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Global real estate leaders and joint venture partners Thor Equities and QuadReal, together with leading real estate services firm, Cushman & Wakefield, and global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), introduced the city to 800 W Fulton on Tuesday, with an official groundbreaking ceremony. The project was dedicated by Chicago Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr., (27th) along with executive leadership from … Continued

Dave Hauenstein knows how grueling cancer treatment can be.  “This is the scariest time of your life,” said Hauenstein, who spent about 10 years by his wife Julie’s side at Win­ship Cancer Institute of Emory University during her long battle with breast cancer. “People struggle with living through this. It’s scary. It’s painful and tiring.” … Continued

In the 1960s, architect Walter Netsch, a design partner at Chicago’s Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), pioneered a design system known as field theory. The method, born from the architect’s work on the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel (1963), employs both large and small scales of a geometric figure, often a rotated square, to develop … Continued

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, a short-lived German art and design school that has had an outsized impact on international modern architecture. Kurt and Pratt Institute President Frances Bronet take to the streets of Midtown Manhattan to visit some of New York’s Bauhaus-inspired architecture. . . .  Kitty-corner … Continued

With climate change conversations becoming increasingly urgent, sustainability has shifted from a nascent movement to a major focus. We talked to four architects—two who started their careers working on passive residential projects in the 1970s, and two leading sustainability initiatives at larger firms today—about how they use passive design techniques, how a drive for designing … Continued