Category: Architecture
Dazzling designs: New towers, mid-rises represent the cream of the architectural crop
By Phil Berger
The new millennium has been a good time for residential architecture in Chicago. After decades of banality, dictated either by devel [...]
X/O improves the growing South Loop skyline
By Dana Dubriwny
Driving south along Lake Shore Drive, commuters travel through a landscape of varying architectural quality.
Execs at Kargil Develo [...]
Jazzy high-rise stands tall at 1720 S Michigan
If there’s one thing prospective buyers appreciate, it’s the chance to walk around a finished home. Model units are an essential tool for buyers, and [...]
Size matters: Luxury rises with building heights on Chicago’s soaring skyline
The Sears Tower, which for more than three decades was the tallest building in the world, stands 1,450 feet and, depending on how you count them, 10 [...]
Architectural rebound: after years of dull home design, Chicago is back
In 2003, architecture critic and local blogger Lynn Becker wrote a cover story in the Chicago Reader calling on developers to “stop the blandness.”
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Lucien Lagrange evokes classical design in tony Ten East Delaware
For a high-rise to be successful, it must have three elements in harmony: location, architecture and layout.
So says Lucien Lagrange, the French-bo [...]
JFJ's Superior 110 reaching for new heights in River North
If you’re about to drop half a million dollars on a new condo, chances are you’re hoping for a room with a view.
Prospective homebuyers shopping the [...]
Building an icon
Trump brand, Skidmore design raise giant profile on prominent river perch
An awed "whoa" was Dana Sindha's gut reaction to Trump International Hot [...]
A modern edge
CMK combines cutting-edge design with affordable prices in South Loop
On a recent January afternoon, a young woman in slim gray pants and a white f [...]
Architects dish
Story by Alison SoltauÂ
Six top Chicago architects discuss residential design, hot trends, pet peeves and buildings they love
For a while there, [...]
Dancing in the street
Lagrange's cutting-edge X/O towers ready to tango in the South LoopÂ
Architect Lucien Lagrange is best known for his ultra-luxury buildings in and [...]
Panoramic vision
Thrush's 740 Fulton sits head and shoulders above West Loop neighbors One of the best places in Chicago to linger over lunch or an after-work drink [...]
Modern values
CMK's 1720 S. Michigan combines cutting-edge look, low prices in South Loop
Homebuyers often associate cutting-edge design with high prices, but CMK [...]
Chicago's best new homes
Chicagoans have always treated architecture as a spectator sport, but for decades frustrated fans have watched as the players repeatedly dropped the [...]
Timeless homes
North Shore's CBI brings its high-end historic homes to city
It has been more that 15 years since the principals behind CBI Custom Homes started thei [...]
The mod squad
Big new projects tout progressive design while low-rise looks to past
Speculative housing in Chicago hasn't offered much for architecture aficionados [...]
On the rise
Something good is happening to highrise design in Chicago
It must be tall, every inch of it tall. The force and power of altitude must be in it, the [...]
Boul Mich gem converting to condos
The environs of Millennium Park can count another adaptive reuse project among their budding ranks of residential buildings. At press time, develope [...]
550 St. Clair courts modern aesthetic
It wasn't long ago that real estate agents and developers were insisting that modern design would not sell when it came to Chicago real estate. Today, [...]
Restoring a historic gem in the Gap
Viewing the latest work in progress by craftsman developer Bill Lavicka is always a joy.
Lavicka, whose passion is restoring Chicago's historic archi [...]