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The South Side's New Regal Theater and the bundled concrete cylinders of the former Prentice Women's Hospital were named among the state's 10 most endangered buildings this morning by the preservation group Landmarks Illinois.The organization's yearly list is designed to draw attention to buildings

The congregation of Pilgrim Baptist Church and its architectural team have announced a $30 million+ plan to rebuild the Adler & Sullivan-designed edifice which has sat as fortified ruin since nearly perishing in a spectacular extra alarm fire five years ago.Architect F.

Stop Smiling Books and Princeton Architectural Press present a release party for Reveal: Studio Gang Architects by Jeanne Gang, who is best known as the architect of Chicago’s rippling Aqua Tower.

They began this week knocking down the last high rise at Cabrini-Green this week.But the complex which symbolized the worst of the city's public housing--Cabrini was called "notorious" in seemingly every newspaper headline, live shot or social critique of the place over the past 40 years--has achiev

Two weeks ago in this spot, I discussed the late Chicago architect Harry Weese's wedge-shaped Swissotel, an under heralded bit of architecture that looks so fresh after 20 years, its worth walking over to east Wacker Drive to get reacquainted.Of course, it got me to thinking about Weese's other down

As part of the opening of Young Architects of Spain (YAS): A Window to the Unknown, this discussion focuses on the current projects of these renowned Spanish architects and the challenges they face in designing and building.

Travel through some parts of the South Side these days. The emptiness is startling.The void is particularly noticeable along the Metra Rock Island line. I take this line daily between downtown and my house.