Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture

The Chicago Architecture Center is a nonprofit cultural organization that offers a variety of all-ages tours, exhibitions, programs, and events. John Hill is a registered architect and author of the NYC Walks: Guide to New Architecture and Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture.

"This book convincingly argues that in just twenty short years Chicago has emerged from a period of architectural doldrums to regain its place at the front of the pack in innovative and daring design. And not only downtown showpieces! This guide dives deeply into neighborhoods and some suburban areas to shine a light on surprising and obscure gems. And it celebrates a new internationalism that has brought architects from around the world to add to Chicagos trophy shelf of outstanding talent and built work. True to the Chicago Architecture Centers educational mission, this book is thoroughly researched, offers a primer in diverse local history, and gives newbies a lesson in the special language of architecture."--Geoffrey Baer, host, WTTW

"This book extends the story of Chicago architecture in to the twenty-first century. It serves as a guide for all who want to explore how great architecture has continued to reinvent and positively transform all of Chicagos neighborhoods."--Ralph Johnson FAIA, Design Director, Perkins & Will

"There has been much hand-wringing in Chicago over the last few decades about a general decline in the quality of the citys architecture. This volume argues--through more than 200 examples--that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of Chicagos death as a leading architectural city are greatly exaggerated."--Reed Kroloff, Dean, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology