Chicago

Salvaged brick and aluminium screens feature on the exterior of a round building designed by local studio John Ronan Architects to house the Chicago Park District Headquarters and a community field house. The project was built on a former brownfield site in Brighton Park, an historically underserved neighbourhood on the southwest side of Chicago. Featuring

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US firm Gensler has completed a series of renovations to the sprawling 1930s The Merchandise Mart in Chicago that include several amenity spaces. The renovations to the Merchandise Mart – now called The Mart – are the latest in a series carried out by Gensler, including the restoration of a grand stairway and the mezzanine

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US cities must push for more mid-rise buildings and better public spaces to become more equitable, 2023 AIA Gold Medal winner Carol Ross Barney tells Dezeen in this interview. Barney, who runs Ross Barney Architects, said that investing in undervalued infrastructure, rethinking density and continuing to open up the architecture field to women and minorities

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