August 19, 2025
O’Hare International Airport Concourse D, 10000 W O’Hare Ave, IL 60666
Architects/designers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) + Ross Barney Architects + JGMA + Arup

image © City of Chicago

June 13 2025
John Hancock Center, 875 North Michigan Avenue, Gold Coast
Design: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill – SOM: Bruce Graham (architect) with Fazhur R. Khan (engineer)

image courtesy of architects practice

February 14, 2025
Ravinia Festival outdoor music venue, Highland Park, Illinois
Renewal Architect: Lohan Architecture

photo : Patrick Gipson/Ravinia

February 9, 2025
NEAL Math and Science Academy, North Chicago, Illinois, 1905 Argonne Drive, IL 60064, USA
Architects/designers: JGMA

photo : Angie McMonigal

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Oct 26, 2016
Chicago Riverwalk
Design: Ross Barney Architects

photo : Iwan Baan
Chicago Riverwalk

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Oct 28, 2013
CTA Morgan Station
Design: Ross Barney Architects

photo : Kate Joyce Studios
CTA Morgan Station
A new elevated station at Morgan and Lake Streets defines the geographic center and character of Chicago’s Fulton Market District, an industrial area transformed into a multi-faceted neighborhood with emerging residential and retail uses.

Oct 28, 2013
Early Childcare Center Bright Horizons University Chicago
Design: Ross Barney Architects

picture : Kate Joyce Studios
Early Childcare Center Bright Horizons University Chicago
This building includes administration spaces, a multipurpose room and nine classrooms for infants, toddlers, young preschoolers and preschoolers in 12,710 sqft. Each classroom has direct access to an outdoor playground.

Jul 24, 2013
University of Chicago New Residence Hall – building news
Design: Studio Gang Architects

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University of Chicago New Residence Hall
This is the design for a major new residence hall and dining commons on the north end of the University of Chicago campus. The facility will house roughly 800 undergraduates and is designed around the College’s distinctive House System, with an emphasis on building community.

Feb 13, 2013
Center for Care and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
Architect: Rafael Viñoly Architects

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Center for Care and Discovery, University of Chicago Medicine
This 10-story, 1.2 m sqft building is the Center for Care and Discovery at the University of Chicago Medicine. The building uses design to foster collaboration and interaction among doctors, researchers, clinicians and staff.

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Sep 13, 2012
Arcus Center Kalamazoo College, Michigan
Design: Studio Gang Architects

image from architects practice
New campus building to house the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. The building, which is targeting LEED Gold certification, will be the “world’s first purpose-built structure for social justice leadership development”: a study, meeting, and event space.

Apr 10, 2012
Bienen School of Music Northwestern University, Evanston Campus, north Chicago
Design: Goettsch Partners

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Bienen School of Music Chicago
Design for the signature building that will be the new home of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and provide additional space for the School of Communication on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. The university is planning to break ground and begin construction this spring.

Apr 2, 2012
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Design: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Architects

photograph : Tom Rossiter
Logan Center for the Arts Chicago
New arts venue designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien set to open for select programming, classes at the University of Chicago. A preview period will begin on Monday, March 26 for the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, giving the University community and the public a first look at a facility that represents a milestone for the arts in Chicago.

Mar 15, 2012
Chicago Navy Pier Competition
Winner – James Corner Field Operations

picture © Joe Lekas
Chicago Navy Pier Competition
Five design teams competed in the final phase of this architecture competition to redesign the Navy Pier public spaces, rejecting several celebrated architects, including Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA. The five design teams are headed by the firms AECOM, Aedas Architects, James Corner Field Operations, Xavier Vendrell Studio and !melk.

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Chicago Building Photos

photo © Joe Lekas
Chicago Building Photographs : architecture photos by Joe Lekas

Chicago Skyscraper Architecture

photo courtesy of Jan Klerks
Chicago Skyscraper Architecture : images

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Chicago Architecture

Key Modern Chicago Building Designs + Projects, alphabetical:

860-880 Lake Shore Drive Renovation
Design: Krueck & Sexton, Architects

photo : William Zbaren
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments

Aqua Tower
Design: Studio Gang Architects

picture from architects practice
New Chicago Skyscraper design

Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW)

photo : Andrew Campbell Photography
Art Institute of Chicago Building

Millennium Park Pavilions Designs
Design: Zaha Hadid + Ben van Berkel

picture from architect firm
Millennium Park Pavilions : Designs

Sears Tower modernization + hotel
Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

image © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Sears Tower modernization

WIU Performing Arts Center, Macomb
Design: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

picture from architect office
WIU Performing Arts Center

More Chicago Architecture online soon.

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Chicago Office Buildings

Farnsworth House, Illinois
Design: Mies van der Rohe Architect

Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Chicago Spire site contest : Chicago Architectural Club

American Office Buildings

Illinois Architecture

Famous Building by Chicago Architects: Burj Dubai Tower

Union Station 2020 Buildings : A Crossroads for the High-Speed Rail City, USA
Union Station 2020 Chicago – Organization : The Chicago Architectural Club

Photographs for the Chicago Building – Architecture in Illinois page welcome.

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