Butler joined Chicago city government in 1960, and was appointed as city architect by Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1967. As city architect, Butler helped lead the restoration of the auditorium at the east end of Navy Pier in the 1970s. According to the book "Navy Pier: A Chicago Landmark"...
Frank Lloyd Wrightwent above and beyond with his Chicago tower proposal, produced around 1957. The mile-high tower was expected to provide housing for over 100,000 people, fitting almost 20,000 cars and 180 helicopters. Even more dramatically, the project was expected to have a 60-mile-per-...
In one of her final actions as a justice, a dissent to a 5-4 ruling to allow local governments to condemn and seize personal property to allow private developers to build shopping plazas, office buildings and other facilities, she warned the majority had unwisely ceded yet more power to the...
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some of which have been designated as listed buildings, including Holy Ascension Church, Upton by Chester, Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst, St Luke's Church, Dunham on the Hill, and Holy Trinity Church, Chester. Harrison also made alterations to other churches, including the virtual rebuilding of...
The storms felled trees, knocked out power throughout the Chicago area, and raised the water level of rivers and creeks, flooding basements and even the first floors of some buildings.More than $4 million in damage was reported by hundreds of property owners, with Kane and other counties ...
IBM is helping cities across the world get smarter — smart traffic systems in London, Brisbane and Singapore; smart crime fighting in New York; smart energy in Houston; smart water in São Paulo; smart buildings in Shanghai. The opportunities and the innovations keep growing. In cities...
wide fame for his adventures, he never lost touch with the Nepalese people and devoted much of his time to their environmental and social causes. Hillary built hospitals and schools in the mountains of Nepal by raising the money, buying the materials, and working on many of the buildings....
He would reject the austere designs and spare aesthetics of modernists like Mies van der Rohe, and produce buildings that celebrated complexity and even inconsistency in design. Venturi designed buildings bursting with ornamentation and flourishes, and encouraged architects and consumers to enjoy "messy...