Articles Tagged with ''Chicago''

Four Possible Homes for the Obama Presidential Library Leaves Some to Celebrate, Others to Cry

September 17, 2014

Image © HOK Among the nine rejected locations was one in Bronzeville, a historically black neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, where HOK had developed a proposal (above). When the Barack Obama Foundation announced its choice of four possible homes for the Obama Presidential Library, eliminating nine other contenders, it didn’t say a word about who might design the building. But there may be reason for several well-known architects to celebrate. They include Renzo Piano, the master planner for Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus, and Thom Mayne, a consultant to the University of Illinois at Chicago. Those schools, along with

Chicago Residence

May 16, 2014

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Site Size: 6,922 square feet Project Size: 5,900 square feet Program: The clients wanted a house with an abundance of natural light, a direct connection to the outdoors, and privacy from the neighboring houses and elementary school. Location: Set on the last lot on a block of repetitive single-family homes to the north, the house is separated from a nearby elementary school to the south by a large parking lot and playground. Solution: The three-story house, clad in wood and glass on the ground floor and copper and glass above, is separated from its neighbors by a freestanding, board-formed concrete

Josephine Minutillo

February 15, 2014

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If it were only a case of “practice what you preach,” the sustainably designed Midwest offices of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) would offer an impressive enough example, with a new space that exploits daylight and incorporates reclaimed materials.

WMS Boathouse at Clark Park

Stroke of Genius: Part of a mayor's push to make the Chicago River a public asset, an energetic building turns structure and materials into a graceful expression of the activity it houses.

Clifford A. Pearson

January 16, 2014

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A rower crouches with her knees tucked below her fists, then dips her oars in the water and pulls back. The lines of the oars sketch an elegant V in the air, which is repeated over and over as the slender boat cuts through the water. Jeanne Gang thought about such movement when she started designing the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park in Chicago.

William Jones College Preparatory High School

Perkins+Will stacks a dense program into a school building that rivals its lofty downtown-Chicago neighbors.

Lee Bey

January 16, 2014

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Perkins+Will stacks a dense program into a school building that rivals its lofty downtown-Chicago neighbors.

Earl Shapiro Hall, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

Starting at The Top: Carved masses and open spaces characterize the university-affiliated school for experimental education.

Blair Kamin

January 16, 2014

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Like the institution it serves, the new early-childhood learning center of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools is anything but ordinary.

Erie Elementary Charter School

Lamar Anderson

January 16, 2014

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A four-story, 17,000-square-foot addition to the kindergarten- to eighth-grade Erie Elementary School’s existing quarters in a former Catholic school in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Record Reveals: Gordon Gill's Chicago Recommendations

January 1, 2014

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Gordon Gill is a founding partner of award-winning Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.

Wood House

December 16, 2013

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he clients sought a house that was durable, sustainable, and offered privacy in an urban environment.

Is Adjaye Obama's Pick for a Presidential Library?

Fred A. Bernstein

March 18, 2013

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Photo © Sharon Farmer/NMAAHC President Obama addressed the crowd at the February 2012 groundbreaking ceremony for the David Adjaye-designed Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. When president Barack Obama held a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron last year, the luminaries at the head table included Warren Buffett, George Clooney, and David Adjaye. Not long after, the British press began referring to Adjaye as the president’s favorite architect. At the time, there was no talk of an Obama presidential library—the election was still months away, and the president had reportedly told friends

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