Baldacchino, St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco
An element out of ancient Catholic architecture reimagined for modernity in the first cathedral built in the US following Vatican II.
Humboldt Park Fieldhouse and Lagoons, Chicago
Engineered waterways and cultivated prairie, the naturalistic lagoons of Chicago’s Humboldt Park have shifted more than you may have expected over the park’s 150 years.
Olympic Hotel/Alexander Residence, San Francisco
Urban renewal, displacement, residential hotels, and the Tenderloin.
St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church / St. Barts Apartments, Columbus, Indiana
While Richard Nickel identified water and stupid men as the two natural enemies of architecture, vacancy is a close third.
Lutheran Youth Building of the Walther League, Chicago
A nifty bit of Gothic Moderne designed by Jansson and Venning, the Walther League of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod opened their national headquarters here in 1942, but you’d only know that from the brick and beige sliver of the old Lynch Residence next door.