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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Perkins+Will Dumps Mies; Heads to Wrigley

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Perkins+Will , Chicago's largest architecture firm, with over $400 million in revenue, announced this morning that they're switchi...

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Mies Goes Soft: At the IBM Building, The Langham Chicago Pushes Against the Envelope

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click images for larger view Can Mies be bent without breaking? “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space,” he said, ...

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Monday, May 27, 2013

How Do You Get to AMA Plaza? High-tech, decline, and revival at Mies van der Rohe's IBM Building

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click images for larger view The second of what now looks to be three parts. Read Part One - Apotheosis of the Skyscraper : The Rise o...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Apotheosis of the Skyscraper: The Rise of Mies van der Rohe's IBM Building

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click images for larger view Destroy them. Destroy them all. Do you think glass box skyscrapers are the devil's spawn? Do you ju...

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