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SOM unveils office tower with luxury amenities for Chicago

March 19, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill has revealed an 18-storey office block planned for Chicago, including a terrace that overlooks the city’s trendy West Loop neighbourhood. SOM’s The Porch is intended for Fulton Market district in the city’s West Loop, an area immediately west of Downtown that has become known for its upcoming contemporary design and food

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The Proxi restaurant occupies former printing house in Chicago

March 13, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Mid-century-style lamps hang above burnt orange leather booths inside this restaurant in Chicago, designed by New York-based studio Meyer Davis in an old printing house.  The Proxi is located in the West Loop, a neighbourhood on the western bank of the Chicago River that was formerly a centre for manufacturing. Today, many of the areas

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The Proxi restaurant occupies former printing house in Chicago

March 13, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Mid-century-style lamps hang above burnt orange leather booths inside this restaurant in Chicago, designed by New York-based studio Meyer Davis in an old printing house.  The Proxi is located in the West Loop, a neighbourhood on the western bank of the Chicago River that was formerly a centre for manufacturing. Today, many of the areas

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Yesomi Umolu named artistic director for Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019

March 6, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Chicago-based “visionary curator” Yesomi Umolu has been announced as the artistic director for city’s third architecture biennial, taking place next year. Umolu’s role in overseeing the curatorial programme for the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 was revealed today. She currently holds a leading position at the University of Chicago acting as exhibitions curator for the Reva and

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New lobby and social hub by A+I opens in Chicago’s historic Merchandise Mart

February 3, 2018 James Brillon 0

Manhattan studio A+I has overhauled the entrance and lobby of the vast Chicago Merchandise Mart, using mirrored surfaces and metallic details to link its spaces together. Now named The Mart, the historic building is being repurposed by real-estate group Vornado and undergoing a $40 million renovation. The company commissioned Architecture + Information (A+I) to redesign

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New lobby and social hub by A+I opens in Chicago’s historic Merchandise Mart

February 3, 2018 James Brillon 0

Manhattan studio A+I has overhauled the entrance and lobby of the vast Chicago Merchandise Mart, using mirrored surfaces and metallic details to link its spaces together. Now named The Mart, the historic building is being repurposed by real-estate group Vornado and undergoing a $40 million renovation. The company commissioned Architecture + Information (A+I) to redesign

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Drone footage captures bustling Chicago Riverwalk one year after completion

January 28, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

This drone footage shows the promenade along Chicago’s riverfront, a year after its transformation by firms Sasaki and Ross Barney Architects into a public space with fishing platforms and kayaking spots. The Chicago Riverwalk project involved the regeneration of the waterfront, turning a section along the south bank in the city’s downtown area into a pedestrian

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“There is no need to destroy one significant cultural legacy in order to celebrate another”

January 17, 2018 Charles A Birnbaum 0

The Obama Presidential Center will be presented to the Chicago City Council today. But its proposed siting in the city’s Jackson Park will both remove acres of public land and blight Fredrick Law Olmsted’s historic landscape design, argues The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum. Tod Williams and Billie Tsien are gifted architects. Their

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Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago

January 10, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Barack and Michelle Obama have released a set of new renderings and a movie showing the cultural complex celebrating his presidency, which is to be built on Chicago’s South Side. Designed by US firms Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects with Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), the Obama Presidential Center is planned for a site in the

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Barkow Leibinger clads Rust Belt factory in oxidised steel

December 19, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

German architecture firm Barkow Leibinger has wrapped an angular showroom and office building on the outskirts of Chicago in weathering steel. The building is for Trumpf, a German manufacturer of high-tech machinery, laser technology and other electronic tools. Named Smart Factory, the structure combines office spaces with production facilities and a showroom in two rectangular

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