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Public park spaces like the lily pool, where Chicagoans can pause to catch a breath and experience some of nature’s beauty, are well worth preserving and protecting.
Called “Inhabit,” the exhibit seeks to emphasize the relationship between the historical modernist house and its beautifully wooded 60-acre location.
It took 30 years, but four blocks of Milwaukee Avenue near the Perkins-designed Schurz High School will get brown street signs honoring the architect next month.
The city plans to seek proposals to reuse or raze the 44-year-old convention center. Our architecture critic says reuse.
Something to consider as a new academic year gets underway: Chicago Public Schools are among the city’s most architecturally distinctive buildings. And the best of these are the 40 buildings designed by architect Dwight Perkins.
The new 19-gate terminal — which promises daylit interiors, natural plantings, 20,000 square feet of lounge space, and even a children’s play area — would be a worthy addition to O’Hare.
The new exterior glass is expected to help keep the building cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. But it certainly changes the structure’s look and feel.
An architecture firm and an engineering company created the proposals on their own, not for a prospective client. Their work represents the type of thinking needed to generate some excitement around the vacant landmark.
The new Grant Park Framework Plan includes refashioning Hutchinson Field into a “neighborhood-oriented amenity” — but doesn’t mention Agora sticking around for it.
If realized, the development could be a game-changer for Chicago State, primarily a commuter university largely secreted on a wooded 161-acre campus at 95th Street and Martin Luther King Drive.