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Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is getting a facelift. See renderings
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (179+ words) A plan to overhaul the front entrance to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry gained approval on Thursday. The museum, located at 5700 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood, will undergo renovations on its North Portico as…...
Architecture exhibition celebrates influence of campus plan, buildings by Charles Platt
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (444+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The look of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, with its long, wide quadrangles and Georgian Revival-style buildings, owes much to the influence of architect Charles Platt. An exhibition created by architecture professor Kevin Hinders celebrates the 100th anniversary of…...
Fascinating Ohio: an architect, an author/bookstore owner and filmmaker
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (183+ words) There’s not a chance that a person who’s been to Columbus hasn’t come across a building designed by the firm Moody Nolan. The Schottenstein Center, Ohio Union, a few Columbus Metropolitan Library branches and even the new terminal at the…...
Chicago Architecture Center announces 20 new sites for Open House Chicago 2026
5+ day, 49+ min ago (139+ words) The Muddy Waters MOJO Museum is one of 20 new sites that were added to this year's Open House Chicago lineup. The annual festival is one of the largest of its kind in the world and provides free, behind-the-scenes access to…...
Historic 1920s skyscraper "lost to time"—now it’s about to change forever
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (646+ words) Sep 08, 2026 at 04:21 PM EDT A landmark Chicago skyscraper that once dominated the city's financial district is gaining a new lease of life as a residential tower, reflecting a growing movement to preserve and repurpose historic buildings rather than replace them....
Vote for Chicago’s best new building in the AIA People’s Choice Awards
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (36+ words) fox32chicago.com AIA Chicago Executive Director Jen Masengarb previews the Lerch Bates People’s Choice Awards finalists, voting process and the latest trends in Chicago architecture....
Presidential privilege: Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (119+ words) The Architectural Review Presidential privilege: Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Digital Edition: Presidential privilege: Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Register for free…...
Take a look inside the Obama Presidential Center in this video
1+ week, 4+ day ago (272+ words) Take a short tour of the recently opened Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, USA, is this video filmed by Dezeen. Designed by US studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to honour US president Barack Obama, the complex in the South…...
Photographing Chicago, one community area at a time
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (401+ words) Breaking: Columbia lays off staff amid continued cost-cutting 1256 Views After 35 years, Lollapalooza fans still ask: who is the festival for? 1175 Views In pictures: Lesbian Mud Wrestling brings together lesbian festivalgoers at Lollapalooza 487 Views Breaking: ‘We slowed the bleeding’: Columbia pushes…...
Growing up in gardens: Tradition resprouts in Chicago skyscrapers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (518+ words) In my childhood in Fatih, Istanbul, nearly every empty lot between the old houses held a "bostan," a small garden that supplied the neighborhood with fresh vegetables and fruit long before supermarkets did, and that everyone nearby took part in…...