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Architects: moss Design
- Area: 3945 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Big Ass Fans, Geberit, Hansgrohe, Sherwin-Williams, Ergon, +9
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Professionals: Rockey Structures, Fricano Custom Cabinetry, InFocus Builders
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Cortez Street House / moss Design
Sukhman Yagoda Law Offices / Vladimir Radutny Architects
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Architects: Vladimir Radutny Architects
- Area: 4000 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Fisher & Paykel, Flos, Herman Miller, Krownlab, interior define
Wrightwood 659 Exhibition Space / Tadao Ando Architect and Associates
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Architects: Tadao Ando Architect and Associates
- Year: 2018
AD Classics: World's Columbian Exposition / Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted
The United States had made an admirable showing for itself at the very first World’s Fair, the Crystal Palace Exhibition, held in the United Kingdom in 1851. British newspapers were unreserved in their praise, declaring America’s displayed inventions to be more ingenious and useful than any others at the Fair; the Liverpool Times asserted “no longer to be ridiculed, much less despised.” Unlike various European governments, which spent lavishly on their national displays in the exhibitions that followed, the US Congress was hesitant to contribute funds, forcing exhibitors to rely on individuals for support. Interest in international exhibitions fell during the nation’s bloody Civil War; things recovered quickly enough in the wake of the conflict, however, that the country could host the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Celebrating both American patriotism and technological progress, the Centennial Exhibition was a resounding success which set the stage for another great American fair: the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.[1]
AD Classics: Prentice Women's Hospital / Bertrand Goldberg
This article was originally published on September 28, 2013. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.
Hospital buildings, with their high standards of hygiene and efficiency, are a restrictive brief for architects, who all too often end up designing uninspiring corridors of patient rooms constructed from a limited palette of materials. However, this was not the case in Bertrand Goldberg's 1975 Prentice Women's Hospital. The hospital is the best example of a series of Goldberg-designed medical facilities, which all adhere to a similar form: a tower containing rooms for patient care, placed atop a rectilinear plinth containing the hospital's other functions.
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McDonald's Chicago Flagship / Ross Barney Architects
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Architects: Ross Barney Architects
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: WCW Engineers, Schuler Shook, Compass Surveying, Day and Night Solar, Dickerson Electrical Engineers, +2
McDonald’s Global HQ / Gensler + IA Interior Architects and O+A Studio
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Architects: Gensler, IA Interior Architects, O+A Studio
- Area: 774000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Banker Wire, East Coast Metal System
156 West Superior Condominiums / The Miller Hull Partnership
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Architects: The Miller Hull Partnership
- Area: 35000 m²
- Year: 2006
Sawyer Residence / Vladimir Radutny Architects
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Architects: Vladimir Radutny Architects
- Area: 4500 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Duravit, Andersen Windows & Doors, Ann Sacks, Diresco, Wood Harmony
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Professionals: Instyle Construction
COS Chicago Oak Street / COS in-house architectural team
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Architects: COS in-house architectural team
- Area: 1036 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Carl Hansen, Finn Juhl, Le Klint, Nikari, Timberwise
Wicker Park Residence / Wheeler Kearns Architects
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Architects: Wheeler Kearns Architects
- Area: 8630 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Hope's Windows, VELUX Group, Carlisle SynTec, Johnsonite, Metropolitan Terrazzo
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Professionals: Lux Populi, Enspect Engineering, V.A. Robinson LTD., Power Construction
UChicago Child Development Center Stony Island / Wheeler Kearns Architects
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Architects: Wheeler Kearns Architects
- Area: 13300 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: ELEVATE, Bark House, Belgard, LiveRoof, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope
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Professionals: Thornton Tomasetti, Threshold Acoustics, Leopardo Construction, MIG Berkeley, Primera Engineers
Richard Gray Gallery Warehouse / Wheeler Kearns Architects
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Architects: Wheeler Kearns Architects
- Area: 5000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Big Ass Fans, ACDC Lighting, American Standard, Benjamin Moore, Birchwood Lighting, +12
STLArchitects Reveal Competition Design Entry on Former Chicago Spire Site
Chicago-based STLarchitects revealed their design for the former Chicago Spire site. The competition brief called for two towers: one supporting a mixture of apartments and condominiums and the other strictly for condominium use. Their design focused on "Chicago’s architectural character and essential virtues... thus iconic, innovative, and flexible.
Louis Sullivan's Pilgrim Baptist Church Will be Renovated Into the Nation's First National Museum of Gospel Music
When architects were asked to re-imagine Chicago’s neglected buildings for an exhibition, Dirk Lohan designed a revitalization plan for Louis Sullivan's Pilgrim Baptist Church. Soon Sullivan’s landmark building will become the nation’s first National Museum of Gospel Music, complete with a cafe, retail store, event space, research and listening library, and a 350-seat auditorium.
Wintrust Arena / Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
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Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
- Area: 300000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Bennett and Brosseau, Christopher Glass, Hussey Seating Co, Mohawk Flooring, Panasonic, +1
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Professionals: AECOM, Clark Construction, KJWW Engineering Consultants, ME Engineers, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, +6
Jay Pritzker Pavilion / Gehry Partners
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Architects: Gehry Partners
- Year: 2004
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Manufacturers: SIMES
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Professionals: U.S. Equities, McDonough Associates, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, The Talaske Group