by admin | Mar 18, 2021 | Press
On a beautiful July day back in 2018, anticipation was high as the crowd sipped champagne, listened to speeches and applauded the ground breaking on the Sable Hotel–the first hotel on Navy Pier.. Little did any of us know what was lurking in the future. But...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | Press
Built by the Chicago Department of Housing and Urban Development in the mid-forties for Black soldiers returning home from service in World War II, Altgeld Gardens is known for being one of the first public housing developments in the United States. It’s also...
by admin | Jan 7, 2021 | Press
Chicago unveils plans for a funhouse-like e-sports arena on the city’s Near South Side. In a sign of the perpetually growing popularity of gaming, Chicago has unveiled designs for a $30 million,106,000-square-foot professional e-sports arena called Surge. Designed by...
by admin | Dec 28, 2020 | Press
Writing an architecture and urban design preview for 2021 is an exercise in guesswork. With vaccine distribution in its initial stages and city centers still largely shut down, firm opening dates are hard to come by. Call it the Year of the Question Mark. Downtowns...
by admin | May 15, 2019 | Press
KOO is proud to announce the new 36,000-square-foot rooftop deck called Offshore, will open in Spring 2019. The new hot-spot with include huge glass-enclosed areas, fire pits, and terraces. Click here to read the Chicago Tribune article. Click here to read the...