Tag: Architecture
Kamin pulls his punches on Post Office site, Greising throws a roundhouse
Begin with David Greising's take at the Chicago News Cooperative on a developer's plans for Chicago's long-shuttered main Post Office building:
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Stanley Tigerman’s sophisticated spaceship at Water Tower Place
Chris Hancock greeted me on the 57th floor of Water Tower Place saying "this home is like nothing you've ever seen before." Having seen many thous [...]
If Frank Lloyd Wright wasn’t dead this home might kill him
According to the listing copy, the 7,000+ square foot ranch at 390 N East River Rd in Des Plaines is a "unique design that Frank Lloyd Wright woul [...]
A Benjamin Marshall Gold Coast classic
When 1200 North Lake Shore Drive was built in 1912 it attracted residents with some of Chicago's most storied names: Field, Armour and Wrigley.
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A Lake Geneva alternative in Libertyville
Mark Stone was 17 years old when his dad bought two abandoned gravel quarries in Libertyville. At the time, he didn't share his dad's vision of th [...]
A Hinsdale home that would be at home in Colorado
The highest-priced "new" listing in Hinsdale this past week, by a multiple of two, is a Colorado-style mountain lodge that comes with an appropria [...]
Lucien Lagrange’s finest achievement
If you had to choose a single word to characterize well-known architects as a group, you'd be unlikely to choose "humility." Frank Lloyd Wright, f [...]
Chicago by boat and firepower – fabulous time-lapse videos
A hat tip to Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin for discovering filmmaker Philip Bloom's journey along Chicago's lakefront and river. The video cons [...]
A Wright home in Glencoe for $550K
The Ravine Bluffs subdivision in Glencoe is home to half a dozen homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It also hosts a Wright-designed bridge and [...]
A visit to Lake Point Tower, by air and by land
The 70-story Lake Point Tower soars in splendid, undulating isolation as the only high-rise east of Lake Shore Drive. It's likely to retain that d [...]
Go high or low on Edward Dart homes in Highland Park
If you're interested in owning a Highland Park home designed by noted modernist Edward Dart you can pay $229,000 or $2,575,000.
The low end of ho [...]
Cermak Creative Arts District inches forward
The long-discussed Cermak Creative Arts District has taken a small step forward with the selection of architectural firms to perform the first pha [...]
Win a Lego version of Mies’ Farnsworth House
All you need do to have a chance to win one of two Lego versions of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is leave a comment on the Architects' Jou [...]
Notable new listing – Shaw home in Lake Forest
The Howard Van Doren Shaw home at 81 Laurel was once considered a teardown candidate but was meticulously restored by committed owners. The Mooris [...]
Alderman Reilly “directs” redesign of 500 Lake Shore Drive
In a better world a local pol would not have the power – or the arrogance – to dictate aspects of the design of a high-rise building. In the world [...]
Notable new listings in Glenview’s Keck & Keck Solar Park
The Solar Park subdivision, a creation of architects Keck & Keck, dates to the early 1940s – a period when what we now call World War II had drama [...]
First look: the Studio Gang apartments at Hyde Park’s Del Prado
If you've watched the earlier videos on the restoration of the exterior and grand public spaces at the Del Prado in Hyde Park, you may be shocked [...]
Will the new Lakeshore East apartment tower block Aqua’s views?
If you want to stay current on news about Chicago high-rise developments, the SkyscraperCity High-rise Development News forum is a must-visit. Th [...]
Walk Wright into eight Oak Park homes next month
Even if you aren't in the market for one of the five Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes currently for sale in the suburbs, you still might be interes [...]
Tony Grunsfeld, North Shore modernist architect
News of the death last Friday of Ernest A. Grunsfeld III, better known as Tony Grunsfeld, was relayed by the Tribune's Blair Kamin.
Many of Gru [...]