The art of making architecture that engages its surroundings has become such a cliche in recent years that it is easy to overlook the virtues of genuine contextualism, which addresses the essence ...

An old collegiate gothic style building on the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus is getting a modern makeover as a student wellness center designed by Chicago-based architecture firm ...

Cobb chose an English Gothic style for the University to make the campus feel like an escape to intellectualism to “remove the mind of the student from the busy mercantile conditions of Chicago.” The ...

The university’s campus sprawls over more than 210 acres in the Hyde Park and Woodlawn neighbourhoods, which lie south of downtown Chicago. Its first buildings were modelled on the Gothic style of the ...

Building Ideas is the first dedicated guide to a century’s worth of architectural accumulation since the modern era, a programme that shows no sign of abating. The University began with a template of ...