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Liz Lipkin’s Stylish Duplex Makeover: A Stylish Fusion of Comfort & Elegance

Karine Monié October 5, 2023

Nestled in Chicago’s vibrant Lincoln Park, a tech executive’s dream duplex unfolds with Liz Lipkin Interiors at the helm. Despite a relocation during the pandemic,

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Man of Steel, Bronze & Glass Curtain Walls

Constance Dunn October 4, 2023

Perhaps no one better understood how to positively exploit the potential of technology and engineering than van der Rohe, a founding father of Modernist architecture

Walter Gropius & the Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus

Constance Dunn August 23, 2023

In the early 20th century, architect Walter Gropius aimed to harmonize art, technology, and craftsmanship—a vision that birthed the groundbreaking Bauhaus school in 1919. Gropius’s

Inside David Chipperfield’s Careful Restoration of Berlin’s Iconic Neue Nationalgalerie

Jenn Thornton March 22, 2023

David Chipperfield Architects has completed the six-year refurbishment of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, a temple of modernity and one of the last works by

Kwong Von Glinow: Breaking the Mold with Ardmore House

Jenn Thornton January 25, 2023

Kwong Von Glinow’s residential project Ardmore House breaks the mold of traditional Chicago residential homes which prioritizes light and connection with the surrounding environment.

904 Highview Avenue: a Beacon on the Hill

Constance Dunn January 11, 2023

904 Highview Avenue aka Sharon’s California House II in Manhattan Beach, which won a Residential Architect Design Award in 2000, was recently remodeled to bring

The Bourse de Commerce Reborn

Jenn Thornton April 20, 2022

Located in the heart of Paris, France, the former 19th-century commodities exchange building, with architectural associations to the Medici column and an astonishing metal and

Summer Thornton: Tropical Fantastical

Jenn Thornton February 9, 2022

Everything Chicago interior designer Summer Thornton touches turns fun, fresh, and in the case of the Naples, Florida vacation house, a beachy fantasy allowing her

Kara Mann: Lady of the Lakehouse

Jenn Thornton August 19, 2021

Kara Mann’s flair for materiality and architecture, and more importantly her feel for these things, are all present in what is effectively a lakehouse set

Igor Nastaskin of RE/MAX Palos Verdes Realty

Constance Dunn August 18, 2021

For some, home can be an elusive concept, referring to a time or place, perhaps more than one, where we’ve felt most connected, at ease,

Jon Heinert, Wheeler Kearns Architects, Chicago, Penthouse

Wheeler Kearns Architects’ Jon Heinert on New Chicago Penthouse

Karine Monié June 24, 2020

One look at the beautiful panorama from this penthouse is enough to understand why the owners—a young family from California—fell in love with the space.

Modern Aesthetic of Tadao Ando: Wrightwood 659

Jenn Thornton April 18, 2019

Wrightwood 659 exudes a beautiful simplicity results from what is in reality a complex architectural calculus by Osaka-based architect Tadao Ando.