8/20/14
Applications are now open for the 21st Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards (CNDA). The CNDAs recognize innovation and best practices in neighborhood development. Established...
8/8/14
If you’re at Gioco, Zapatista, Asian Outpost, Flo & Santos or The Scout, head a few feet south from that quintet of outstanding restaurants...
7/16/14
A focus on design is nothing new for the CMK Companies. CMK has a history of creating architecturally distinctive high-rises that are, according to...
6/11/14
If you’ve been paying attention to the market for new condos in the city you’ve doubtless noted that quality infill projects from established developers...
5/21/14
Flexhouse2 is edging closer to occupancy for its Phase I rowhomes at 2650 N Ridgeway in Logan Square, and Phase II units are making...
5/19/14
This 2-bedroom, 2 ½ bath Gold Coast home at 1000 Lake Shore Plaza was completely redesigned by David Yustin. The home has a spectacular...
4/8/14
Ranquist Development and Sedgwick Investments have teamed with award-winning ISA Architects to develop Flexhouse2. Flexhouse2 rowhomes are modest, efficient, urban, and cool — appealing...
4/8/14
Have you ever wanted to see one of your designs on a t-shirt? Here’s your chance! Summer is coming and we need a cool...
11/26/13
It was late January when I toured The Emery House in Elmhurst with Tom Makinney of Coldwell Banker’s Gracik Makinney Group, one of our...
9/20/13
In the video, the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Michael Darling talks briefly about the “organic” and “sculptural” quality of Bertrand Goldberg’s architecture and some...
8/26/13
Holabird & Root, one of Chicago’s storied architectural firms, began in the 1880s and during most of its history a Holabird was an active...
8/7/13
We’ve previously taken you along on a water taxi commute from 235 Van Buren, the striking Ralph Johnson-designed condo tower at the edge of...
7/18/13
When he was a child Bruce Graham‘s dream was to build cities. As the Chief of Design for the Chicago office of Skidmore Owings...
7/12/13
Blair Kamin, the Tribune’s award-winning architecture critic, has spent the past year at Harvard as a Nieman Fellow. He’s apparently back in Chicago and...
7/1/13
John Burcher, the Director of Interior Design at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, has overseen envelope-expanding projects around the world. Join Burcher for...
6/29/13
This is the first edition of our weekly recap of Chicago real estate news. Check back each Saturday for a look back at the...
6/24/13
Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Unity Temple in Oak Park represented a startling new departure when it opened in 1908. It has since been listed on...
6/19/13
If you have a few minutes to spare, they’ll be well spent in listening to architecture critic and photographer Lee Bey’s thoughts on mid-century...
6/17/13
One of the sets for Neil Burger‘s adaptation of Divergent, a sci-fi flick starring Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet, is appropriately sandwiched between two...
5/29/13
Yesterday’s email included the following news release form Hartshorne Plunkard regarding AIA Illinois’ 2013 Honor Awards. We’ve paid visits to both of the projects,...