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Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn’s Thompson Center in Chicago

November 9, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has released a movie showcasing architect Helmut Jahn’s James R Thompson Center in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern government building from demolition. Available to watch online this week, the Starship Chicago film was made to help save the building that German-born, Chicago-based architect Jahn completed in 1984. The building is

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Macbook-shaped roof tops Foster + Partners’ glazed Apple Store in Chicago

October 20, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Foster + Partners has designed its “most ambitious” Apple Store for Chicago, with huge glass walls and a slender roof that looks like a scaled-up version of the company’s laptop computer. The Apple Michigan Avenue store is located on the city’s river edge beside the North Michigan Avenue – also known as the Magnificent Mile – and in

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Macbook-shaped roof tops Foster + Partners’ glazed Apple Store in Chicago

October 20, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Foster + Partners has designed its “most ambitious” Apple Store for Chicago, with huge glass walls and a slender roof that looks like a scaled-up version of the company’s laptop computer. The Apple Michigan Avenue store is located on the city’s river edge beside the North Michigan Avenue – also known as the Magnificent Mile – and in

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10 significant buildings to visit during Open House Chicago 2017

October 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Open House is taking place in Chicago this weekend and we’ve selected some of the best buildings to snoop around, including a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house, a pink-hued apartment block, and studios of the city’s prominent architects. Organised by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, this year’s Open House Chicago will see 200 of the city’s most

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10 significant buildings to visit during Open House Chicago 2017

October 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Open House is taking place in Chicago this weekend and we’ve selected some of the best buildings to snoop around, including a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house, a pink-hued apartment block, and studios of the city’s prominent architects. Organised by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, this year’s Open House Chicago will see 200 of the city’s most

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Ace Hotel Chicago features colourful mid-century-style interiors by Commune

October 9, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Los Angeles studio Commune Design has used vibrant modernist furnishings to decorate the Ace Hotel in Chicago, in a nod to the city’s architectural history. The boutique hotel group has completed its latest hotel in Chicago’s West Loop, a neighbourhood known for its trendy design and food scenes. A collection of different buildings were joined together

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Ace Hotel Chicago features colourful mid-century-style interiors by Commune

October 9, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Los Angeles studio Commune Design has used vibrant modernist furnishings to decorate the Ace Hotel in Chicago, in a nod to the city’s architectural history. The boutique hotel group has completed its latest hotel in Chicago’s West Loop, a neighbourhood known for its trendy design and food scenes. A collection of different buildings were joined together

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Ace Hotel Chicago features colourful mid-century-style interiors by Commune

October 9, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Los Angeles studio Commune Design has used vibrant modernist furnishings to decorate the Ace Hotel in Chicago, in a nod to the city’s architectural history. The boutique hotel group has completed its latest hotel in Chicago’s West Loop, a neighbourhood known for its trendy design and food scenes. A collection of different buildings were joined together

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“Chicago Biennial shows us how we might find building blocks for a new architecture”

October 3, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

This year’s Chicago Biennial doesn’t provide a blueprint for the future of architecture, but it does offer clues for how to create one, says Aaron Betsky. The fear of what the future might hold looms heavily over the second edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Make New History, which opened in that city on 15

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“Architecture as intellectual inquiry needs to take more risks”

September 26, 2017 Mimi Zeiger 0

The second Chicago Architecture Biennial tackles the broad and tempestuous topic of history, but plays it too safe, says Mimi Zeiger in this Opinion column. I’m not going to define history. No matter how heavily that word weighs on the Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opened last weekend. Neither will artistic directors Sharon Johnston and Mark

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