

Leveraging Pullman National Monument
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
A new national monument becomes a beacon for the community and a catalyst for neighborhood improvements.
The Chicago Architecture Center’s new exhibition features 50 community-based design solutions for Chicago’s neighborhoods that transform underappreciated or underperforming spaces into rejuvenated community anchors.
Explore the Online ExhibitionA new national monument becomes a beacon for the community and a catalyst for neighborhood improvements.
View PDFElegant and responsive lighting takes its cues from the prairie along the lakefront trail.
View PDFA socially-inclusive, community-friendly transit hub sparks art, music and new investment in Little Village.
View PDFAn unused and endangered house of worship becomes a community-focused arts center in Englewood.
View PDFTo breach a silo's walls, add some people, some infrastructure and the occassional place-making exercise.
View PDFAn urban farm of the future becomes a community anchor.
View PDFAn engine for local food production in one of Chicago's most underserved communities.
View PDFBypass the bottlenecks with this scenic new drive and parkland bowing out into the lake.
View PDFAn art-making and community performance space fills a void in public arts education.
View PDFA building within a building brings new life and function to the office tower block.
View PDFModular urban infill stitches up a frayed commercial district.
View PDFAn elevated trail connector soars over the water and repairs a fracture in the North Branch River Trail.
View PDFChicago's newest "L" station weaves and ripples through the historic Wabash skyscraper canyon.
View PDFA gateway to the neighborhood models an idyllic future community.
View PDFAsserting a new right to architectural services, regardless of ability to pay.
View PDFA lakefront megaproject for the people envisions a building that is part green space, part bridge and part business and arts incubator.
View PDFTaming a sea of parking to integrate Guaranteed Rate Field with surrounding neighborhoods.
View PDFA gravity-defying office tower that stands along the river, on a site that for many years was considered too troublesome for construction.
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