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Forensic Architecture investigates Harith Augustus shooting in six videos

September 19, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

The Killing of Harith Augustus by Forensic Architecture and Invisible Institute at Chicago Architecture Biennial

Forensic Architecture and Invisible Institute have created six videos that investigate the police’s killing of African-American barber Harith Augustus for this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial. Turner Prize-shortlisted research group Forensic Architecture teamed up with Chicago’s Invisible Institute to investigate the death of Augustus – a 37-year-old African-American barber who was shot dead by the Chicago Police

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Studio Gang clads Chicago high-rise in energy-saving concrete panels

September 9, 2019 Dezeen staff 0

Rieder Group concrete cladding on Solstice on the Park by Studio Gang

Dezeen promotion: materials developer Rieder has clad the facades of Solstice on the Park, a residential tower in Chicago designed by Studio Gang, in modular concrete panels. The tower, clad by Rieder, is named Solstice on the Park due to the distinctive angular forms cut from its south, park-facing facade. The form of the building has

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Thayer Brick House is hidden behind a brick screen

July 23, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Lipton Thayer Brick House in Chicago, Illinois by Brooks Scarpa

American firms Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell have created a suburban Chicago home with an inner courtyard screened from the road by “vertical twisting columns” of brick. The Thayer Brick House sits on a leafy street in Evanston, a college town just north of Chicago. Designed for an investment banker, the dwelling occupies a

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SOM designs concourse terminals for Studio ORD’s Chicago O’Hare airport

July 11, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

SOM O'Hare Global Terminal satellite concourses

American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been selected to design a pair of concourse terminals as part of the major Chicago O’Hare Airport expansion. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) will design two new satellite concourses, measuring 1.2 million square feet (111,483 square metres), to form part of the new O’Hare project, the City of

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Visitor centre revealed for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Home and Studio

June 20, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor and Education Center by John Ronan

Chicago architect John Ronan has designed a Prairie-style visitor centre to adjoin Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois. The architect designed the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor and Education Center to accompany the property that Wright designed and built for himself in 1889. Called the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, the

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Vladimir Radutny overhauls industrial Michigan Loft apartment in Chicago

June 20, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

This apartment in Chicago, which features wood and steel volumes slotted within an exposed concrete structure, was designed by local firm Vladimir Radutny Architects to create a spacious home for a couple. Michigan Loft is a renovated apartment on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, comprising expansive ceilings and a spacious living area its main level. Steps lead

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Virgil Abloh’s first solo exhibition opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

June 13, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Figures of Speech by Virgil Abloh and AMO

A major retrospective of the work of designer Virgil Abloh has opened in Chicago, bringing together everything from architectural constructions to Nike sneaker designs and slogan rugs for IKEA. On show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Figures of Speech is curated by Michael Darling, and designed by Abloh and Samir Bantal, director of OMA’s

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The Hoxton hotel opens in former meatpacking building in Chicago

June 9, 2019 Paul Jebara 0

London hotelier Ennismore has designed an outpost of The Hoxton within an old meatpacking facility in Chicago, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool. The Hoxton Chicago marks the third US outpost of The Hoxton, following others in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York. Ennismore’s in-house design studio transformed a former meatpacking facility in

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Virgil Abloh opens NikeLab pop-up in Chicago

May 31, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

Nike and designer Virgil Abloh have opened a temporary NikeLab space in Chicago where architects and designers can host workshops with the local community. The Re-Creation Center pop-up opens today at 673 North Michigan Ave. It offers the local youth mentoring and workshops, as well as access to exclusive Nike products. Abloh, the founder of fashion

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The Wing’s women-focused co-working club in Chicago takes cues from Frank Lloyd Wright

April 9, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

The Wing, a co-working club dedicated to women, has opened a hub in Chicago featuring details that draw on 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie-style. Located in the Fulton Market District area of Chicago, The Wing’s new outpost marks the company’s first in the Midwest, and comes hot on the heels of its rapid expansion

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