New York City goes zero for three in its newest arenas. But Midwestern sports architecture provides hope for the future... and in Chicago, you can see its storied past, where it all went wrong, and where it started to improve. Read more
The local starchtect discusses "Reveal," the new monograph about Studio Gang, as the Gang-designed Ford Calumet Environmental Center hangs in the balance. Alternately, Lisa Madigan appears on the Interview Show tonight at the Hideout. Read more
At his peak in the sixties and seventies, Harry Weese was arguably Chicago’s preeminent architect. But his final years were marked by a sad, booze-saturated decline. Read more
For years, Laurence Booth, one of the city's most widely acclaimed architects, championed low-scale buildings and decried "antihuman" high-rises. Now he has designed three towers and has a fourth under construction. Why? "We have to make some huge changes in this country," he says. Read more
