Stranger still, this work of obviously ambitious architecture was executed on a spare budget for residents with meager incomes. Even more startling, the Atrium, an affordable-housing development ...

Donation Options Search Search Search The metal and glass exterior and interior atrium of the Thompson Center will be demolished as a prelude to Google’s $280 million rehab of the building.

Although Rice begins by positioning the atrium within a political-theoretical framework, he quickly moves into more tangible territory and showcases his subject-matter expertise. (He previously ...

The atrium was a public square under glass ... proposed then — renovation and reuse — is happening now. Lee Bey is architecture critic for the Sun-Times and also appears on ABC7 News Chicago.