3/21/11
Last week Joe Zekas pointed out that homebuilders are marketing lower ceilings as a trend in new homes. He cautioned that today’s metaphorical lemonade...
3/15/11
What should a shrinking, post-Daley Chicago look like? Curbed is keeping its eye on a couple of concepts — one commissioned from a local...
1/24/11
Last year the Chicago Architectural Club challenged architects, artists, and other creative types to find a new use for the Spire hole in Streeterville....
10/11/10
“aztimc” on YouTube says: You’re selling yourself short by saying this is a “wannabe” Frank Lloyd Wright house. You should refer to it as...
10/4/10
Over the years I’ve been in a number of homes built or renovated by the award-winning design-build firm of Benvenuti and Stein, but had...
8/19/10
I wasn’t familiar with the Slow Home concept until this week, after I received a e-mail from a Slow Home devotee who found us...
7/14/10
The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association is putting the finishing touches on a fully renovated green model bungalow at 7622 S Cregier Ave in South...
4/16/10
“Thank God The Donald decided to put that building up just two blocks from my office,” John Robert Wiltgen said as he showed off...
4/15/10
Joe Zekas became a fan of John Robert Wiltgen‘s work the very first time he toured a Wiltgen-designed model home. So when Ted Guarnero...
2/5/10
“This is a traumatic time in this country and the future isn’t something we’re 100% sure about now either. What’s left? The answer for...
10/23/09
As part of the process of adapting three landmarked auto dealerships into modern residential lofts, Motor Row Lofts developer Paul Zucker was tasked with...
10/22/09
Surely the four-plus-one has its fans, but in my experience, they’re few and far between. Occasionally you’ll come across a four-plus-one that breaks the...
10/21/09
Over the weekend I ventured over to the Merchandise Mart to explore the 2009 Historic Chicago Bungalow and Green Home Expo, and I wasn’t...
10/7/09
Through Sunday, Oct. 11, four newly furnished lofts and condos will be open for public viewing at 565 Quincy, Belgravia Group‘s combo loft conversion...
10/2/09
Nicole, a project coordinator and mosaic designer at Ahalya Stone at Merchandise Mart, tells me that after a slow summer, residential business is up...
9/11/09
One of the purposes of a furnished model is to show buyers what will — and won’t — fit inside a home. It’s all...