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Kids Science Labs 02 / Woodhouse Tinucci Architects

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University of Illinois at Chicago Daley Library IDEA Commons / Woodhouse Tinucci Architects

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Erie Elementary Charter School / John Ronan Architects

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Chicago Residence / Dirk Denison Architects

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Wood House / Brininstool + Lynch

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Engine Company 16 FireHouse / DLR Group

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  • Architects: DLR Group
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  20000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

The Godfrey Hotel / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  53839 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  LIBART, Libart, Sika, Solarlux, Tremco, +76

Lecture: 'What Mammals Want', by Jeanne Gang

Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, will be hosting a public lecture at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on Monday, April 28, 2014. The lecture, named 'What Mammals Want', will start at 5:15pm and seating is first-come, first-served.

Flexhouse / Interface Studio Architects + Sullivan Goulette & Wilson

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William McDonough Designs Ultra "Clean" Manufacturing Facility for Method

William McDonough + Partners has been selected to design Method’s first U.S. manufacturing facility on a brownfield site in Chicago’s historic Pullman community. The company, known for producing environmentally conscious cleaning products, commissioned McDonough to design an ultra clean, LEED Platinum facility constructed from Cradle to Cradle Certified materials and powered entirely by renewable energy.

Ranquist Development Group Office / Vladimir Radutny Architects

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Developer Seeks to Revive Calatrava's “Chicago Spire”

Cloaked in financial woes, what was intended to be the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere has remained a stagnate hole in the Chicago cityscape since the height of the crisis. However, the fate of the Santiago Calatrava-designed luxury condominium may be about to change, as developer Garrett Kelleher is actively seeking court approval to reinstate the project with a $135 million investment from Atlas Apartment Holdings LLC. More on Chicago's 2,000-foot “twisting" spire latest update here on the Chicago Tribune.

UC Lab School – Earl Shapiro Hall / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates + FGM Architects

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Michael Sorkin Sites Future Obama Presidential Library in Chicago's South Side

Bidding for the future home of Barack Obama's Presidential Library is underway with three locations claiming the chief executive as their own. Obama's birthplace, Hawaii, has mounted a campaign in pursuit of their native son, followed by New York City's Columbia University, where he received his bachelor's degree in political science. Architect and urbanist Michael Sorkin believes it is the Windy City, however, his adopted hometown, that will ultimately win the presidential library bid.

WMS Boathouse at Clark Park / Studio Gang

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  • Architects: Studio Gang
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  22620 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  RHEINZINK, Bega, DuPont, Lightolier, Saint-Gobain, +33

William Jones College Preparatory / Perkins+Will

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  • Architects: Perkins&Will
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  278000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Trend Group

Natural Resources Defence Council Office / Studio Gang

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  • Architects: Studio Gang
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

New Exhibition Calls for a Bold Vision in the “Great Basin”

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), in partnership with the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF), presents Great Cities, Great Lakes, Great Basin. The new exhibition calls for a 100-year vision to guide planning and development in the binational watershed of the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, and Gulf of St. Lawrence – the Great Basin. Great Cities, Great Lakes, Great Basin is on display in CAF’s Atrium Gallery at 224 South Michigan Avenue until February 2014.