Eight Architecture Projects in Chicago

As the clock ticks down to Lightfair 2018, taking place next week at McCormick Place in Chicago, Architectural Lighting looks at some recent architecture projects in the Windy City.

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Tom Rossiter

This story was originally published in Architectural Lighting.

As the lighting community preps for this year’s Lightfair, taking place May 6 – 10 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Architectural Lighting looks at some of the recently completed architecture projects in the Windy City covered by our sister publication Architect Magazine. Designed by firms such as Foster + Partners, Studio Gang Architects, and Barkow Leibinger Architekten, these projects range from multifamily complexes to commercial and educational facilities.

Here is a selection of eight recent projects in Chicago:

1611 W. Division by Wheeler Kearns Architects

Facade detail

Christian Horan Photography

Facade detail

Viceroy Chicago by Goettsch Partners

Photography by Rainer Viertlboeck

University of Chicago South Campus Chiller Plant by Jahn

Tom Harris

Ace Hotel by GREC Architects

View from south, with machine showroom at left

Simon Menges

View from south, with machine showroom at left

Trumpf Smart Factory by Barkow Leibinger Architekten

Dean Kaufman

Apple Michigan Avenue by Foster + Partners

Campus North Residential Commons, by Studio Gang Architects

Tom Harris Photography

Campus North Residential Commons, by Studio Gang Architects

Campus North Residential Commons by Studio Gang Architects

Exterior view from northwest

Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

Exterior view from northwest

Gordon Parks Arts Hall by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

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About the Author

Ayda Ayoubi

Ayda Ayoubi is a former assistant editor of products and technology for ARCHITECT. She holds master degrees in urban ecological planning from Norwegian University of Science and Technology and in world heritage studies from Brandenburg University of Technology. In the past, she interned with UN-Habitat's New York liaison office and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Rome.

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