1/8/08
Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be rolling out tidbits from Kate Hawley’s “Long live the loft” feature forthcoming in New Homes Magazine‘s February...
12/24/07
It used to be a tavern, but now a century-old building at 1825 W. Wabansia Ave. in Bucktown has a new label: the first...
12/18/07
I still remember when I first visited Chicago as a tourist. Friends in the area advised me: Don’t go to Aurora and expect to...
12/17/07
For once, it’s nice to be the Second City. New York has surpassed Chicago as the teardown capital of the nation, according to the...
12/10/07
After starting with an initial pool of seven developers, Oak Park’s village board narrowed the playing field down to just three candidates last week,...
12/4/07
Remember the flap about the Lake Shore Athletic Club? Fifield Companies‘ proposal to tear it down and build luxury condos on the site sparked...
11/28/07
Downtown junkies, take note: a new book chronicles the changing face of the greater Loop area. Downtown Chicago in Transition, by Eric Bronsky and...
11/28/07
We’re a little obsessed lately with parking podiums – ie, why developers of high-rises so often hide parking behind walls of brick, stone or...
11/26/07
Pat FitzGerald, of FitzGerald Associates Architects, has snagged the IMPACT award from the Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago, given each year to an influential...
11/20/07
No one is allowed into this model home at Vetro, the South Loop high-rise, if they’re not wearing rectangular black-framed glasses. We’re pulling your...
11/18/07
Phil Berger, Yo’s architecture critic, recently visited Central Station for a look at some of the more southerly Museum Park high-rises. We call the...
11/16/07
Architects Jim Plunkard and Paul Alessandro take YoChicago’s Joe Zekas and Phil Berger into the vast depths of the Powerhouse Building, a landmark structure...
11/16/07
Since July, we’ve been waiting impatiently to see what 550 St Clair will look like sheathed in glass. At last, we’re in luck –...
11/13/07
Learn more about the feats of engineering involved in rehabbing the historic Powerhouse Building, at 221 N Clinton St – and get a look...
11/11/07
The Powerhouse Building, a gorgeous, historically significant remnant of Chicago’s railroad past sat vacant for over 40 years, posing structural and economic challenges that...
11/8/07
Standing on the Argyle Street el platform this morning, I caught a flash of something bright in the corner of my eye. It was...
10/31/07
Some residents of Marina City, the famous “corncob” towers designed by Bertrand Goldberg, have put together a Web site that aims to provide comprehensive...
10/26/07
This month’s issue of New Homes Magazine takes a look at Chicago’s tallest residential buildings under construction, which are soaring to unprecedented heights: The...
10/24/07
It’s a bit of a conundrum for fans of modern architecture that the designer behind some of the city’s coolest and most progressive recent...
10/19/07
In this installment of Infill, architecture critic Phil Berger says it’s a shame more developers didn’t take the approach evident at 1000 W Washington...