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Chicago: Why Go Now

Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago is a city of world-class status and beauty, drawing visitors from around the nation and the globe. Visitors to Chicago experience a virtual explosion of cultural activity, civic pride a [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Trammell Crow selected as developer for 1m s.f. office tower...

Trammell Crow Company has entered into a partnership agreement with co-investor Insite Real Estate, LLC to be the master developer of a new 1- million-square-foot Class A office tower at 301 South Wacker. Located at the corner of West Ja [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Nation's First Architecture Race Kick's Off Chicago's 2010 T...

Chicagoans are passionate about many things including their politics, pizza and even their winters. Yet, perhaps none of those compare to their civic pride and passion about the city's architecture. Local and visiting enthusiasts ann [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Architectour of Chicago

Standing across the road from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, you can see how it might have fazed visitors in 1910, the year of its completion. “There you are arriving in your horse-drawn cab,” says Jim, our guide, &ldqu [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Is Chicago's Art Institute showing signs of 'star-chitecture...

Renzo Piano has a peculiarly zany grin for one of architecture’s greybeards, and he barely had to flash it at audiences at the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday to have them erupting in hoots and hollers. “I love Chicago!&rdq [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Art Institute of Chicagos massive extension opens on Saturda...

The Art Institute of Chicago has completed a stunning new building designed by the architect Renzo Piano to house one of the finest collections of 20th-century art in the United States. The Modern Wing, which opens to the public on 16 May [...]