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Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg (1913–1997) is primarily associated with large-scale urban projects such as Marina City and River City here in Chicago, but his first two decades of practice produced a remarkable range of experimental designs for modern living and community planning.

The Caribbean island of Haiti, the setting of the devastating December 2009 earthquake, has a rich and unique wealth of architectural heritage in the form of their "gingerbread houses."

The Ralph J. Pomeroy Apartments at Hollywood and Kenmore Avenues will be renovated for the Chicago Housing Authority as part of their "Plan for Transformation." The building will be their flagship senior living center.

Ward Miller and John Vinci lecture on their newly published book, The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan, which documents the extraordinary architecture of Louis Sullivan.

The twenty-first century challenges our approach to the Earth's limited resources and energy. Building our future requires a more holistic response, a shared enlightened stewardship, and imaginative innovation.

Architects Jon Heinert and Mark Weber present recently completed projects including the new Johnny's Ice House, a small weekend retreat at Camp Charlie, a social services outlet in Garfield Park that provides job training assistance to the homeless, and a large sing

Frank Lloyd Wright's SC Johnson Research Tower in Racine, Wisconsin, is one of modern architecture's most significant landmarks. Completed in 1950, the fifteen-story skyscraper is the only existing example of Wright's ambitious taproot design.