About

Walking around Chicago, I’m always stumbling upon buildings I wish I knew more about. Assuming that I’m not the only one, I have begun an effort to make an archive of Chicago’s architecture – accessible to architecture experts and newcomers alike. BLUEPRINT: Chicago is my forum for sharing the stories of the buildings in Chicago, both famous and forgotten, which I feel are significant to our architectural landscape.

BLUEPRINT: Chicago has been on hiatus since I began developing Open House Chicago (OHC) for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Unfortunately OHC eats up all of my time. I miss researching and writing about Chicago’s buildings for BLUEPRINT, and I expect that I’ll continue these efforts again some day.  – Caroline N. Stevens

CALENDAR OF ARCHITECTURE EVENTS

MEDIA and PRESS

Whet Moser, This Week in Chicago Architecture, Chicago Magazine, January 24, 2012

Grotesques on the Northwest Side, Albany Park Post, January 26, 2011

1430 W. Berwyn, Edgewater Community Buzz, October 7, 2010

Andrew Huff, Inside the City’s Most Eccentric Address, Gapers Block, October 5, 2010

Andrew Huff, The First American Architect, Gapers Block, September 29, 2010

Another Look at the Uptown Broadway Building, Uptown Update, Saturday August 28, 2010

Elizabeth Dickenson, Internet: Street Grab, Architect Magazine, April 27, 2010

Lynn Becker, Building’s We’ve Grown to Love: Harry Weese’s River Cottages, ArchitectureChicago Plus, April 25, 2010

Whet Moser, Wide Right Signs and the River Cottages, Chicago Reader: The Blog, March 18, 2010

Erin Watson, Caryatids and Cottages, Gapers Block, March 17, 2010

Whet Moser, BLUEPRINT: Chicago, Chicago Reader: the BLOG, January 25, 2010