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Chicago Dogs For Everyone!

Chicago’s Wrigley Field designated as a National Historic Landmark

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Looking Ahead, Looking Up

Ingedia Sanchez, president of Arquitectos, talks about the organization’s past, present, and future

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Post-Tensioned Session

Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Rubenstein Forum features gargantuan bird-safe glass curtain walls with zinc frames

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It's a Go, Folks

Chicago Architecture Biennial confirms its fourth edition and announces 2021 director

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They'll Tell the Story of Today

Chicago’s Driehaus Museum enlivens its historic mansion with contemporary art

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Generational Lines In The Sand

Fallout from firing AIA Chicago Executive Vice President Zurich Esposito points to wider crisis of professional culture

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Mayday, Mayday

SOM’s Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati among America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

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Back in Action

Dirk Denison Architects renovates a Mies-designed dorm tower for the Illinois Institute of Technology

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A Matter of Urgency

Preservationists push for the landmarking of Emmett Till’s Chicago home

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There's A Cold Wind A Blowin'...

Chicago launches the Winter Design Challenge to help outdoor dining beat the freeze

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A Shock Dismissal

A Change.org petition urges the AIA Chicago to reinstate the abruptly ousted Zurich Esposito

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In Brief

Chicago issues first RFPs for the city’s INVEST South/West initiative

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Winds of Change

Chicago will form committee tasked with reviewing ‘problematic’ statues and monuments

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Pieces of Edith

The Farnsworth House gets period decor in an effort to shine light on its mysterious owner

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Open House Goes Outdoors

Open House Chicago 2020 is officially a go (with some not-so-small adjustments)

Chicago's Cook County Hospital after restoration
Nursed Back to Health

Hotels and food hall open at restored Cook County Hospital in Chicago

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Chicago Tzitzit

Wheeler Kearns Architects blends architectural heritage and religious symbolism at the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School

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Slow and Steady

Federal review of Obama Presidential Center heads toward the finish line

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