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Chicago Uncovered: NEMA Chicago

Chicago Uncovered: NEMA Chicago

29 Apr 2019 ABC 7 Chicago
CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 is teaming up with the Chicago Architecture Center as part of a new series called Chicago Uncovered to showcase locations, new and old, that distinguish Chicago among other citie …
CTA Upgrades Track in Advance of $2B Modernization
The Chicago Transit Authority has completed nearly $4 million in railroad track improvements on the Red Line at Addison station. The work was part of the ongoing modernization of CTA rail service and …
Transit-Oriented MF Project in Glendale Heights/Lombard Gets $14M Construction Loan
CHICAGO, IL—Greenwich, CT-based Knighthead Funding has provided Noah Properties Chicago with a $14.36 million construction loan for the Roselle Apartments, a transit-oriented multifamily community bei …
Jeanne Gang named world's most influential architect of 2019 by Time magazine
American architect Jeanne Gang has been listed on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people for 2019. The Studio Gang founder is the only architect to make the Time 100 list this year. The r …
Architect pitches ‘kinetic wall’ to hide parking at River North office proposal
A River North office proposal could give downtown Chicago its second kinetic wall, joining an example currently under construction at 333 N. Green Street in the Fulton Market. Comprised of rows of ind …
Our MPO story of ‘INVEST – A Sustainability Tool’

Our MPO story of ‘INVEST – A Sustainability Tool’

23 Apr 2019 Neha Soni- Architect - Urban Designer - Planner
Springfield MPO (IL) was invited at the AMPO (Association of Metropolitan Planning Organisations) Annual Conference in Portland (OR) to present one of the initial testing concept projects using newly …
Two Lakeshore East residential towers target summer construction start
The first of three new high-rises planned for the vacant northeast corner of Chicago’s Lakeshore East community will break ground this summer, project co-developers LendLease and Magellan announced th …
The 78 and Lincoln Yards will move the needle on minority hiring
We can’t let a festering anti-developer atmosphere hold back Chicago’s minority- and women-owned businesses—and thus hold back the very neighborhoods that protesters want to protect.
Chicago City Hall Green Roof- a 20 year retrospective

Chicago City Hall Green Roof- a 20 year retrospective

17 Apr 2019 Living Architecture Monitor
Chicago’s City Hall rooftop garden is arguably one of the more recognized green roof applications on the continent. It helped shepherd in a new era of urban greening and resiliency efforts in Chicago …
Barrier-Breaking African American Architects We Should Be Celebrating
In many ways, design today is treated as avenue to inclusion. Architects beautify and reconceptualize affordable housing, devise public spaces that bring art out of galleries and to the masses, and cr …
Ultramoderne’s Chicago Horizon pavilion brings CLT architecture to the masses
Ultramoderne’s Chicago Horizon proposal won the competition organized by CAB to design a low-cost multi-functional pavilion in Chicago’s Museum Campus, not far from the Shedd Aquarium. In designing th …
Keystone Begins Construction of SORA West in Conshohocken
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA—Keystone Property Group has begun construction of SORA West, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Conshohocken, PA that will house the new global corporate headquarters of Ame …
Two State Street apartment projects presented at lively Gold Coast meeting
On Wednesday, Chicago-based developer Newcastle Limited presented its plans for a pair of mixed-use Gold Cost developments to unruly standing-room-only crowd at meeting hosted by 2nd Ward Alderman Bri …
After 70 years, Chicago finally gets new building code
Chicago City Council voted Wednesday to approve one of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s top goals: a major reworking of the city’s building code, the first such undertaking in 70 years. After a week that saw alde …
Chicago’s New Tallest Apartment Building Is Open for Business
NEMA Chicago, one of the city’s biggest apartment buildings to sprout up in years — both in height and unit count — is leasing up for its first wave of move-ins next month. The 896-foot tower, Chicago …
Pritzker to sell Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center in Chicago
The governor of Illinois, whose family started the Pritzker Prize, is set to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, putting the fate of the postmodern building in "serious trouble". Ja …
Construction Starts on Downtown Chicago Data Center
CHICAGO—CoreSite Realty Corp. of Denver has commenced construction on the first phase of its 169,000-square-foot colocation data center known as “CH2” here. “We’re excited to have under construction a …
Ultramoderne’s Chicago Horizon pavilion brings CLT architecture to the masses
Designed by Rode Island-based architecture firm Ultramoderne (led by Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis)  for the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Chicago Horizon timber pavilion is now a popular a …
Rafael Viñoly updates NEMA Chicago skyscraper design
Rafael Viñoly Architects released a short film, and exterior and interior renderings of NEMA Chicago, designed for developer Crescent Heights in 2013 for its "lifestyle apartment brand" NEMA. https:// …
Early highlight contributors announced for 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
The curators for the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial have announced early highlight contributors who will create newly commissioned projects and other materials for the exhibition. The initial list …
Touring The Architectural Giants Of Downtown Chicago
If you visit Chicago, you're likely to end up at "The Bean." That's what most people call "Cloud Gate," a sculpture by Anish Kapoor that has become a favorite spot for tourists taking selfies. That’s …
Hometown Architect Jeanne Gang Lands O’Hare Project
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang has landed the coveted O’Hare Global Terminal design project, part of a massive $8.5 billion airport expansion program. Her soaring glass and wood design will welcome in …
One Central: Another megaproject proposal for Chicago
Dive Brief: A team led by Landmark Development has proposed the mixed-use One Central project, a massive transit-oriented redevelopment of the 34-acre site next to Soldier Field in Chicago. The projec …
16 Women Breaking New Ground in Architecture
When it comes to gender inequity in the architecture world, the writing’s on the wall: In the U.S. alone, women make up nearly half of the student body in architecture schools, and yet those numbers d …
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