2022 Year-in-Review

PARTIAL WIN: After Rejecting Community Performance Arts Center Proposal Which Would Have Restored Interior and Dome, Second Church of Christ, Scientist Development Will At...

Tony Lincoln Park projects show the rich are all right; Whatever else is happening in the city or with its housing market, demand powers...

WIN: Illinois Institute of Technology Completes Restoration of Three Mies van der Rohe Buildings

In Chicago, Dirk Denison Renovates Mies-Designed Dorms at IIT, James Gauer, Architectural Record, 11/14/22The Illinois Institute of Technology restores three Mies van der Rohe...

WIN: Modernist Lake Meadows Professional Building to be Fully Restored

Unsung architectural ‘jewel on the prairie’ in Bronzeville is poised to shine again; The long-vacant, two-story former Lake Meadows professional building at 31st Street...

WIN: After Decades of Delays, St. Boniface Residential Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2003 & 2009)

"Construction on a long-delayed project to turn a historical Noble Square church into condos will begin as soon as the city grants a key...

WIN: Maxim’s to Reopen as the Astor Club in Late 2022

Is Chicago ready for another ritzy private club? Well, the Astor Club is coming to the former home of Maxim’s, Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune,...

WIN: Second Presbyterian Church Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Interior Restoration

Second Presbyterian Church gets renovation funding, Adopt-A-Landmark funding will support an interior restoration, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/18/22

WIN: KAM Isaiah Israel Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Stained Glass Window Restoration

Landmarks Commission gives $250,000 to KAM Isaiah Israel for rehab, Marc C. Monaghan and Hannah Faris, Hyde Park Herald, 7/7/22

WIN: City Council Approves Salvation Army Building Adaptive Reuse as Hotel and Apartments (Chicago 7 2021)

Committee on Design reviews NOMA, The mixed-use development will center around the Salvation Army building, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/15/222,200 Apartments, Hotel Proposed For...

WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church Receives $2.1 Million State Grant for National Gospel Museum

Dreaming of a future for the South Side’s historic Pilgrim Baptist Church; Planned gospel museum gets a boost with $2.1 million in state funds,...

WIN: Morton Salt Reopens as The Salt Shed Music Venue

Read the full story at the Chicago TribuneNew Salt Shed opens for outdoor concerts in the huge former Morton Salt complex: Good sound, historic...