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
Maya Lin designs oculus water fountain for the Obama Presidential Center
American artist Maya Lin has revealed a design for a spherical water fountain that will be installed in the Obama Presidential Center, a cultural complex in Chicago celebrating Barack Obama's presidency. 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
David Adjaye, Renzo Piano and Snøhetta among seven-strong shortlist for Obama Library
The Barack Obama Foundation has revealed the names of the seven architecture firms it is inviting to pitch for the official presidential library in Chicago. More
Renzo Piano and Diller Scofidio + Renfro competing for Obama Presidential Library
At least 11 firms have been invited to apply for the Barack Obama Presidential Library design contract in Chicago. More
Adjaye in the frame for Obama library ahead of official announcement
Chicago is expected to be named as the location for the Obama presidential library next week, with David Adjaye tipped to be the project's architect. More
Hawaii unveils designs for Obama Presidential Centre bid
News: three international design teams, including architects Snøhetta and Allied Works, have developed designs for Hawaii's bid to host Barack Obama's presidential library. More