Healthy Streets Campaign

23 Oct 2007 – 9:23
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It's a good thing I put my car into storage. According to the Healthy Streets Campaign, my neighborhood is a scary place to drive or walk. Well, technically, the danger zone is a few blocks west of me. It's kind of ...

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Looptopia

16 May 2007 – 6:25
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that was about it for looptopia.  A few odd and quirky sights, but not much real entertainment.    Underwhelmed would be the wrong word.  I didn't have expectations of the event, ...

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Moved

29 Apr 2007 – 11:59
By adam | Posted in architecture, chicago | Also tagged | Comments (0)

The architemps experiment is over. I didn't really experience it the way it was meant to be experienced, i suppose. during 7 months with the agency, i spent 7 months with 1 firm, and 1 day at an interior design firm. Architemps really consider themselves better ...

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of former professors and new magazines

10 Jan 2007 – 9:11
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AIA Chicago announced their 2006 Design Awards today. Ammar got an interior nomination for his Me Miyake interior:

It's very interesting, Ammar's work has always been minimal in the sense of how it reacts to program and having open plans. ...

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You can dress it up all you want, it’s still a garage

5 Jan 2007 – 2:07
By adam | Posted in architecture, chicago | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Kudos to chicago's Landmarks panel for rejecting a plan wherein yet another building is stripped down to its historic terra cotta facade, and had something completely unrelated stuffed inside.  I've had enough of projects that use a multistory garage as street frontage, and dress it up in a fake ...

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