Industry News
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In less than three months groundbreaking for the tallest mass timber building in the entire world will happen in Milwaukee. The ‘Ascent’ building will house 260 apartments and beat the current tallest ... -
It’s been more than a year since city officials approved a new observation deck and a 1,185-foot exterior elevator for Chicago’s Aon Center, and the sky-high attraction is finally getting ready to mov ... -
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According to a recent study by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute (MEPI), an increase in automation in the construction industry could displace as much as 49% (2.7 million) of America’s blue-collar ... -
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The Chicago Transit Board approved a $38.3-million contract to T. Y. Lin International Great Lakes on Feb. 10 to provide planning and preliminary engineering services for the Red Line Extension, a lon ... -
The University of Illinois and the developer of the 62-acre site south of downtown known as The 78 have reached a deal for a technology center serving as an anchor for what’s envisioned as a new Chica ... -
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Chicago Stock Exchange Building The old Chicago Stock Exchange Building is one of the city’s best-known cases when it comes to regrettable demolitions. Completed by legendary Chicago architects Dankma ... -
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A new executive order under consideration by President Donald Trump attempts to make classicism the "preferred and default style" for new and upgraded federal buildings. According to an exclusive rep ... -
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The Chicago O’Hare expansion project is finally cleared for take-off after Skidmore Owings & Merrill signed on as the project’s lead civil engineer, Crain’s reported. The architectural firm signed a m ... -
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Johnson Publishing Company Building: This 11-story South Loop building is the former home of Johnson Publishing and Jet and Ebony magazines, which were amongst the most important and influential Black ... -
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Chicago is known as one of America’s great cities for architecture. But other than the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, designed by Mies van der Rohe, very little of the architecture of the So ...