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Rendering of a lawn leading from a squat, brick building to an older house as part of the Frank Lloyd Wright campus
Shot Down

Oak Park’s historic preservation commission rejects proposal for Frank Lloyd Wright visitor center

Image of museum entrance with lion statue on top of steps
Building on the Past

Barozzi/Veiga will tame the Art Institute of Chicago with sprawling masterplan

Black and white drawing of a Hare & Hare-designed park
Cradle-To-Grave Design

Hare & Hare tracks how cemeteries became thoughtful landscapes

Rendering of the Book Tower base, an art deco skyscraper
On Solid Bedrock

ODA tapped to transform Detroit’s historic Book Tower

Aerial rendering of the Kansas City airport at sunset
Up and Away

SOM unveils a new look for Kansas City’s $1.5 billion airport terminal

Exterior of the Lipton Thayer Brick House by Brooks + Scarpa
Chicago Common Brick

Brooks + Scarpa parts the veil with an undulating brick screen wall

A color photograph of César Pelli's The Commons in Columbus, Indiana.
Not Your Average Mall

Remembering César Pelli’s lost mark on the Midwest

Rendering of school entrance with skylights
Proactive Design

Michigan high school upgrades campus to combat potential active shooters

Drawing of a streetscape at night that was rejected
Second Time's the Charm

Rejected spotlights denied, trashed, and half-conceived architectural ideas

Image of sunlight interior with high ceiling and furniture featuring basic shapes for kids
It Takes a Village

CannonDesign centers a new Rockford Public School around a colorful town square

Photo of an office reception area with a wood desk and framed wakk
A Leading Light

Elkus Manfredi breathes new life into Charles River Associates’ Chicago office

Listen Up!

AN tallies up the top design lectures to hear at Midwest schools this fall

Rendering of low-hanging white steel and glass building with long windows
Forgotten Modernism

A little-known Mies van der Rohe design will be built at Indiana University

State Farm Insurange in bright red caps on top of a brown masonry building.
Selling the Farm

Insurance giant State Farm to demolish its art deco headquarters in Illinois

A bright orange circle composed of strips, in downtown Coshocton
Orange You Glad

Behin Ha installs an undulating fabric installation in rural Ohio

Exterior of the Cummins HQ
Not your parent's Roche Dinkeloo

A modernist Cummins corporate campus receives a facelift with reflective glass

Rendering of a craggy building clad in metal panels, the new Oklahoma Contemporary Center for the Arts
Around the Bends

Rand Elliott-designed Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center set to open in 2020

An African-American man, Maurice Cox, at a podium
No Little Plans

Detroit’s planning and development director Maurice Cox is leaving for Chicago

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