March 27, 2026 Ι Metropolis On the West and northwest sides of Chicago, where the corridors of real estate speculation and disinvestment careen perilously close to each other, architects are using legacy building stock to expand the footprint of non-profit organizations with burgeoning social missions. Future Firm’s Revolution Workshop building trades education hub, Lamar Johnson… Continue reading In Chicago, Adaptive Reuse Projects are Amplifying Local Nonprofits’ Missions
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An Activist Architecture Stirs in Chicago
The Atlantic’s CityLab Ι Oct. 9. 2019 Perhaps the most compelling installation in this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial doesn’t feature a single architectural model, rendering, or image of buildings (or of anything else). It’s a series of short blocks of text, probing the Chicago police’s killing of Harith Augustus on the city’s South Side in July of last… Continue reading An Activist Architecture Stirs in Chicago