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Aerial photo of a lot painted with grids for the chicago architecture biennial
Opening Weekend Roundup

Here’s what to see at the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial

metal poles in a field arranged for exhibit columbus
New Middles

The 2021 edition of Exhibit Columbus asks “What Is the Future of the Middle City?”

exterior view of an older home with gambrel roof, the Frederick Bagley House
Best Case Scenario

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Frederick Bagley House dodges demolition and will be restored

rendering of a public plaza outside of a glass-sheathed building
Making Helmut Proud

Winning designs revealed for the Thompson Center Design Ideas Competition

an overgrown lot in Chicago
Open and Available

What to see and do at the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial

aerial view of a solar panel-topped elementary school campus, forest edge elementart
Learning Experience

HGA’s Forest Edge Elementary School is Wisconsin’s first net-zero energy school

aerial view of downtown Indianapolis
Local Hire

Indianapolis hires new deputy planning director with a focus on equity

historic b&w photo of chicago skyline including SOM's Equitable Building
A Century of Trailblazers

Landmarks Illinois launches database of pioneering Prairie State women in architecture, engineering, and design

skyline of saint paul minnesota reflecting on the Mississippi river
Twinsies

Saint Paul axes minimum parking requirements for new developments

installing a massive, inflatable pavilion
Middle Ground

The third Exhibit Columbus festival opens to the public August 21

Construction rendering of a squat boxy home in on olive
The Opposite of Ticky-Tacky?

On Olive wants to build community through design, but will it push out an existing St. Louis residents?

aerial view of a garden landscape, one of the sites that will be on display for the detroit month of design
Revving Up

Design Core announces lineup for the 11th edition of Detroit Month of Design

New in Nebraska

Snøhetta breaks ground on Joslyn Art Museum expansion in Omaha

A long squat mies van der rohe building under construction
Better Late Than Never

Thomas Phifer and Partners revives an unbuilt Mies van der Rohe project in Indiana

interior photograph of an airport concourse with purple neon tubing and colorful side walls designed by helmut jahn
Postmodern Protagonist

Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture is a greatest hits album, not an anthology

In Minnesota, industrial steam billows behind a house, part of the scope of the 2021 exhibit columbus
Middle Waters

Exhibit Columbus explores the interconnected ecosystems and built environments of the Mississippi watershed

historic photo of a dutch colonial home, the Frederick Bagley House
The Curse of the Hinsdale Tear-Down

An early Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Chicago suburbs could face demolition

Bronzeville Lakefront

Chicago approves $4 billion conversion of abandoned Michael Reese Hospital

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