...]
Talking green design with Anne Rashford
On Tuesday, Anne Rashford, the Museum of Science and Industry's director of temporary exhibits took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to speak [...]
More from MSI's modular home
One of the more notable features in the Museum of Science and Industry's Green + Wired exhibit is an integrated technology system with which you ca [...]
Museum of Science and Industry's modular home
During my visit to Hyde Park earlier this week, I dropped by the Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit.
After speaking [...]
That audacious lean at 600 North Fairbanks
Here are a couple more photos from 600 North Fairbanks, with special attention paid to the building's famous angle that's had YoChicago talking sin [...]
A street-level look at 600 North Fairbanks
We've heard a lot over the past year about 600 North Fairbanks' place in the Streeterville skyline; Blair Kamin called it "quietly elegant," and Yo' [...]
Marina City under construction, circa 1960
This striking photograph of Marina City's construction comes courtesy of Wikipedia user Sba2, who uploaded the photo and licensed it through Creativ [...]
MCL's ParkView gets its copper
During a stroll through Streeterville this morning, I snapped these photos of ParkView, the 47-story high-rise by MCL Companies at 505 N McClurg Ct.
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Two floor plans left at Wabash Club
Curious about the layout of those final six townhomes at Dubin Residential's Wabash Club in the South Loop? They're all two-bedroom / two-bath floor p [...]
Quote of the day: Developments on main streets have their advantages
"A lot of buyers like to be on neighborhood streets, but at the end of the day, if you can gain three or four feet in width, it definitely makes a hug [...]
Breaking down Six North May's floor plans
Since my last post about RMR Partners’ Six North May was also Yo’s first, I figured I’ll follow up with a look at one of the building’s floor plans.
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Comment of the day: Folk music cover sparks reader query
We enjoy getting email from our readers, and it's even better when they pose a question to you, the YoChicago reader. Today we received a missive from [...]
FitzGerald honored for work at Oakwood Shores
FitzGerald Associates Architects recently received a 2008 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for its work on the Oakwood Shores de [...]
Don't ignore this pillar at Legacy at Millennium Park
Sometimes construction decisions manifest themselves as intriguing design elements. Consider this photo of Legacy at Millenium Park, a 72-story high [...]
Narrated slideshow of Michigan Avenue proposal
An article in Crain's from earlier this week described a new plan by the Chicago Loop Alliance to rework a stretch of Michigan Avenue between Wacker [...]
Looking down on Parkside of Old Town
Speaking of Parkside of Old Town, the sales team put together this aerial map to help buyers understand how the site will come together over time. I [...]
Printers Corner responds to buyers' desire for corner units
Joe Zekas visited the sales center at Printers Corner, a high-rise in the South Loop where every home is a corner unit with 10-foot ceilings and rea [...]
The Granville taking shape in Edgewater
With Yo's renewed attention on downtown projects, you'd be forgiven for thinking that high-rise construction cranes can't be found anywhere else - b [...]
X/O towers to improve South Loop skyline
In the March edition of New Homes Magazine, Dana Dubriwny takes a look at the creation of Kargil Development's X/O Condominiums. X/O's two towers, it [...]
X/O nabs Gold Award for design excellence
You might have heard that the Lucien Lagrange-designed X/O Condominiums are "the sexiest in the South Loop." Apparently the National Association of [...]