Chicago Architecture Center

💪 Two Chicago landmarks move forward with Adopt‑a‑Landmark funding this week: Apollo’s 2000 and the former Pierce Arrow Auto Showroom on Motor Row. A great win for Chicagoans!

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⚽ Earlier this week, the Chicago Fire broke ground on a soccer stadium, which will anchor the 78 mega development. 🏗️

From Block Club Chicago: https://bit.ly/4spBCbD

🏅 Chicago voted, and apparently you like us! You really like us! We’ll happily take Best Tour and Best Outdoor Activity 💪 Thank you Chicago Reader and everyone who voted. We look forward to seeing everyone on the river! https://bit.ly/4fMiM8k

📸: Kathleen Hinkel

Chicago’s heritage alert: Preservation Chicago names its 2026 Chicago 7 (plus an 8th). These buildings tell the story of our architecture, culture, labor and faith. See the list and learn how you can help:

🎂 Happy birthday to the best city in the world. Chicago, you're looking good for 189! 🌟

This angle is giving depth, layers, eras...all things Chicago. 🥰
📸: @inkharvest via Instagram

A major revival is coming to Pullman: the long‑vacant 1881 Hotel Florence is finally being restored. Is it too soon to call for reservations? 🛎️✨

📸: Hotel Florence, Architect: Solon S. Beman, Photo: Historic Pullman Foundation

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The Chicago River is great and all, but it’s even better with the Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise aboard First Lady. Counting the days. Are you ready?

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The Chicago Architecture Biennial has ended, but Chicago’s love of architecture is year‑round. Looking forward to the next one!
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For 25 years, Preservation Chicago has worked to protect the city’s most vulnerable historic sites. Join us as Ward Miller reveals the 2026 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings and reflects on key wins and losses.
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📸: Guyon Hotel, Architect: Jens Jensen, Photo: Debbie Mercer

No other city gives layers like this.
📸: @cdats via Instagram
#Chicago #architecture #sunset #allfortheloveofchicago

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River Cruise tickets just dropped. 🎤 If Chicago architecture is your thing (or even if it’s not yet), this is the way to experience it.
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#Chicago #architecture #rivercruise

SOM’s 2026 Olympic Village uses timber construction and solar panels to deliver an energy‑efficient neighborhood that shifts from athlete housing to student living after the Games. 👍
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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.
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📸:Bolotin on Wikimapia

These upcoming tours are 🔥
Don't miss out!
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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.
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📸: 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!
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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
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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. 👏 👏 👏