Yale Steam Laundry Condominiums / John Ronan Architects

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Architects: John Ronan Architects
Location: Washington, DC, 
Photographs: Nathan Kirkman

   

Bertrand Goldberg Architecture of Invention Exhibition / John Ronan Architects

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Architect: John Ronan Architects
Location: 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Project Team: John Ronan , Lead Designer; Marcin Szef, Tom Lee
Graphic Designer: Studio Blue
General contractor: Art Institute of Chicago
Project Area: 6600 sqf
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

The Gary Comer Youth Center / John Ronan Architects

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Architect: John Ronan Architects
Location: 7200 S. Ingleside Ave., , Illinois,
Project Team: John Ronan AIA, Lead Designer; Evan Menk, Project Architect; Brian Malady, Project Architect; Yasushi Koakutsu, Oscar Kang, Brad Kelley, Micah Land, Nageshwar Rao
Project Area: 75,000 sqf
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing, Chris Lake

Poetry Foundation / John Ronan Architects

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Architect: John Ronan Architects
Location: 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, ,
Project Team: John Ronan AIA, Lead Designer; Tom Lee, Project Architect; Evan Menk, Senior Technical Coordinator; John Trocke, Marcin Szef, Wonwoo Park
Program Manager: U.S. Equities Realty
Project Area: 26,000 sqf
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

2011 CAE Educational Facility Design Awards

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recently made us aware of this year’s CAE Educational Facility Design Awards. The purpose of the design awards program is to identify trends and emerging ideas, honor excellence in planning and design, and disseminate knowledge about best practices in educational and community facilities. Check out the list of 13 after the break, including several of the firms we have previously featured.

Top 100 Architecture Firms

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Architect Magazine‘s third-annual ranking of American architecture firms takes a look at three factors: profitability, sustainability, and design quality. This whole picture approach provides an opportunity for small and large firms to go head to head, with a result of the best architecture firms, not necessarily the biggest.

Some of these practices have been featured on ArchDaily like , Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Cannon Design, and Frank Harmon Architect.

Take a look at the complete rankings after the break.

Architecture City Guide: Chicago

We are headed to the windy city of for this weeks Architecture City Guide series.  Jam packed with architecture from Frank Lloyd Wright and , here are our 12 recommendations if you are visiting .  Head to the comment section and share your recommendations for additional buildings to include on our list!

The Architecture City Guide: Chicago list and corresponding map after the break!

Gary Comer College Prep / John Ronan Architects

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Architects: John Ronan Architects
Location: ,
Design team: John Ronan, Josh Bergman, Evan Menk, Marcin Szef, Anna Ninoyu
Project area: 45,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing Photography

Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School / John Ronan Architects

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Architects: John Ronan Architects
Location: Chicago,
Design team: John Ronan, Gregory Pinter, Evan Menk, Marcin Szef, Anna Ninoyu, Elizabeth Kraft
Project area: 94,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Nathan Kirkman Photography