And while not all of these diagonal streets reach the Loop, it’s unusual for them not to point in that direction (Ogden being the most obvious example that originally terminated at the old Chicago ...

Columbian Model & Exhibit Works made architectural models for the Lakeshore East high-rise development, the Jeanne ...

In Carl Sandburg’s famous 1914 poem “Chicago,” he praised the Windy City for its hardworking “Big Shoulders.” He might also have lauded the city’s sturdy and architecturally attractive buildings that ...

Now, from the farm to the Second City. Chicago loves and is loved for its architecture, but one of the city's most unusual buildings could soon be torn down. We're talking about Prentice Hospital on ...

What would summer in Chicago be without its incomparable Lakefront Trail, that ribbon of pavement that runs 18 miles from end to end between the spectacular beauty of Lake Michigan and the city’s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 is teaming up with the Chicago Architecture Center as part of a new series called Chicago Uncovered to showcase locations, new and old, that distinguish Chicago among other ...

Amrize joins North America’s largest architecture biennial Platform to exchange with architecture and design firms on materials science and innovation to advance how we build and live With operational ...

New book: Chicago’s Greatest Buildings: Skyscrapers, Landmarks, and Hidden Gems in the City of Architecture A historian by training and docent at the Chicago Architecture Center, Ellen Shubart has a ...

Loop skyscraper that replaced Louis Sullivan masterpiece heads toward landmark protection In an ironic twist, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks next month will weigh granting preliminary landmark ...

Tour some of the architectural gems of the Marshall Field and Company Building. Chicago Architecture Center docent Maureen Waller gives a tour of some of the architectural gems of the Marshall Field ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matt Shaw is a NY–based writer covering architecture, art and design. Oct 14, 2025, 11:37am EDT Oct 14, 2025, 12:50pm EDT The ...