Architecture

When a friend from Margaret Bareck's Hinsdale circle announced she was moving a couple of years ago, Bareck and her husband, Philip, decided to buy her property. The Barecks, who lived five blocks away at the time, had always coveted one key feature...

The American Institute of Architects has released this year's nominees for the Restaurant Design People’s Choice Awards and voting is now open online. A jury including architect George Kelley, writer and editor Margot Dougherty and restaurateur...

Take a stroll for a rare opportunity to get up close to historic and modern mansions  Traversing the famous Geneva Lake Shore Path, never straying more than 20 feet from the water's edge is about as close as you'll ever get to walking on water.  Any...

Denise Scott Brown has worked side by side with her husband, architect Robert Venturi, since the early 1960s, joining his firm and marrying him in 1967 and becoming the firm's principal in charge of planning in 1969. In 1991, Venturi won their...

The Boyle Landmark Trust will observe Historic Preservation Awareness Month with events scheduled Thursday through Saturday. An open house and reception will be the main event 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday at the Willis Russell House, 204 Walnut St., when...

Boeing Galleries Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.; 312-742-1168, millenniumpark.org The alfresco galleries flanking Cloud Gate ("The Bean") showcase modern and contemporary art, offering visitors a historical, social and cultural context of modern...

The Jessamine County Board of Education chose a familiar face Monday night as the architect for an upcoming renovation to Warner Elementary School. The board heard presentations from two firms, Tate Hill Jacobs and Murphy + Graves, at a work session...

Check this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...

John O'Brien is a patient man. For months, O'Brien and his architect have met with Winnetka preservationists and others in the north suburb who want to see at least part of the historic lakefront Gage House spared from the wrecking ball. O'Brien...

The Wilmette Park District will close its public golf course on July 29 for a $2 million renovation that officials say will reduce flood problems and provide new challenges for golfers. It will be the largest renovation ever for the Wilmette Golf Club,...

Signs reading "Stop the Lens" appear as you near St. Petersburg Pier, the iconic landmark built in the 1970s. The Lens is the proposed award-winning design by architect Michael Maltzan that will replace The Pier, as the locals call it. The city has...

The Baltimore County school system has hired a local architecture firm to help document its long-term school facilities needs, following a similar strategy the city school system used to generate a $2.4 billion plan and secure some of that funding from...