Countless schools, libraries, universities — even a prison or two — were built in the Brutalist style between the 1950s and about 1980. But age and Brutalism's often cold and institutional look have now placed the buildings at risk.

A 60-year-old Arizona home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has become the subject of one of the hottest preservation battles in the country.

Created in 1961, the lavish, full-color ads from Chicago's own Motorola show a fanciful and slightly futuristic lifestyle.

Crime and municipal mismanagement in the west suburban town of Maywood often overshadow one of the village's best assets: It's architecture. 

The iconic and beautifully-maintained BMO Harris bank in Villa Park was inspired by an unbuilt work by Mies van der Rohe.

A day before sitting behind the drumkit for two of Bruce Springsteen's sold-out concerts at Wrigley Field last weekend, E Street Band drummer and Frank Lloyd Wright devotee Max Weinberg entertained a small audience at Oak Park's Unity Temple.

Three of Soy Cuba's stories are set in Havana and use spectacular modern architecture as a backdrop. It's architecture few people in this country have seen, despite Cuba being as close to American shores as Milwaukee is to Chicago.