Lee Bey

The Burnham Building, a century-old, temple-like pavilion in Jackson Park that for years has lain in near ruin, appears finally set to receive the restoration it rightly deserves. Designed by D.H. Burnham & Co., the firm led by the legendary architect... See more

Chicago faces — and braces — for another new year. What will 2026 bring architecturally? Here’s my annual look at the year ahead. The Obama Presidential Center After years of legal battles and a lengthy federal review, both triggered by the city’s and the... See more

Chicago faces — and braces — for another new year. What will 2026 bring architecturally? Here’s my annual look at the year ahead. The Obama Presidential Center After years of legal battles and a lengthy federal review, both triggered by the city’s and the... See more

Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches. The concrete lett... See more

Few people alive today have seen the exterior of the House of Tomorrow when it was a futuristic attraction at Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair. Designed by architect George Fred Keck, the 12-sided modernist exhibition home was America’s first glass house — pre... See more