On the outset, a wooden skyscraper sounds like it would be a dangerous place during a fire. But Jacobs said that generally, mass timber burns very slowly. The material has a thick layer of wood ...

“Future” refers to things that are speculative, catalytic, sci-fi oriented, and “firm” to a focus on buildings that do not leak and ... music, and wine in Chicago’s South Side, led by Eric Williams ...

At first, an event on the streets of Chicago didn’t seem real. It was quite video game-like, with Nascar racecars roaring past skyscrapers ... is looking at the future of street course races.

The long, dark form of Hem House cuts a minimalist, if somewhat utilitarian figure in its sleepy residential street in Chicago’s East Garfield Park ... of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting ...