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No Man's (Secret) Sky

In rural Michigan, an ordinary barn becomes a secret gift to the sky

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Cracking Up

Illinois State Capitol’s dome needs millions for repairs

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Get Low, Low, Low

Chicago’s Lakeview Low-Line makes infrastructure pop

Pangea-chic

Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s $150 million expansion inches closer to completion

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Ganging Up

Studio Gang’s Gia Biagi appointed as Chicago’s new transportation chief

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MO-ving On Up

Kansas City will be the first major U.S. city to offer free public transit

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Going, Going, Gone Green

2019 Best of Design Awards winners for Green Building

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Propping it Up

Props breathes new life into Zaha Hadid’s Contemporary Arts Center

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Propping it up

An architectural exhibition will dialogue with Zaha Hadid’s first U.S. building

Headshot of a man with a red lanyard, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Suárez, the new director of the University of Illinois architecture program
Education Overhaul

Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Suárez named new director of University of Illinois’s School of Architecture

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On Reserve

World’s largest Starbucks opens on downtown Chicago’s Magnificent Mile

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Wooden Oasis

Vladimir Radutny’s Michigan Loft tempers Chicago’s gritty industrial heritage

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A Central Park

Oklahoma City completes first phase of its $132 million, 70-acre downtown park

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Jail to Grail

University of Michigan, Bedrock, and Related team up for a Detroit innovation center

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Get a Handle On It

Ohio’s Big Basket building may become a luxury hotel

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Redlining

The many lives of Detroit’s Berlin Wall

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Round Three

Updated visuals revealed for Chicago’s Obama Center

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Stock up on Dreams

EXTENTS and stock-a-studio create virtual spaces for Collective Reality

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