Obama Presidential Library
Tod Williams Billie Tsien · Jackson Park · Chicago · 2026
South facade of the Obama Presidential Museum.
Construction is ongoing at the Obama Presidential Library in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago. Designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects + Partners, the 19-acre campus will include a museum; a branch of the Chicago public library; an auditorium; a fruit and vegetable garden; and a facility for athletics, programs, and events.
Southwest corner of the Obama Presidential Museum (left) and the forum building (right).
The form of the Obama Presidential Museum was inspired by the idea of four hands coming together, embodying the notion that many hands shape a place. Tapestry granite, mined in New Hampshire, will clad the structure and has started to be installed on the lower levels.
Close-up of the museum's Tapestry granite panel facade.
Close-up of the museum's Tapestry granite panel facade.
West facade of the Obama Presidential Museum.
Northwest corner of the Obama Presidential Museum.
North facade of the Obama Presidential Museum.
North facade of the Obama Presidential Museum.
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects + Partners (Museum, Forum, and Library), Moody Nolan (Athletics and Events Center); Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; MEP Engineer: Altieri Sebor Wieber; Facade Consultant: Heintges; Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Program: Museum, Library, Auditorium, Winter Garden, Athletics and Events Center; Location: Jackson Park, Chicago, IL; Completion: First Half of 2026.
Chicago Architecture Biennial
A photo essay from the press preview of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opens today, October 3, and runs through January 3, 2016.
Northeast corner of the Chicago Cultural Center, built in 1893 by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.
The End of Sitting - Cut Out by RAAAF.
Ground floor central staircase.
Polis Station by Studio Gang.
Polis Station by Studio Gang.
Detail of Polis Station by Studio Gang.
LA Recalculated by Smout Allen + Geoff Manaugh.
BUILTHEFIGHT by Didier Faustino.
People's United Nations: pUN by Pedro Reyes.
Rock Print by Gramazio Kohler Research of ETH Zurich and the Self-Assembly Lab of MIT.
Detail of Rock Print.
The Tiffany dome.
Casa A by Selgascano and Helloeverything
Children's Town by Onishimaki and Hyakudayuki Architects.
Passage by SO-IL.
Passage by SO-IL.
Detail of Passage.
Piranesi Circus by Atelier Bow-Wow.
Making Camp by Lateral Office.
Model detail from Making Camp by Lateral Office.
Rural Collage: Strategies for the Chinese Countryside by Rural Urban Framework.
S House by Vo Trong Ngia Architects.
Detail of S House by Vo Trong Ngia Architects.
Interior of S House by Vo Trong Ngia Architects.
Kanagawa Institute of Technology by Junya Ishigami and Associates.
3-C.CITY: Climate, Convention, and Cruise by WORKac and Ant Farm.
Exquisite Corpse: A Studio Residency for the Land by Nikolaus Hirsch / Michel Muller.
House No. 11 (Corridor House) by MOS Architects.
Architecture is Everywhere by Sou Fujimoto Architects.
Model from Architecture is Everywhere.
Model from Architecture is Everywhere.
Sustainable Housing by Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Interiors of Sustainable Housing by Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Sustainable Housing by Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Color(ed) Theory by Amanda Williams.
Hollow Trunk by Plan:B Arquitectos (left) and Indo-Pacific Atlas by Fake Industries Architectural Agonism and UTS (right).
Hollow Trunk by Plan:B Arquitectos.