Chicago architect Leslie Ventsch has won the Burnham Design Competition for his rendering of a new bridge at Lake Shore Drive and the Chicago River and a companion ”gateway” to Chicago.

but his bridge proposal has run into a roadblock raised by Chicago’s most influential architecture critic -Mayor Richard M. Daley. The design, under wraps for months but unveiled in a new ...

In a city with a long heritage of innovative bridge design, the new North Avenue Bridge will be a notable addition. "Chicago has this marvelous heritage of innovative bridges, dating back to the turn ...

The Chicago-bound bridge is the second the ... said he and Derrick started building their bridge and then came up with a design. “Their bridge had a very high efficiency,” Collins said.

The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to Chicago next weekend in its second consecutive year at the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC). The five-day festival features 20 films ...

The crossings are kept standing by engineering design ... of the bridge is compromised, it can crumple. Those vulnerable crossings carry millions of drivers every day. In northern Chicago ...

Campbell added: “We’re kind of creating a bridge through art and design ... who stopped by the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival as they participated in a breast cancer awareness walk ...