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sculpture of shuttlecock on wide green lawn
Letting Art Evolve

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art launches global open call for new addition

Residents of Columbus, Indiana, at the Robert N. Stewart Bridge
Total Community Project

American Modern by Matt Shaw with photography by Iwan Baan offers a collective history of Columbus, Indiana

exterior of Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis by Snow Kreilich and b+
The Many Lives of Buildings

In its first American project, b+ champions adaptive reuse with Snow Kreilich Architects for Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis

rendering of the Obama Presidential Center
Elevated Enclosures

Facades+ returns to Chicago on October 4

exterior of Mayo Clinic building by HDR
Scrubs and Scrim

HDR wraps a new research facility in Minnesota for Mayo Clinic in aluminum scrim

cut through the center of 1000M by Jahn
Shift

Jahn/ lines a residential building in Chicago with aluminum spandrels drawing interest to a glass curtain wall facade

View of Girlroom entry
A Room of One’s Own

Samiha Meem elevates the spatial politics of girlhood through her exhibition Girlroom at the Knowlton School of Architecture

exterior of Art Institute of Chicago
The Gift of Giving

A master plan by Barozzi Veiga for the Art Institute of Chicago advances with $75 million donation

rendering of renovated Mitchell Park Domes site
A Rosier Future

Friends of the Domes and TKWA share proposal to upgrade Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes

rendering of art piece on completed Obama Presidential Center
Uprising of the Sun

Julie Mehretu’s stained glass artwork enhances Tod Williams Billie Tsien–designed Obama Presidential Center

An orange stage and set pieces at Walker Art Center
The House Inside the Gallery

Walker Art Center’s new Idea House 3 rethinks how we design for daily life

existing Milwaukee Public Museum building showcasing its limestone facade
The Current Digs

Milwaukee County seeks new uses for former Milwaukee Public Museum building

glowing orbs by Bryony Roberts installed in the Glass City Metropark in Toledo, Ohio
Tempered Tales

Nearly 200 orbs designed by Bryony Roberts glow in Toledo’s Glass City Metropark

view of grassy mound part of the Octagon Earthworks
Teeing Off

Newark, Ohio’s Octagon Earthworks will open to the public in 2025

The Century and Consumer Buildings on State Street were built in 1913 and 1915, respectively, and have been saved from demolition.
State Street Structures

GSA opts to preserve Century & Consumer Buildings in Chicago, saving them from demolition

archival black and white image of Charles E. Fleming
1937–2024

Charles Fleming, a trailblazing modern architect from St. Louis, dies at 86

Louis Sullivan bank building
The Old Home

Rogers Krajnak Architects to restore interiors and murals in a “jewel box” bank by Louis Sullivan in Ohio

Beyond Bulls and Blackhawks

RIOS and Field Operations to lead $7 billion mixed use development to transform Chicago’s West Side surrounding the United Center

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