Tag Archives: Chicago

Chicago’s environmental center epitomizes sustainable design with timber, steel

August 15, 2023

The Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC), serving as a gateway to Chicago’s Big Marsh Park in the Calumet City suburb, utilizes nail-laminated timber (NLT), glulam, Corten and weathered steel, to create a building exemplifying the future of sustainable design.

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Chicago’s Vista Tower defines the paradox of permeable ‘monolith’

April 11, 2023

Like massive structures of yore, skyscrapers are considered modern time monoliths because of their overwhelming impact on a viewer and the cityscape, as well as their impermeability. However, The St. Regis Chicago (Vista Tower) is a landmark which defies the monolithic stature.

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Brick in Architecture Award winners reveal masterful use of fired-clay brick

March 21, 2023

The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has announced the winners of the 2022 Brick in Architecture Awards, an international design competition featuring projects that utilize fired-clay brick innovatively and masterfully.

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Chicago’s Accenture Tower to undergo extensive curtain wall restoration

January 30, 2023

A four-year project in Chicago will focus on the removal and replacement of the original 35-year-old sealants on Accenture Tower’s curtain wall and bridge over Canal Street.

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CTBUH names top architecture company of 2022

January 3, 2023

In Dec. 2022, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) named Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) the number one architecture company for 2022.

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