[Crain’s] Decks atop garages were once essentially a given in every single-family home from Old Town to Lakeview on the market for upward of $1 million. Most buyers expect the decks, which help increase the living space on tight city lots, says Dennis Dooley, vice president and managing broker at […]
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Chicago Riverwalk Teaser from Sasaki Associates on Vimeo.
(source: Proud Green Home) Driven by strong year-over-year growth in the utility and residential markets, the United States installed 1,330 megawatts of solar photovoltaics (PV) in the first quarter of 2014. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industry Association’s (SEIA) Q1 2014 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, the U.S. […]
The largest creditor on the Chicago Spire is turning up the heat on the failed project’s developer. An affiliate of Related Cos. sued Garrett Kelleher, the Irishman who started and then aborted the condominium project, demanding that he fulfill a personal guarantee he signed to secure a loan for the […]
The cost of developing a new structure from the ground up will just about always eclipse the cost of a retrofit. This holds especially true in crowded Tokyo, where land couldn’t be at a higher premium. The plan revolves around a retrofit of the Olympic stadiums built for the 1964 […]
EXPO Chicago, The international expo of contemporary / modern art and design will be at Navy Pier Sept 19-22. Full details at EXPO Chicago
I like the movie Inception. Success rests in the ability of an architect – whether it’s making the target believe the world is real, or keeping projections running around in a maze. Near the beginning, there is a scene when Arthur and Cobb meet with Saito in his helicopter on […]
Bids are due next week for the 2.2 acre site, which includes a large circular foundation at what would have been the site of the tallest skyscraper in the US – The Spire. Sellers are hoping to recoup hopefully an excess of $93 million from the sale but that could […]
Something for your Friday! Artist Chris Pritchard highlights the beauty of Chicago in these beautiful time-lapse HD videos. Set to an amazing score, the city comes to life:
For the past few years, I have been explaining deconstruction to clients, and lately it seems to be growing in interest and curiosity. Deconstruction is the process of salvaging materials from a home. Both raw and finished materials could be salvaged and reused in a new home, or even donated […]
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is planning a fabulous evening looking inside a Ukrainian Village home on Thursday, January 26. Read the detail on CAF’s website. Spend a special evening exploring the making of Chicago Home + Garden magazine’s new book of beautiful area homes while inside a spectacular Ukrainian Village […]