Ten days after the Great Chicago Fire destroyed 18,000 buildings and left about 90,000 people homeless, ... culminating a years-long building boom and reminding us that downtown has a future, ...

We find out why downtown became the go-to destination for Chicago’s tallest buildings, and whether that might change in the future. If you fly into Chicago, it’s hard to miss that recognizable ...

Experts say even taller wood skyscrapers could soon start dotting Chicago’s skyline, but it’s going to take a few years to catch up to cities like Milwaukee, which just approved the ...

It’s a biennial year, as in Chicago Architecture Biennial, which means a cornucopia of architecture and design exhibitions. Also on the horizon this fall: New towers that have altered the sky… ...

Last year, a $52 million expenditure was earmarked in the Federal Infrastructure Appropriations Bill in Congress to have the Century and Consumers buildings torn down, Preservation Chicago said.

Chicago's skyline is well known for office skyscrapers like Willis Tower (from the left), the former John Hancock tower at 875 North Michigan Avenue, 150 N. Riverside Plaza, and the Aon Center ...

Chicago architect Adrian Smith has designed some of the world's tallest buildings, including the 98-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago and Dubai's Burj Khalifa, at 163 stories the ...

Two century-old skyscrapers in the Loop will be preserved for future use as previous plans to demolish them were scrapped Friday. The U.S. General Services Administration released its final ...

The vacant Century and Consumers buildings at 202 S. State St. and 220 S. State St. were targeted for demolition as a security risk to the adjacent Dirksen Federal Courthouse.