Friday, December 10, 2010

How to Quickly Disassemble a Bus Shelter

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Before: click images for larger view After:
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One Year: 85 Tours - Chicago Architecture Foundation's Jennifer Lucente nears end of her odyssey; plus a unique oportunity to tour the works of Bertrand Goldberg this Saturday

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click images for larger view It's as if Odysseus was the one who had stayed home, and instead Penelope went on Homer's grand adventu...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Post Modern Peel: Chiclets and Stripper Poles at Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center

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`Back in 1985, this is how it started . . . photograph: Mary Ann Sullivan (click images for larger view) Helmut Jahn's post-modernist ...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Holiday Shopping for the Archiphile: Computer Part cities; photography books up to 50% off, 3D Chicago, and something for someone who has everything

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Still shopping for the holidays?  (I usually wait to start until the 26th) click images for larger view Via Rib Bone Production' s Andy...
Monday, December 06, 2010

Two Cats Ponder the Tax Cut Deal

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click on photo for larger view . . . there's all kinds of great things to write about, and I'm so lazy and disgusted that, yes, I...
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Last week for Looking After Louis Sullivan, plus a fish tricycle - exhibitions return to Repeat

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We've put back the listing of current exhibitions and moved it to the Repeat Calendar .  Here's a quick overview. This is the last...
Friday, December 03, 2010

Housing after Katrina, Restoring St. John Cantius, Lee Bey judges Gingerbread - 3 Great New Events

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ArchitectureChicago PLUS apologies to those of you who have been experiencing problems viewing our calendar in - if you'll excuse the ex...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Winter's Bleakness Lost in Memories of a Japanese Garden

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Freezing should be for microwave dinners, not people.  As it wears on, I'm sure I'll rediscover the satisfactions of winter, but as ...
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Richard Sennett's December 2nd lecture cancelled

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Urban Habitat Chicago and the Graham Foundation regret . . . . . .  to announce the cancellation of the lecture this Thursday, December 2nd...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Chicago Streetscene: Trump's Christmas Spiral

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Blair Kamin at Friends of Downtown Annual Meeting, Thursday, December 2nd

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As if five events for the evening of Thursday, December 2nd - including Richard Sennett, Barry Bergdoll, the story of the Nickerson Mansion,...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Richard Sennett, Antonio Gaudi, Barry Bergdohl, The Malling of Chicago, Pecha Kucha 16, Northerly Island and more - the December Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events

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It was the week before Christmas, and all through the city, the only thing stirring was the Gene Siskel Film Center 's holiday tradition...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Tiny bubbles in the wreath, complete with wishes, adorn Art Institute Lions for the holidays

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Last year, the lions at the Art Institute went slightly mod for the holidays, donning wreaths designed by Yves Behar of multi-colored alumi...

Black Friday edition: 4D Chicago with 127 individual plastic landmarks, free shipping at CAF, Richard Neutra dollhouse, Kamin, Weese, Adler & Sullivan

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Let the gift buying frenzy begin. Through November and December, the Chicago Architecture Foundation is offering free shipping on orders ...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

A Holiday Tradition: The Short, Brutal Life of a Parade Balloon

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Read the story and see all the pictures (parental supervision advised) here .