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Enter the Void

Clark Thenhaus inhabits the poché in Some Walls From Unbuilt Houses

interior of a colorful atrium in chicago
To protect and preserve

Helmut Jahn pitches proposal to save Chicago’s Thompson Center

Motown Museum expansion
Next stop, Hitsville

Detroit’s Motown Museum teases expansion in new flyover video

Exterior of wood and glass building for Ivy Tech Community College
COMMUNITY BUILDING

IwamotoScott Architecture is designing Ivy Tech Community College’s new campus building

Discover Partners Institute at The 78, Chicago, a glass cubed with an upturned entrance
The Spirit of 78

Related reveals first phase of Chicago’s massive The 78 development

Interior of Aon Tower with views towards city
AON TOP OF THINGS

Chicago’s Aon Center approved for an observation deck and 1,100-foot exterior elevator

A model of a Shin Shin-designed home with large acoustic padding under the porch awning
Free Victoria Parking

Shin Shin imagines radical redevelopment of abandoned Detroit homes

Exterior image of a limestone-clad museum and red circular sculpture in its front lawn
Eskenazi Upgrade

Indiana University reopens I.M. Pei-designed Eskenazi Museum

Exterior photo of the Momentary museum against scaffolding
At the moment

A new contemporary art space in Arkansas will open in a former Kraft cheese factory

Gods of Dust, Rainbows, and Ohio

FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art reveals 2021 details

Silhouette of Secret Sky, a barn with a sliver cut out of it
No Man's (Secret) Sky

In rural Michigan, an ordinary barn becomes a secret gift to the sky

Looking up at an intricately inlaid dome with windows
Cracking Up

Illinois State Capitol’s dome needs millions for repairs

Yellow outdoor furniture with a sign reading Lakeview Low-Line
Get Low, Low, Low

Chicago’s Lakeview Low-Line makes infrastructure pop

Pangea-chic

Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s $150 million expansion inches closer to completion

Headshot
Ganging Up

Studio Gang’s Gia Biagi appointed as Chicago’s new transportation chief

A photo of a street car surrounded by parked cars with a city skyline in the background in Kansas City
MO-ving On Up

Kansas City will be the first major U.S. city to offer free public transit

the exterior of a building
Going, Going, Gone Green

2019 Best of Design Awards winners for Green Building

Interior photo of a metal sculpture suspended in a concrete atrium
Propping it Up

Props breathes new life into Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center