The Hoxton Chicago: Photographing a Wedding in Fulton Market
A hotel in Fulton Market on Chicago's West Side, with exposed brick interiors in a former meatpacking district.
The Gwen: How the Carved Relief Frame Is Actually Made
A hotel on North Michigan Avenue in a 1920s building with a sculpted limestone facade and an upper terrace.
The Peninsula Chicago: Photographing Pale, Tonal Luxury
A luxury hotel a block from the Magnificent Mile, with pale tonal interiors, a terrace and high guest floors.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Glass, Butterflies and Prairie
A contemporary nature museum in Lincoln Park, with a glass-roofed butterfly haven and restored prairie planting outside.
The Robey: How Light Moves Through a Narrow Tower
A 1929 Art Deco tower at the Wicker Park six-corners junction, with upper-floor rooms and a rooftop.
The Godfrey Chicago: What a Retractable Roof Actually Changes
A contemporary hotel in River North with a rooftop venue that can be enclosed or opened to the sky.
The Langham Chicago: Photographing Inside a Modernist Building
A hotel occupying a Mies van der Rohe riverfront tower, with clean-lined interiors and a terrace on the Chicago River.
The Four Seasons Chicago: Four Ways Out of the Vertical Venue Problem
A hotel occupying upper floors of a tower above the Magnificent Mile, with function rooms and guest floors on separate levels.
Lincoln Park Zoo: Reading a City Park Hour by Hour
A zoo set within Lincoln Park, with a lily pond, historic brick animal houses and the skyline rising behind the trees.
The Chicago History Museum: Making the Glass-Dome Frame
A museum on the southern edge of Lincoln Park, with a stained glass dome, mosaic floors and park frontage.