50 Designers, 50 Ideas, 50 Wards

Where do you build much-needed public space when there's no available land?

A mixed-use residential tower that turns the old model of CHA voucher housing on its head.

Employing color therapy to provide safe spaces for mental health patients.

Highest and best use: an idea for breathing new vitality into our city's aging transit system.

The average American child spends as few as 30 minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day. Adventure Playground can help.

As cities expand, airports find themselves closer to residential and commercial development. Do parklands provide a buffer that helps all?

The bridge houses along the Chicago River fuel new ideas and opportunities for housing.

The branding of commercial corridors is elevated to an artwork of color and texture.

A radical proposal to bring new value to one of Chicago's busy elevated train lines.

A neighborhood transformation spurred by the arts and public space.

There are many inviting, pedestrian-friendly areas along North Broadway. Why not in Uptown?

Garage entrepreneurs aren't just for Silicon Valley.

Can we design high-rise facades that improve livability for humans and protect birds and migratory wildlife?

It's time for Chicago to complete its public lakefront park system.

What if Chicago's 50th Ward could grow or shrink, as necessary? Would our whole region be better off?