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For Black History Month, the CAC Design Store is featuring books and items celebrating Black culture and design. A standout: Dream in Color, curated by Tré Seals and featuring posters by 30 Black creatives. https://bit.ly/4aCXFVf

Wait, what level of spring are we at right now? Spring of deception? Muddy mess phase?
📸: magesticsky via Instagram
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago

The Johnson Publishing Company building was the 1st downtown Chicago high-rise commissioned by a Black-owned company & designed by a Black architect. John W. Moutoussamy designed the building, successfully avoiding the “glass box” trend of the late ’60s.
https://bit.ly/4rNKK9N
📸:Bolotin on Wikimapia

These upcoming tours are 🔥
Don't miss out!
ℹ️ & 🎟️ : https://bit.ly/4hW7vDz

Street view of a historic building in Chicago. The building is a multi-story brick structure with striped awnings. People are walking on the sidewalk and crossing the street. Surrounding buildings include a modern, beige structure and visible parking signage.

🍕 For National Pizza Day:
The buildings behind Pizzeria Uno and Due were originally post‑fire mansions in River North.
Delicious pizza in historic homes? Count us in. ✅
https://bit.ly/4l7G243
📸: Craig Shimala
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago #nationalpizzaday

Soldier Field debuted in 1924 with a design inspired by the Roman Colosseum. Its original purpose? A venue for community events, athletics & military drills—not football.
https://bit.ly/4e9Wo84
📸: Soldier Field, Architect: Holabird and Roche, Photo: Ryerson & Burnham Art Architecture Archive

A close-up of numerous dog tags hanging from thin wires, part of an art installation. The tags are densely packed, creating a textured, almost cascading effect.

A spacious library with tall, filled bookshelves lining the walls. A central wooden table is surrounded by chairs. The floor is polished wood.

A person stands on a balcony of a Brutalist-style apartment building, characterized by its repetitive geometric shapes and concrete surfaces. The structure is composed of numerous identical units arranged in a grid pattern. Some windows are illuminated, suggesting occupation within.

A white surface with a grid of circular holes, each revealing warm, soft lighting behind them, creating a pattern of illuminated circles.

📸 Congrats to the Framed Views winning photographers! 🏆
Their OHC moments are now on view at the CAC.
Check them out!
https://bit.ly/4a2tUOG
Find them on Instagram: @alex_supernova @adriandiaz.foto @Exitfolly @ellen.in.focus @chipmillerphotography

🎭✨ Since 1929, the Civic Opera Building has paired dramatic architecture with one of the nation’s leading opera venues. A standout Chicago Theatre Week feature.
#Chicago #architecture #Chicagotheaterweek
📸: Civic Opera Building, Architect: Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Photographer: provided

❄️ Winter might feel endless, but it sure looks good.
Don't worry. In a few months it'll be scorching hot. 🥵
📸: @layne_ferd via Instagram
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago

Celebrate Chicago Restaurant Week at The Berghoff, founded in 1898 and located in historic post–Great Fire buildings. Still holds Liquor License #1. A true Loop classic.
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago #chicagorestaurantweek

🕳️ Can’t be mad at a longer winter when it looks like this. ❄️💙
📸: @waywelling via Instagram
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago #chicagowinter #groundhogday

Founded in 1940, the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) is set to begin its next chapeter with a $15M renovation. Join us as we learn about the architecture, history, and community impact of this cornerstone of Bronzeville's creative pulse.
2/25 at CAC
https://bit.ly/49Zyg7y

Founded in 1940, the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) is set to begin its next chapeter with a $15M renovation. Join us as we learn about the architecture, history, & community impact of this cornerstone of Bronzeville's creative pulse.
2/25 at CAC
https://bit.ly/49Zyg7y

Script? Never heard of her. 👀
CAC docents study architecture, design, engineering, and Chicago history, then craft tours in their own voices. That’s why every story lands differently (and better). Happy National Storytelling Week to the best in Chicago. 👏 👏 👏

Ok, ok...we may be giving "frozen planet" this winter, but we're always producing those great city views. 👀 🥶
Check out these stunning shots from a few of our favorite Chicago photographers via Instagram
📸:
@cdats
@thekoolaidman
@barrybutler9
@filoricanadventures

⛄ Winter block parties, 🛝 museum slides, and free daycare are among the ideas Chicago Magazine highlights for making the city more kid‑friendly.
CAC CEO, Eleanor Gorski & CCM CEO, Jennifer Farrington, offer their insights
https://bit.ly/4k9G3og
#Chicago #architecture #kidfriendly #ChicagoMagazine

🏭 Gary, Indiana is pitching three potential sites for a new Bears stadium and mixed‑use development.

👀 Curious what you all think about this idea.

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/city-gary-courts-bears-stadium-development-sites

#Chicago #architecture #ChicagoBears #theBears #NFL #Bears

Dr. King understood that housing justice is civil rights work.
Chicago’s missing middle housing efforts show how design and policy can shape opportunity.
https://bit.ly/4qyees7
📸: Getty Images via Smart Cities Dive
#Chicago #architecture #MLK #missingmiddle #allfortheloveofchicago

💁‍♂️ Can't say we're surprised. 😏

🧹 Chicago sweeps the Tripadvisor Awards, clinching top U.S. destination and two other prestigious titles.

https://bit.ly/49qnNDi

#Chicago #architecture #tripadvisor

🏆 Make 2026 your year to explore Chicago’s architectural icons!
💎 Rookery Building
💫 Reliance Building
🚂 Union Station Icon of a Great Age
🌱 Chicago Board of Trade
🎟️ Details & tix: https://www.architecture.org/city-tours

Chicago lore gets a little...fuzzy up high. 🤥

The Stratosphere Club existed at the top of the Jeweler's Building, but not as a speakeasy, and not with Al Capone.
When it opened in 1937, Prohibition was over and Al was in Alcatraz.
📸: @sekrety_jc via Instagram

We found an interesting article this week on low-tox living and healthier indoor environments.
What changes, if any, have you made at home to reduce toxins?
https://bit.ly/3YEBlF1
#chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago #homedetox #newyearresolution
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Certainly glittery. Absolutely pastel. Definitely unforgettable. But ugliest? Tune in as Rogers Park's own Candyland House is up for Ugliest House in America.
https://bit.ly/4pud4wf

#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago #ugliesthouseinamerica #HGTV #RogersPark

The Architecture & Design Film Festival returns with films about how cities really work.
One of these films, Changing Lanes, follows a Brooklyn community fighting to redesign a dangerous street and what happens when grassroots change meets resistance.
ℹ️ 🎟️ https://bit.ly/4byoQSS

🏈 The postseason starts this weekend.
🐻 Bears vs. 🥩 Packers.
Let's go. 💪
📸: @barrybutler9
#Chicago #ChicagoBears #BearsVsPackers #NFLPlayoffs #allfortheloveofchicago #gobears

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close up image featuring the Marina City towers in Chicago with a red banner stating 'Intro to Chicago Architecture' across the center.

Willis Tower against a sunset backdrop with the text 'Willis Tower Revitalized' overlaying the image. View from architecture.org.

Interior view of The Old Post Office showing a long corridor with marble floors, tall ceilings, and hanging light fixtures, highlighted by natural light streaming through vertical windows.

Interior view of City Hall County Building featuring a spacious hall with arched ceilings, illuminated by warm lights, and a visible clock. People are walking through the area.

✨ Resolution: explore your own city more
🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Intro to Chicago Architecture: Chicago’s architectural DNA
🌇 Willis Tower Revitalized: A classic supertall, rethought
📬 The Old Post Office: History preserved, future activated
👞 Chicago Pedway: Moving through Chicago, underground
🎟️ ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4ek6Lq7

A lesson in form follows wind. These blow-through floors in the St. Regis let the wind blow through instead of putting more stress on the structure.
📸: thefacetpixel via Instagram
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago

One sculpture, endless reflections. 🫘 Happy National Bean Day from Chicago's own legume.
📸: @barrybutler9 via Instagram
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago #nationalbeanday #boston

Here’s to a year of noticing what’s around us—and why it matters.
🎉 Happy New Year from the Chicago Architecture Center!
📸: @nick_ulivieri, NYE 2024
#Chicago #architecture #NYE #NewYearsEve #allfortheloveofchicago #2026