Readers' Favorite Projects of 2018
Bio Bio Regional Theater by Smiljan Radic
Concepción, Chile
The theater provides a public space for the Chilean city, which was badly damaged in a 2010 earthquake.
Photo © Iwan Baan
Bio Bio Regional Theater by Smiljan Radic
Concepción, Chile
The interior is a grid of slender concrete columns and beams, intersecting with straight and spiral stairs.
Photo © Iwan Baan
Wrightwood 659 by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Chicago
The redbrick apartment building sits next door to the same client’s concrete house.
Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Wrightwood 659 by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Chicago
The brick-clad atrium culminates in a wood-lined ceiling.
Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Wrightwood 659 by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Chicago
A story was added to the existing structure, offering views of Chicago’s skyline and of the client’s concrete house next door, also designed by Ando.
Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship by John Ronan Architects
Chicago
The building’s ETFE facade appears opaque during the day.
Photo © Steve Hall
Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship by John Ronan Architects
Chicago
The building contains two planted courtyards; a stair leads to an upper-level terrace walkway.
Photo © Steve Hall
Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship by John Ronan Architects
Chicago
The Tribune Stair is a gathering space on the ground floor.
Photo © Steve Hall
The votes have been tallied, and the readers of Architectural Record have selected their three favorite projects published in 2018:
- The Bio Bio Regional Theater in Chile by Smiljan Radic
- Wrightwood 659 in Chicago by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
- The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at IIT by John Ronan Architects
Scroll through the slideshow above and click the links to learn more about each project. Click here to view all 25 contenders.
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