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Helmut Jahn-designed 1000 M skyscraper tops out in Chicago

August 17, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

A residential skyscraper designed by the late German-American architect Helmut Jahn has topped out in Chicago’s South Loop. Sited in the city’s Historic Michigan Avenue District, the skyscraper reached its final height of 788 feet (240 metres) after construction began in 2019. It sits on the western edge of Grant Park. Designed by architecture studio Jahn, the

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John Ronan Architects creates circular brick building for Chicago Park District

August 15, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Salvaged brick and aluminium screens feature on the exterior of a round building designed by local studio John Ronan Architects to house the Chicago Park District Headquarters and a community field house. The project was built on a former brownfield site in Brighton Park, an historically underserved neighbourhood on the southwest side of Chicago. Featuring

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Gensler unveils latest renovations to Chicago’s iconic Merchandise Mart

July 18, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

US firm Gensler has completed a series of renovations to the sprawling 1930s The Merchandise Mart in Chicago that include several amenity spaces. The renovations to the Merchandise Mart – now called The Mart – are the latest in a series carried out by Gensler, including the restoration of a grand stairway and the mezzanine

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Skyscrapers “just not that valuable” says Carol Ross Barney

July 5, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

US cities must push for more mid-rise buildings and better public spaces to become more equitable, 2023 AIA Gold Medal winner Carol Ross Barney tells Dezeen in this interview. Barney, who runs Ross Barney Architects, said that investing in undervalued infrastructure, rethinking density and continuing to open up the architecture field to women and minorities

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Chicago Architecture Biennial announces participants for fifth edition

June 6, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

A selection of more than 70 architects, artists and designers including Carol Ross Barney, LOT-EK and Anupama Kundoo have been selected to participate in Chicago’s architecture festival in the fall, organised around the theme “This Is a Rehearsal”. The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is set to return in September for its fifth edition, curated by

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WGNB creates minimal monochrome SVRN store in Chicago

March 11, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A variety of monolithic furniture pieces direct the flow of movement around this fashion boutique in Chicago, designed by South Korean studio WGNB. The space for lifestyle brand SVRN is intended to highlight the products for sale as artworks and ideas, rather than simply as garments. “Spatial design of the SVRN store began with our

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Solomon Cordwell Buenz converts neo-gothic Tribune Tower into condos

January 24, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Solomon Cordwell Buenz has converted Chicago’s iconic Tribune Tower skyscraper into residential apartments. Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) transformed the 34-storey office tower, which was home of the Chicago Tribune newspaper from 1925 until 2018, into 162 condos. Designed by architects John Howell and Raymond Hood, the 463-foot (141-metre) skyscraper was the result of an international competition that

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AMO experiments with materials for Stone Island store in Chicago

November 26, 2022 Dan Howarth 0

Fashion brand Stone Island has debuted a retail concept by Dutch studio AMO, which includes surfaces made from compressed shredded paper, burnt cork and sand-coated steel. The research studio, affiliated with architecture firm OMA, created the store concept to celebrate Stone Island’s 40th anniversary. As well as an update to the look and feel of

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s David Rubenstein Forum named 2022’s best tall building

November 17, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The 10-storey David Rubenstein Forum in Chicago designed by US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been awarded the 2022 prize for Best Tall Building Worldwide by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Completed in 2020, the David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago was named the overall winner at the Council on

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OMA reveals design for domed innovation centre in South Chicago

September 26, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Dutch architecture studio OMA has unveiled its design for a glass-and-metal dome in Chicago that will serve as the headquarters for the American research organisation Discovery Partners Institute. Designed in partnership with American technology company Jacobs, the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) headquarters will be eight storeys tall and located within The 78 neighbourhood that is

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