Edward Keegan: Happy 10th birthday, The 606! Here’s why you are worth celebrating.
In a city where almost everything is on a strict grid and flat, the 606 is neither.
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Edward Keegan: Milwaukee is building contemporary timber towers. What about Chicago?
Since 2022, Chicago's neighbor to the north has been home to the tallest timber tower in the world and is building more.
Edward Keegan: The future of public housing is on Chicago’s Taylor Street
Chicago's new National Public Housing Museum and Roosevelt Square mixed-use apartments show glimmers of architectural success.
Edward Keegan: NASCAR has embraced the Chicago backdrop, but will it return?
The NASCAR Chicago Street Race is an exceptionally well-conceived and packaged mirror of the city.
Edward Keegan: Chicago Fire stadium plans cry out for a bit of quirkiness
The Chicago Fire stadium needs to be distinctive and genuinely grounded in Chicago’s unique architectural culture.
Edward Keegan: Intuit Art Museum’s newly renovated space reflects the institution and West Town neighborhood
Completely rethinking their old home was exactly the right move — for the Intuit Art Museum and Chicago.
Edward Keegan: Chicago should turn Lincoln Yards development into a public park
Chicago's Lincoln Yards could bring neighborhoods together around a shared resource that would draw visitors from across the city.
Edward Keegan: Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home an example of the ordinary architecture Chicago does well
In Chicago, whether it’s architecture or Catholicism, we do ordinary very well. It’s one reason we now call Pope Leo XIV our own.
Edward Keegan: Millennium Park has failed to live up to its promise
Ticketed events should be the rare exception at Millennium Park. Gates and fences should be eliminated.
Edward Keegan: Eero Saarinen’s particularly strange house in Columbus, Indiana
The Miller House in Columbus, Indiana, is a challenging piece of architecture that can delight, surprise and befuddle.