(edwardhblake– flickr/creative commons license) John Ronan Architects designed the Poetry Foundation in Chicago Illinois, completed in 2011. Visitors enter at the corner of the lot. They pass through an oxidized zinc screen to transition to a long urban garden. They …
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(Smart Chicago Collaborative– flickr/creative commons license) SOM designed the China town branch of the Chicago library, completed in 2015. The oval shaped building uses a glass curtain wall with intermittent fins for sunlight shading. These fins remain uniform the whole …
(orijinal– flickr/creative commons license) Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates designed the skyscraper office buiding at 333 Wacker Drive on the Chicago River. The sheer immensity of this edifice stuns the public. The curved green facade seems like a reflect of the …
(kthypryn– flickr/creative commons license) Howells & Hood designed the Tribune Tower in 1923, transforming Chicago into the modern Gothic setting that it is popularly considered today. It is 462 ft high with 36 floors. The design stretched the neo-Gothic feel …
British artist Anish Kapoor designed the Cloud Gate “Bean” in Chicago’s sculpture area of Millennium park. Frank Gehry’s Pritzker Pavilion and Plensa’s Crown Fountain are reflected alongside the world’s first skyscrapers. Stainless steel plates were polished to create …
(speccycol– flickr/creative commons license) Foster and Partners, NACO, and Arup designed Terminal 3 (or “E” section) of the Beijing Capital International Airport in the Chaoyang District of Beijing. This is the second largest airport terminal in the world, accommodating some …
(mattgriffin– flickr/creative commons license) Across the street from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago, Illinois stands the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects. Central to the building, and the entire school, is the …
(srboisvert– flickr/creative commons license) Helmut Jahn designed the State Street Village (SSV) for the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2003. Already beloved in Chicago, Helmut Jahn took some of the role of a modern Mies van der Rohe. Close to …
This architecture building for the Illinois Institute of Technology was designed by Mies van der Rohe, who taught there, in 1956. This project was innovative in exposed steel frame that opens up the walls for glazing. The roof is suspended …
(mkfeeney– flickr/creative commons license) The Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago was recently capped and is finishing up selling units before it formally opens next year. The 92-story tower was significantly shortened following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the world …