Over the weekend, the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to French architect Jean Nouvel. The prize, handed out by the Chicago-based Pritzker family, is intended "to honor annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture." Nouvel will receive the bronze medallion and a $100,000 purse at the ceremony, held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on June 2nd. more ›

Chicagoist knows you dig architecture. And we also know that, sometimes, one heavyweight architectural event just isn't enough to scratch your architectural itches. Lucky for you, Millennium Park will be double-fisting it this evening with two high-profile architectural goings on: the awarding of the 2005 Pritzker Prize and the unveiling of the plans for the Art Institute of Chicago's new wing. We've told you a couple times about the Pritzker Prize, the architectural world's... more ›

Chicagoist told you a while back that this year's Pritzker Prize would be awarded in Chicago, under the lattice of Frank Gehry's Millennium Park masterpiece, and now we can tell you the name of this year's recipient: L.A.-based architect Thom Mayne. Non-architects among us now likely scratching their heads and wondering who the hell Thom Mayne is. However, the architecture and design communities know him as the founder and creative force behind legendary firm Morphosis,... more ›

Wouldn't Millennium Park look nice with a plush, red carpet rolled right over the BP bridge and through the Lurie Garden? Wouldn't Joan and Melissa Rivers' derrieres look positively adorable reflected in the convexity of "the Bean?" more ›