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Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies / Krueck & Sexton Architects

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Institute
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Chicago, United States
  • Architects: Krueck + Sexton Architects
    : Krueck & Sexton Architects, Tylk, Gustafson, Reckers, Wilson, Andrews (Structural), Environmental Systems Design (MEP/Fire Protection/Life Safety)
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  13471 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2007

Inside UN Studio's Burnham Pavilion

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Inside UN Studio's Burnham Pavilion - Featured Image

After our UN Studio’s Burnham Pavilion gallery, many of you wondered how it was built. This photo reveals the woodenstructure for this pavilion, which was later finished with a plastic-like material.

Burnham Pavilion / Zaha Hadid Architects

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Pavilion
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Chicago, United States
  • Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  120 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Fabric Images, Rockey Structures, The Gray Circle, Tracey Dear Productions
  • Professionals: Fabric Images, Rockey Structures, The Gray Circle

Maisonette / Studio Gang

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Apartment Interiors
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Chicago, United States
  • Architects: Studio Gang
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Two competitions in Chicago announced

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Chicago Architecture Today announced two competitions currently initiated and concluding in April 2010. The first is student-based Mock Firms International Skyscraper Challenge which focuses on a studio brief for Mexico City. More details here.

McDonalds Cycle Center at Millennium Park / Muller&Muller

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Sports Architecture, Public Architecture
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Chicago, United States

SOS Children’s Villages Lavezzorio Community Center / Studio Gang

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Community center
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Chicago, United States
  • Architects: Studio Gang
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Glass Balcony at Sears Tower

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Glass Balcony at Sears Tower - Featured Image

Our friends from Design Crave shared with us these amazing photos of the recently opened public glass balconies for public viewing. The 1.5″ thick glass floor (which resists up to 5 tons) offers amazing views over Chicago, from 1,353 feet in the air.

As you can see on a picture after the break, the balcony cantilevers from the main structure.

More images after the break.

Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago / Renzo Piano

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Chicago, United States
  • Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
    : Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Interactive Design Inc.
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  GKD Metal Fabrics, Artigo, Construction Specialties, Hunter Douglas

The Park at Lakeshore East / The Office of James Burnett

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Park
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Chicago, United States

Orchard East / Wheeler Kearns Architects

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Houses
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Chicago, United States

Chicago Union Station / Graft Architects

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Chicago Union Station, by Germany-based Graft Architects will treat the user group as two: the traveler and the inhabitant.

The traveler has a destination, a purpose, a need to get through the process as efficiently as possible. The penetration into the site will be minimal; the tickets purchased en route, the space and time between the city and the outbound areas are optimized. The inhabitant seeks an extended stay; the coffee shop, the sunday morning market, life anchored to the city. The station becomes a rock jutting out of a raging river. The place of the inhabitant is at the center of the chaos, a place to better experience the city, a place to relax, a place to watch the chaos unfold.

The station serves as infrastructure for the city. It’s not a singular building, a place confined by boundaries. The interface with the city is blurred, inside and outside undefined.

Seen at designboom. More images after the break.

The crisis paralyzed the construction of the Calatrava skyscraper in Chicago

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The crisis paralyzed the construction of the Calatrava skyscraper in Chicago - Featured Image

The “Spire”, the skyscraper designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, was going to be the tallest building in the United States. That title will have to wait, at least until the economic crisis affecting construction all over the world starts having better days.