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John Ronan wraps IIT’s Kaplan Institute in ETFE and glass

December 4, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio John Ronan Architects has completed an academic building at the Illinois Institute of Technology that is meant to have a “light, cloud-like appearance”. The building, officially known as the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship, is situated in the heart of the IIT campus, which was master-planned by Mies van

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Tadao Ando designs Wrightwood 659 exhibition space in Chicago

November 5, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Japanese architect Tadao Ando has turned an old brick building in Chicago into an architecture-focused exhibition centre. Located within a four-storey building, completed in 1929 in the city’s Lincoln Park neighbourhood, Wrightwood 659 is dedicated to exhibitions of architecture and socially engaged art. The former apartment building provides a shell for the 35,565-square-foot (3,304-square-metre) centre,

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SOM architect’s “sister skyscrapers” for doomed Chicago Spire site halted

October 31, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The controversy surrounding the site of Santiago Calatrava’s ill-fated Chicago Spire continues, as the city stalls the pair of skyscrapers that SOM’s David Childs has proposed for the vacant waterfront plot. Child’s 400 Lake Shore Drive, designed for developer Related Midwest, was rejected by Chicago’s vice mayor Brendan Reilly on Monday 22 October 2018 – 10 years after

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Collective Office founder converts Chicago factory into his apartment and studio

September 2, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Chicago architect Jeff Klymson has designed a home for himself inside an old industrial building in the city, while reserving the ground floor for the studio of his firm Collective Office. The office-cum-residence is located in Chicago’s South Loop neighbourhood, inside a former factory built in 1889. The project involved the adaptive re-use of the

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Chicago McDonald’s by Ross Barney Architects draws comparisons to Apple stores

August 14, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Fast-food chain McDonald’s has replaced its iconic restaurant in Chicago with a building by Ross Barney Architects that is “unlike any in the company’s portfolio”. The new outpost opened on 9 August 2018 in the city’s River North district, on the site of the Rock N Roll McDonald’s that served as a flagship for the

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Chicago McDonald’s by Ross Barney Architects draws comparisons to Apple stores

August 14, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Fast-food chain McDonald’s has replaced its iconic restaurant in Chicago with a building by Ross Barney Architects that is “unlike any in the company’s portfolio”. The new outpost opened on 9 August 2018 in the city’s River North district, on the site of the Rock N Roll McDonald’s that served as a flagship for the

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COS looks to Mies and Mondrian for first Chicago store

July 25, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

The works of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and artist Piet Mondrian influenced the geometric and pared-back design of this shop for fashion brand COS. The first COS store in Chicago occupies a new four-storey building on East Oak Street, designed by the company’s in-house team of architects. Sandwiched between two existing structures, the

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Elon Musk’s Chicago tunnel will link downtown and airport in 12 minutes

June 15, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Elon Musk’s infrastructure firm The Boring Company has revealed plans to bring its super-fast tunnel system to Chicago, where “autonomous electric skates” travelling up to 150 miles per hour will link the city’s Downtown area with O’Hare Airport. The Boring Company’s scheme was selected by the Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) as the winning proposal bidding for the

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Parts and Labor infuses Chicago restaurant with coastal California ambiance

May 21, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Parts and Labor Design has used lush foliage, creamy white walls and varied tones of wood to create a West Coast feel inside the new Pacific Standard Time eatery and bar in Chicago. One of the most anticipated restaurants to open in the Windy City this year, Pacific Standard Time is situated in the base

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Pair of skyscrapers proposed for site of Calatrava’s doomed Chicago Spire

May 17, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Two “sister skyscrapers” designed by architect David Childs have been unveiled for Chicago’s waterfront, nearly 10 years after work on Santiago Calatrava’s ill-fated Chicago Spire halted on the same plot. The 400 Lake Shore Drive development is located where the Chicago River flows into Lake Michigan, on the site the Spanish architect’s 150-storey Spire began

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