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From yesterday's print edition By Graydon Megan Special to the Tribune Reinhard Plaut often found others turning to him for help and guidance, both in his career as a Chicago-area architect and through his longtime involvement with the Boy Scouts of America. “He served as a mentor in both architecture and Scouting,” said his wife, [...]

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The fate of a

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The familiar white-lettered “Santa Fe” sign eyed for decades by Loop

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In a

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Meet Charles “Chuck” Izzo, an architect on the hot seat. After crafting a 10-year, $285 million renovation of Boston’s Fenway Park that successfully marries modern amenities and timeless traditions, Izzo and his Boston-area firm are taking on what looms as an even bigger challenge: Bringing Wrigley Field into the 21st Century. Can the 63-year-old architect [...]

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Helmut Jahn has won a lot of honors in his long and distinguished career. Now he's got another one to put on his shelf: The lifetime achievement award of the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The AIA

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From tomorrow's print edition Savvy architecture buffs tend to view look-at-me buildings with a wary glance. All too often, these designs are slick packages, not real places that ennoble our daily routines. Anybody who's witnessed the cacophony of shrieking skyscrapers in Dubai knows that. Still, there is reason to think that Roosevelt University's striking new [...]

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Savvy architecture buffs tend to view look-at-me buildings with a wary glance. All too often, these designs are slick packages, not real places that ennoble our daily routines. Anybody who's witnessed the cacophony of shrieking skyscrapers in Dubai knows that. Still, there is reason to think that Roosevelt University's striking new $123 million tower in [...]

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A modernist house

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From today's print edition By Janet Kidd Stewart Special to the Tribune Walking into a new corporate space her team designed in River North for

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The Tribune's John Byrne reports: “A church group still hopes to be able to set up shop in the historic Portage Theater on the Northwest Side despite city attempts to landmark the property and opposition to the plan by aldermen, a lawyer for the religious organization said Friday.” The Preservation Chicago advocacy group recently placed [...]

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It isn't just modernist buildings, such as

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