If You Build It, Will They Come? Opening Day Shocker: Cubs to Move Downtown?

Click images for larger view It was the opening day surprise no one had seen coming.    After months of unresolved negotiations between the ...

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Pallasmaa, Jeff Day on Monday, Leiner, Latoza, Stoller, Natke, Maas, much more - it's the April Calendar!

It's here:  The April 2013 Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events. It starts out Monday, April 1st with Juhani Pallasmaa at IIT (this ...

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The Architecture of The Age of the Supply Chain: The Epic Saga of Sears in Chicago

click images for larger view  If I told you that Amazon.com and Wal-Mart are mere retreads, you might be skeptical.  Yet over a century ago,...

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Wang Shu at Crown Hall Tomorrow

I guess it's never to late to add another event to the March calendar. We received word today that Pritzker-Prize winning architect Wang...

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Preview: This is the story I'm working on . . . The Architecture of Sears and the Era of the Supply Chain

click image for larger view . . . hope to have it up tomorrow . . .

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Handsome Allstate, Looking for Good Hands

click images for larger view What started as a simple post on the former Allstate building on Chicago's west side has turned into a full...

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Photos from Richard H. Driehaus Award Ceremony

Some photos from Saturday's ceremony at the John B. Murphy Auditorium at which the 2013 Richard H. Driehaus Award at the University of N...

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