Announcements – Landon Bone Baker Architects

CityLab: The National Public Housing Museum Eyes a 2021 Opening

December 3, 2019

Rendering of National Public Housing Museum from the corner of Adams Street and Taylor Street

Here’s an exciting read from CityLab about the National Public Housing Museum‘s (NPHM) plans to encapsulate the complicated history of public housing. LBBA has been working with NPHM on their vision to house the brand new museum in the only remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes.

OnMilwaukee: Senior apartments project at old 37th Street School looks to move forward

November 4, 2019

Rendering of 37th Street School Apartments front entry aerial

Crain’s Detroit Business: Detroit substance abuse, homeless center plans expansion with permanent housing, retail

October 23, 2019

Rendering of Mariners Inn from Cass and Ledyard

Block Club Chicago: Logan Square’s 100 Percent Affordable Housing Proposal Wins Support From Key City Panel

October 18, 2019

Emmett Project Rendering View on the Corner of Kedzie Ave. and Emmett St.

Terrace 459 Biennial Partner Program

September 30, 2019

All that now remains of the original public housing are the scarcely-occupied low rises.

Biennial Partner Program 459 West Division: A Story in Images Channeling Chicago’s complicated history, the title for the 2019 edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial is …and other such stories. Landon Bone Baker explored the theme of Appearances and Erasures (“Explores sites of memory and the politics of remembering and/or forgetting in contested spaces, considering…

IFF Access Housing wins AIA/HUD Secretary’s Housing and Community Design Award for Housing Accessibility: Alan J. Rothman Award

June 14, 2019

IFF Access Housing 2032 W Dickens rehab elevation

LBBA is proud to announce IFF Access Housing received the 2019 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Housing and Community Design Award for Housing Accessibility: Alan J. Rothman Award. The award recognizes projects that demonstrate excellence in improving housing accessibility for people with disabilities. Developed by IFF, IFF Access Housing utilizes previously vacant lots and foreclosed homes to provide…

AIA Chicago’s Peter Exley, FAIA, Elected 2020 First Vice President/2021 President-elect

June 13, 2019

Peter Exley, FAIA, 2020 First Vice President /2021 President-elect

Landon Bone Baker Architects are delighted to congratulate Peter Exley, FAIA in his recent nomination as the AIA National 2020 First Vice President/2021 President-elect. We affirm Peter’s work in establishing AIA as a leader in addressing major social issues such as gender and pay equity, sustainability, and health, thereby moving the profession forward to a…

Streets Blog Chicago: Thanks to “Overwhelming Support,” the Logan Affordable TOD Plan Is Moving Forward

May 16, 2019

Logan Square 100 unit affordable housing TOD rendering at Milwaukee and Schubert

City Gardens and The Carling SRO tie for First Place at the 25th Annual CNDA Ceremony

May 10, 2019

City Gardens and the Carling SRO CNDA Richard H. Driehaus Award Winners

LISC Chicago hosted another amazing Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards ceremony last night. It was inspiring to see the variety of efforts being made to create positive change across Chicago and how they’ve made a real impact on people’s lives. We’re honored to receive The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design…

Chicago Tribune: Rents rise, supply drops — Chicago’s affordable housing woes mount

April 25, 2019