Along Chicago's New Skyscraper Row: One Rises, One Descends, and One Just Spreads it Around

click images for larger view Saturday seemed a good day to check out the progress and three large construction projects that have made the b...

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Plaza Sweet? Miesian Illinois Center grows Curves

click images for larger view When last we wrote about Illinois Center , we talked about the the potential of its plaza, one level up, south ...

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Chicago Evanston Under Construction - Northwestern's Bienen School of Music

click images for larger view Northwestern University's new Bienen School of Music building had a rough time getting started.   In Febru...

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Mies Goes Soft: At the IBM Building, The Langham Chicago Pushes Against the Envelope

click images for larger view Can Mies be bent without breaking?  “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space,” he said, and ...

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