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a timber pavilion with a cross-hatched timber canopy from Tsz Yan Ng Design
Weaving Past And Future

Tsz Yan Ng blends textile methodologies with architectural production to find new ways to build

a vacant detroit high-rise, lee plaza
New Leese on Life

Detroit puts $7 million in pandemic relief funds towards reviving iconic Lee Plaza

Sea Change

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium announces $500 million makeover ahead of its 100th anniversary

River Saint Joe Brewery, a glass fronted barn
Drink Up

moss Design’s River Saint Joe Brewery puts industrial vernacular architecture to contemporary use

the towering dome of the illinois state capitol building
Above And Below

The Illinois Capitol will get a renovation meant to last “150 years”

The new steppenwolf theater, a sloped glass volume at night
It’s Magic

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s expansion of the Steppenwolf Theatre brings the backstage to the house

a boxy mixed-use building with a colorful facade on the new Pioneer Bank & Trust
O Pioneros!

Chicago’s historic Pioneer Bank & Trust will be transformed into affordable housing

a pocket park in a parking lot featuring a bright asphalt mural
Activating Asphalt

LAA Office brings “barn quilt urbanism” to downtown Salem, Indiana, with new Heritage Park

towers comprising the columbus, ohio, skyline
Buckeye Blueprint

Columbus, Ohio, kicks off the new year with an ambitious plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions

an abandoned building in detroit with a tower for the American Motors Corporation
Gremlins in the Rearview

Detroit announces redevelopment of long-vacant American Motors Corporation site

The chicago skyline
On Native Land

Chicago will fund the city’s first affordable housing complex for Indigenous residents

exterior view of a futuristic glass building in a city, the thompson center
But It's Sticking Around

Illinois will sell the Thompson Center for $70 million

interior rendering of the new Creativity Center at the Contemporary Arts Center with wooden pods
Contemporary Centering

Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center will overhaul its Zaha Hadid-designed home to add a new Creativity Center

the chicago skyline with dark clouds overhead
Ramping Up

Chicago announces $1 billion investment across 24 affordable housing projects

a white stucco building at Michigan State Fairgrounds
A Fair Deal?

Historic buildings at the old Michigan State Fairgrounds will be incorporated into a new transit center

Wrigleyville in chicago, a network of midrise buildings around a stadium
Play Ball

In Chicago, the neighborhood around Wrigley Field continues to grow

a modernist office building with a scalloped roofline with a Michigan State Medical Society sign
Arch Support

Minoru Yamasaki’s Michigan State Medical Society Building goes up for sale

Water works park, a lengthy stretch on the riverfront
Park With A View

Minneapolis’ newest park is like a front porch on the Mississippi River

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