Posts Tagged ‘community design and development’
Block Club Chicago: The Legacy District Will Bring Housing, Retail And A Rooftop Garden To Bronzeville’s 47th Street
Block Club Chicago: On The West Side, New Youth Hub Will Offer Space To Learn, Create And Grow: ‘Without Opportunity, A Community Can Lose Hope’
Bronzeville INVEST South/West Community Scorecard
Block Club Chicago: South Chicago’s Long-Planned Affordable Housing, Retail Development On 92nd Street Set To Open In 2 Years
La Casa Norte and West Town Preservation Winners at CNDA26!
We’re proud and honored to announce that La Casa Norte’s building received the third place Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Excellence in Community Design! We would like to thank LISC Chicago, La Casa Norte, and all of the team members that made the project possible. We also congratulate Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation for their dedicated…
Read MoreCrain’s Chicago: Sophisticated design and smart urban planning aren’t just a downtown luxury
The Conversation: Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
The Conversation’s article, “Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky,” written by Sean Weiss, examines three projects that attempt to build and maintain communities as public spaces are increasingly being privatized. One of the three projects featured in this article, Tierra Linda, is a scattered site housing project near the Bloomingdale Trail…
Read MoreTerrace 459 and DA+HC Receive Design Excellence Awards
Left: Parkside of Old Town, IIB. Photo: David Schalliol. Right: Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative. Photo: Barry Rustin parkside of old town 2b and dorchester art + housing collaborative were honored with distinguished building awards during aia chicago’s annual designight at navy pier’s grand ballroom on friday, october 14th. see the winners of the…
Read MoreBOLD: MAS Context Issue 29 Now Available
MAS Context’s latest issue BOLD catalogs the projects that were part of 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial’s exhibition BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago, curated by Iker Gil. The projects respond to David Brown’s “The Available City” and offer alternative propositions that address vacancy in the city and its potential to create new architectural scenarios. Among the work, LBBA’s speculative proposal South Chicago…
Read MoreEthical Redevelopment Salon Sessions Start
LBBA joins a year-long discussion on Ethical Redevelopment through a series of workshops and public convenings initiated by the University of Chicago’s Place Lab. Learn more here: placelab.uchicago.edu/ethical-redevelopment
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