A demolition permit has been issued for the corner of 53rd Street and Dorchester Avenue. Several blocks south, the U of C is planning a hotel of its own.
In the works since 2007, Hyde Park’s highly anticipated ‘Solstice on the Park’ high-rise apartment project has cleared another milestone in its construction process.
Featuring well-preserved original stained glass and detailed interior woodwork throughout, the updated six-bedroom Queen Anne style mansion offers a whopping 6,100 square feet of house across its four levels.
After a long and contentious gestation, Hyde Park’s contemporary looking Vue53 development welcomed its first tenants this fall. The 13-story rental building brings of touch of avant garde to the South Side’s 53rd Street.
This efficient one-bedroom condo with bamboo floors and an excellent view of Chicago’s skyline and Lake Michigan could be a real bargain for the right sort of buyer.
After nearly a decade on the drawing board weathering the global economic downtown, Hyde Park’s 26-story Solstice on the Park project is finally moving dirt.
The 26-story Studio Gang-designed tower known as Solstice on the Park is finally preparing break ground just north of Jackson Park on Chicago’s south side. The long-dormant project will feature 250 rental apartments.
The $148 million complex will offer accommodations for 800 students as well as a dining hall, common spaces, and new retail that includes Insomnia Cookies, Heritage Bicycles, and Dollop Coffee Co.
Providing guests a chance to enjoy live music, sip adult beverages, and snack on hors d’oeuvres while exploring a famoed icon of the Prairie School of architectural design, 'After Hours' is returning to Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in October.
The 277,000-square-foot William Eckhardt Research Center needed to provide a clean room environment for precision experiments and also not interfere with research being carried out in neighboring University of Chicago science buildings.
Situated a short walk from Jackson Park, Promontory Point, and the University of Chicago, this 1895 Hyde Park Tudor revival from notable Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw recently hit the market looking for a new owner.
Though the Hyde Park project is at last moving forward, it appears the design has seen a substantial revision based on a recent rendering posted on architect Studio Gang’s website.
We’re still in the peak of the summer season, but sadly, it is time to start thinking about going back to school if you will be attending classes this autumn.
Hoping to take advantage of Chicago’s recovering condo market, Ranquist Development and Campbell Coyle Real Estate are planning a new four-story, 19-unit condominium building on the border of Hyde Park and Kenwood.
There are most certainly a few homes in the area that have spent a considerable amount of time languishing on the market, but this single family home in Hyde Park is approaching a whopping five years on the market.
Nearly a year after the Obama Foundation kicked off its search for an architect, the Obamas has announced that Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects will lead the design effort for the future Obama Presidential Center for Chicago’s South Side.
The planned 90,000-square-foot meeting complex features narrow 165-foot tower and will make a bold, modern statement along the Midway Plaisance at the southeast corner of Woodlawn Avenue and 60th Street.
The three-story modernist Mott building along Hyde Park’s Midway Plaisance will be replaced by the Rubenstein Forum, a new multi-purpose complex designed by New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). The building is expected to open in 2018.
Located on a large 50’ by 164’ lot just steps from the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus and Florence Stout Park, this 3,300-square-foot Victorian offers a pleasing combination of historic character and modern upgrades.
The Museum of Science and Industry’s 7,000-square-foot "Brick by Brick" exhibition features more than a dozen of the world’s most architecturally significant structures carefully rendered in LEGO and encourages guests to create their own.
With the first batch of tenants arriving late last year, the City Hyde Park apartments by Chicago’s Studio Gang Architects is officially occupied. Photos show off the slick geometry of the building’s angular facade and a handsome model unit.