Ian Spula

China is raising the stakes in the race for ‘tallest’ man-made structures.

When it comes to transit oriented development in Chicago, density and affordability can divide community advocates and developers.

In the skyscraper game, the developing world is running away with the headlines.

The tower once boasted the city’s best views of the Chicago River. But a new neighbor will change all of that—and could affect the selling price.

A suburban investor will combine two 80th-floor condos in the River North tower.

The 7,400-square-foot landmark house will hit the market come spring.

The 12,000-square-foot house went for $3.8 million—less than half of what it was listed for in 2007.

Almost every other parcel on the North lakefront that can be developed has been developed. Marketed for development by single-family end-users, the lots may just as easily go condo.

This is the first of Weese’s postmodern riverfront townhouses, those beguiling piles at the foot of the Kinzie Street Bridge, to re-list for sale.

Should the inexperienced buyer seriously consider taking on a two-flat-to-single-family conversion? Maybe, but it’s a big risk.

The greatly improved structure, built in 1883 and expanded with new office space in the 1970s, sold to a real estate firm for $2.73 million.

A small developer tries his hand at whole-home renovation in uncharted territory. The asking price for a rebuilt 3,500-square-foot greystone? $279,900.

Influential architect Joseph L. Silsbee’s 1895 six-bed blends Victorian, Tudor, and Prairie and sits on more than one acre of lawn and garden across from Longcommon Park.

The legendary architect’s experiment put a village environment under one roof (or several conjoining roofs). It is on the market for $2.2 million.

The half-floor unit, gut-renovated a few years ago, combines four original one-beds on the seventh floor.

The imposing house is an exquisite representative of the style, and in remarkably good condition. The price paid? $340,000.

Chicago sits down with the renowned preservation architect to account for his recent work with Wright, Mies, and more.

The two-bedroom unit in Bertrand Goldberg’s building got a sophisticated 2002 makeover by its architect-owner.

The 3,800-square-foot bar-to-house conversion obtained LEED Gold certification before any other house in Illinois.

The Bloomingdale Trail–proximate block shows the effect of demand for new, pricier housing in Humboldt Park.