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Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture by Carla Bruni and Phil Thompson Illustrations by Wonder City Studio
"Chicago is famous for its architecture. People move here for it, form cults around particular styles, and fight with New Yorkers about who built...
John Mills Van Osdel, Architect, and his Chicago: The Story of His Life, 1811 to 1891 by Burtram Collver Hopkins
"There is no question that Chicago is an architecturally significant city. But before Louis Henry Sullivan, John Wellborn Root, and Frank Lloyd Wright, before...
Chicago’s Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder by Keir Graff
"Let Keir Graff take you inside Chicago's Fine Arts Building - a building that hides worlds behind its doors."Exploring the Fine Arts Building’s warren...
The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon by Robert Sharoff and William Zbaren
"Resolved: the Wrigley Building is a beautiful, beloved jewel of Chicago, though not great architecture. Discuss."'Beautiful' is a value judgment, one I endorse fully....
THE UPTOWN: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace by Robert Loerzel and Andy Pierce
Preservation Chicago is thrilled to support the new book, The UPTOWN: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace by Robert Loerzel and Andy Pierce."This new book from...
WATCH: Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Full Presentation March 8, 2023 (Length 64:35)
The Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered presentation was presented to a hybrid audience, both live in-person audience and a simultaneous virtual audience...
“Early Chicago Skyscrapers” for UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation by AIA Chicago and Preservation Chicago
There is strong support to designate “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site designation would further recognize...
Rosenwald: Toward a More Perfect Union trailer
"The extraordinary story of a forgotten philanthropist, a Jewish son of immigrants from Chicago who became a champion for black education with in the...
Starship Chicago II: What Gives a Building a Soul? A film by Nathan Eddy
Starship Chicago II
World premiere of Starship Chicago II, a film produced and directed by Nathan Eddy."Chicago's postmodern people’s palace, the seventeenth-floor James R. Thompson...
WATCH: Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Full Presentation March 8, 2023 (Length 64:35)
The Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered presentation was presented to a hybrid audience, both live in-person audience and a simultaneous virtual audience...