As Joe Valerio sees it, architects shouldn’t just shape structures; they should interpret their times. “The most useless term in architecture is `timeless building,’ which I translate into `meaningless,’” Valerio says over lunch at the sleek Blue Water Grill at Dearborn Street and Grand Avenue. “Our job is to do cultural commentary.”
Valerio is hardly the [...]

Taking another step toward building the nation’s tallest skyscraper in Chicago, the project’s developer on Wednesday announced a design team that includes a veteran Chicago architectural firm and the structural engineers who helped shape the Malaysian twin towers that took the world’s tallest building title from Sears Tower.
The developer, Garret Kelleher, executive chairman of Dublin-based [...]

Studio G Interiors today announced that the interior design firm has moved their Chicago office to expanded headquarters at One Magnificent Mile, 980 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400. Their new phone number is 312-988-4822.
“Business has been wonderful, and we just outgrew our old space,” said Studio G’s president and principal designer Tracy Grosspietsch. “We also [...]