Lee Bey
Architecture Critic and member of the Editorial Board
Gia Biagi said under the new post at Jeanne Gang’s firm, her team will work to help revive cities and “put our tools in service of helping communities solve problems.”
The best of these vintage signs were part of the urban fabric and contributed as much to a neighborhood’s identity as a landmark building or an important open space, Lee Bey writes.
College prep school says, for now, the former Lakeside Bank will provide washrooms, storage, and expansion for athletic programs.
The bank, originally a groundbreaking library for blind people and those with other disabilities, was designed by renowned Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman, Lee Bey writes.
Built in 1975, the building was designed by noted Chicago architect Harry Weese. Village officials seek new space for employees and cops.
Adjaye, a celebrated architect who had been attached to an Old Town redevelopment project, was once called a genius by Barack Obama.
The futuristic exhibition home from Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair is being readied for repairs via a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior.
If you run across midcentury images of signature Chicago buildings, it’s likely Cabanban was behind the lens.
Architecture critic Lee Bey asks: Do the changes give Chicago a winning hand?