Museum at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago tops out
The monolithic museum anchoring the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has topped out, with former president Barack Obama placing his signature on an uppermost beam. More
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Moody Nolan unveils design of athletic facility at Obama presidential campus
The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. More
SPF Architects creates Obama Sports Complex from pre-engineered metal structures
Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. More
Sprawl in America "is not good for our climate" says Barack Obama
Former US president Barack Obama has called on architects and policymakers to tackle urban sprawl and to "create livable density" in American cities. More
"There is no need to destroy one significant cultural legacy in order to celebrate another"
The Obama Presidential Center will be presented to the Chicago City Council today. But its proposed siting in the city's Jackson Park will both remove acres of public land and blight Fredrick Law Olmsted's historic landscape design, argues The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum. More
Obamas reveal more details and images for Presidential Center in Chicago
Barack and Michelle Obama have released a set of new renderings and a movie showing the cultural complex celebrating his presidency, which is to be built on Chicago's South Side. More
Obama calls on architecture and tech firms to support Chicago presidential library with apprenticeship schemes
Barack Obama has urged top architecture studios and tech firms like Amazon, Google and Microsoft to take on paid apprentices from Chicago's South Side at a public consultation event for the Obama Presidential Library. More
Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago
The first images and models of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects' plans for the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago have been revealed. More
Obama selects Chicago's Jackson Park for presidential library site
US president Barack Obama has chosen Jackson Park in Chicago as the site to build the library that will commemorate his term in office. More
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have won the long-running competition to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. More
Barack Obama appoints Michael Graves to advise on accessible design
News: architect and designer Michael Graves has been appointed by US president Barack Obama to a key administration post and says he will "provide national leadership on accessible design". More
Shepard Fairey wins Design of the Year
American designer Shepard Fairey's Obama Poster has been awarded the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award at the Design Museum in London. More