In 1942, the budding Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was commissioned to build a super secret town in eastern Tennessee as part of the Manhattan Project. more ›

Local architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill is building the tallest scyscraper in the world in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. more ›

The Sears Tower will receive a $350 million face lift over the next five years to reduce its energy consumption by 80 percent. The building will also receive a new neighbor--an environmentally friendly 50-story luxury hotel, located at Jackson and Wacker. The initiative could create 3,600 new jobs and Sears Tower could become the tallest building to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. more ›