Summer 2025 Ι Chicago Architect In Chicago’s gentrifying and affluent neighborhoods, the struggle to build and preserve affordable housing is won through both penny-pinching resource efficiency and a willingness to open up the checkbook for more durable, long-lasting materials and finishes. The need to integrate supportive services is balanced by recreational amenities, especially when affordable… Continue reading Affordable Housing for the Long-Haul
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Can Artist Theaster Gates Help Bridge a Town-Gown Divide?
The Atlantic’s CityLab Ι April 5, 2019 The newly renovated Keller Center, home to the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy on Chicago’s South Side, is crafted from a 1963 building designed by the architect of New York’s Radio City Music Hall and D.C.’s Kennedy Center, Edward Durell Stone. On the outside is a… Continue reading Can Artist Theaster Gates Help Bridge a Town-Gown Divide?