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Design on Trial

A legal battle between Marlon Blackwell Architects and HBG Design will have lasting implications for architectural practice

Art Outside

David Adjaye’s first permanent public artwork among commissions for Counterpublic 2023 in St. Louis

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Full Circle

[Sic.] + fieldtrip win the 2022 Ragdale Ring design competition

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They’re Coming...

Owners of Field of Dreams farm in Iowa bet big on baseball with new development

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The Jeopardized Five

A Brutalist courthouse and century-old Elks Lodge rank among 2022’s Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois

historic brick facade of a lion enclosure at a zoo
Glass Animals

Goettsch Partners designs new home for lions within landmarked building at Lincoln Park Zoo

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Big Plum Job

David Adjaye tapped to join riverfront redevelopment team in Cleveland

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Red Truss Of Courage

One of Helmut Jahn’s final designs, a military archive and exhibition center, takes shape in Wisconsin

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Great Recs

Detroit is investing $45 million to renovate aging recreational centers and build new ones

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Reframed

Following Venice debut, American Framing heads to Prague and Chicago’s Wrightwood 659

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Bey Is Back

The Chicago Sun-Times gains an architecture critic with the return of Lee Bey

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Hof Off The Press

Oyler Wu Collaborative’s Orbits wins Cold War Veterans Memorial design competition

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Midtown Makeover

Snøhetta will lead a $100 million revamp of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Powell Hall

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Farewell

Lynn Osmond is departing the Chicago Architecture Center after a transformative 25-year run

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Design Without Borders

Borderless Studio spans design disciplines to benefit underserved communities

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A New Era?

Chicago’s DuSable Park finally moves forward with Ross Barney Architects and Brook Architecture at the helm

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If The Lot Fits...

Future Firm’s Hem House offers a new housing model for residential lots in Chicago

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Good Bones

Detroit’s blighted Fisher Body Plant 21 will be transformed into sprawling residential complex

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