BIG's Bjarke, Spontaneous Sorkin, Cruz, Feldman, Gil, Manaugh, Pleasure Seeker's, ChiScape, Bucky, FLW, Burnham, Soleri and much more - its the June Calendar! Unknown Add Comment Get your running shoes on: a. There are already over 60 great items on the June Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events . b. Almost half ... Read More
Thursday News Edition: AFH rebuilding Moore OK, Landmarking the Ashland Bridge, awards to Hartshorne, Gang Unknown Add Comment News and links recently received. Please use the comments section to add your own rumors and gossip Rebuilding Moore: Architecture for Hu... Read More
Direct from Venice! Provocations for Chicago's Urban Future and Spontaneous Interventions, plus still more events for May! Unknown Add Comment Yeah, I know we're in the last three days of the month, but we're still adding great stuff to the May Calendar of Chicago Architectu... Read More
How Do You Get to AMA Plaza? High-tech, decline, and revival at Mies van der Rohe's IBM Building Unknown Add Comment click images for larger view The second of what now looks to be three parts. Read Part One - Apotheosis of the Skyscraper : The Rise of Mie... Read More
Memorial Day Chicago Unknown Add Comment click images for larger view See the largest flag ever to hang in a department store. Macy's proudly presents our great flag in the main... Read More
Apotheosis of the Skyscraper: The Rise of Mies van der Rohe's IBM Building Unknown 1 Comment click images for larger view Destroy them. Destroy them all. Do you think glass box skyscrapers are the devil's spawn? Do you just wan... Read More
Preview and Streetscene: Order and Improvisation Unknown Add Comment click image for larger view Still working on new piece. (tl;dr^-infinity - maybe I should just split it into two parts?) Read More
435: Way Cool, Even in Daylight Unknown Add Comment click images for larger view Remember when I wrote about Streeterville's 435 North Park, across from the AMC River East, being the ‘Coo... Read More
Chicago Nightscene: Triple Crown Unknown Add Comment click image for larger view To tide you over while I work on my latest TLDR . . . Read More
Travesty or Head Trip? Eifman Ballet's Rodin at the Auditorium just through Sunday - and the Chicago connection to Camille Claudel Unknown Add Comment photo Nikolay Krusser, courtesy Eifman ballet What Great Gatsby director Baz Luhrmann is to film, Boris Eifman is to ballet. Which is to s... Read More