Life After the Death of the Office: Avoiding Ubiquitous Workplace Design in a Tired Market
Thanks to cloud computing and Skype, there’s less need for a physical office, but the urge to transmit corporate culture and values persist.
Zach Mortice
Just In: Storefront for Art and Architecture Names New Executive Director
José Esparza Chong Cuy, currently an associate curator at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, will take over the iconic New York City institution beginning November 1.
Landscape May Be Architects' Best Tool for Tackling Inequality
This past July, Ross Barney Architects hosted a Think Tank discussion on inequality that included representatives from the Metropolitan Planning Council and Related Midwest, as well as moderator Susan S. Szenasy.
Will the Culture of Good Taste Devour McDonald’s?
Two new sparkling buildings in Chicago—designed by Carol Ross Barney and Gensler, respectively—demonstrate a new design direction for the ubiquitous fast-food chain.
SOM Thinks Autonomous Vehicles Could Rapidly Change How Cities Grow and Develop
Existing streets could host new high-tech transportation services, though ensuring those new transit systems bring equitable growth is a challenge.
Chicago Exhibit Spotlights Charlotte Perriand’s Alpine Ski Resort
The legendary designer and Le Corbusier collaborator broke the mold with her Modernist, male contemporaries, according to a show at Matthew Rachman Gallery.
At the Venice Biennale, Jeanne Gang Uses Memphis's Cobblestones to Reflect on Monuments and Messy Civic Histories
Gang calls the installation, which will soon open at the Biennale's U.S. Pavilion, the “antithesis of a man on a horse up on a pedestal.”
Chicago's Aurélien Residential Tower Brings Luxury Down to Earth
Aurélien, a new residential high-rise in Chicago’s upscale Gold Coast neighborhood, balances drama with practical amenities in a park-like setting.
Carol Ross Barney is Chicago’s New Daniel Burnham
Over the past decade, Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney has moved beyond the design of buildings toward stewardship and restoration of urban ecology.
Does Apple's New Chicago Store Have Something to Say About the Future of Cities?
The company's new flagship has plenty of civic ambitions, but doesn't quite live up to them.
Frank Lloyd Wright Was a Proto-Algorithmic Architect
It seems that the most contemporary aspect of Wright’s work is his unique, manually recursive design process.
Studio Gang's Latest Residential Tower Fosters Neighborliness
A new residential tower by Studio Gang fosters neighborly interaction through imaginative architectural form.
Architecture Isn’t the Villain of "High-Rise"—We Are
In the film adaptation of J.G. Ballard's book, a few people’s domestic fantasies are enough to tear apart Anthony Royal’s Brutalist monolith.
Wetland Restoration: A New Driver for Development in China?
Instead of draining a wetland to help build a city, AECOM is filling and restoring one.
Frank Lloyd Wright Through the Eyes of His European Admirers
A small exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago unpacks a Dutch magazine’s obsession with the American master.
Alejandro Aravena Awarded Pritzker Prize
With this year’s selection, 2016 will be remembered as the year the Pritzker rallied around a vision of architecture as a social, ameliorative practice.
10 Highlights from the Chicago Architecture Biennial
The "State of the Art of Architecture" generally delivers on its promise to expand our definition of architecture as a cultural art.
Design with Company Fashions an Architectural Garden Party for the Ragdale Ring Pavilion
Chicago's Design with Company fashions an architectural garden party for the third annual Ragdale Ring Pavilion.
