MAD reveals concept design for George Lucas' Chicago art museum
News: Beijing firm MAD has unveiled the initial design for an art museum on Chicago's lakefront, which will house the collection of American film director George Lucas. More
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Brutalist buildings: Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago by Bertrand Goldberg & Associates
Brutalism: the design for the clover-shaped tower of Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago was enabled by the pioneering application of one of the earliest three-dimensional modelling programmes. With its curving form, Goldberg made a clear break away from the grid formations favoured in Modernist architecture. More
George Lucas hires MAD and Studio Gang for Chicago art museum
News: American film director George Lucas has appointed Beijing firm MAD and Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects to design his proposed art museum on Chicago's lakefront. More
Glass viewing platform on Chicago's tallest building "cracks" under visitors' feet
News: cracked protective coating on the Willis Tower's glass viewing deck, 410 metres above ground level, leads to temporary closure. More
Studio Gang's Chicago boathouse designed to echo the rhythms of rowing
Chicago firm Studio Gang Architects has completed a boathouse on the northern bank of the Chicago River with a rhythmic roofline intended to capture the alternating motions of a rower's arm movements (+ slideshow). More
Tilting glass attraction proposed for observation deck of Chicago's John Hancock Center
News: the owners of an observation deck on the 94th storey of Chicago's John Hancock Center are considering adding a glass box into which visitors would be strapped and tilted forward to experience a bird's eye view of the city below. More
Chicago - Five Great Buildings by Al Boardman
Motion graphics designer Al Boardman celebrates five Chicago skyscrapers in this short animation. More
OMA, Zaha Hadid, BIG, Grimshaw and HOK on shortlist for Chicago's Navy Pier
Dezeen Wire: 11 design teams including OMA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Zaha Hadid, Grimshaw Architects and HOK have been shortlisted in a competition to redesign the public spaces at Chicago's Navy Pier development. More
Victor meditation hut by Jeffery Poss
The v-shaped roof of this Illinois tea house by architect Jeffery Poss funnels rainwater to a spout over the adjacent pond. More
860-880 Lake Shore Drive refurbishment by Krueck & Sexton
Chicago office Krueck & Sexton have completed the restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. More
Nunnmps by Cheungvogl
Hong Kong architects Cheungvogl have designed a research studio on stilts for Chicago, Illinois More
Burnham Pavilion by Zaha Hadid Architects
Here are photos of Zaha Hadid Architects' Burnham Pavilion, which opened recently in Millennium Park in Chicago. More
Santiago Calatrava in Chicago
Santiago Calatrava has unveiled new designs for the Chicago Spire - a 150-storey condiminum tower proposed for Lake Shore Drive (via Archidose). More