When you see a magazine ad for Ikea or Whirlpool or any number of other appliances or furniture brands, the setting looks pretty much like an actual home. That’s...
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The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architect’s third annual Small Projects Competition generated a record high 107 submissions this year and the...
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Alderman Danny Solis (25th Ward) hosted his first Near West Side community meeting last night at the Merit School of Music and he heard firsthand how protective the...
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An Earth Day 2013 quick quiz: How long does it take a banana peel to decompose? How long for a plastic jug? (Answers at the end of this article.) Chicagoans...
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The third community meeting to discuss the fate of the Michael Reese Hospital site was held last evening at West Point Missionary Baptist Church (3566 South Cottage...
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Most visitors, and a good number of native Chicagoans, who walk into the Macy’s State Street store probably aren’t aware of the architecturally significant...
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I am in the basement of a former meat-processing plant deep in the Back of The Yards, watching a school of tilapia swim to and fro. Across the room are rows and...
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Plans for a massive 5.2 million-square-foot renovation and restoration of the empty Post Office at Canal and Van Buren, and accompanying new West Loop development are...
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Jay Tennant and his wife Chris own a 1890′s-vintage three-flat in Little Italy in need of massive renovation. They also want to be sensitive to the environment...
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It was in the name of art that I bundled up in layers last night and headed to The Bean. I was meeting up with the Chicago Digital Photo Meetup Group to photograph the...
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Watch a few episodes of “Property Brothers” on HGTV and you’ll get the impression a massive house renovation project can be completed in five or six...
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I was walking down Halsted Street between Lake and Randolph when I first saw a work of art by CLS. If you aren’t familiar with Reyes, Roa or Banksy, you might not...
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Leslie Speicher loves glass. And she’s partial to glass fusing and casting. It’s a technique that lets the artist “glue” pieces of glass together...
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An overflow crowd of more than one hundred people, most of them West Loop residents, met last night (February 26th) to learn about the latest plans for Phase II of The...
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People are always sending us e-mail messages asking for information about Chicago’s latest and greatest architecture. Today we present one of Chicago’s...
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