After Jahn death, bike advocates say cyclists must be careful and infrastructure must help Helmut Jahn was killed in a crash at the intersection of Burlington and Old LaFox roads in Campton Hills on Saturday. Karie Angell Luc for the Daily Herald Helmut Jahn was killed in a crash at the intersection of Burlington and Old LaFox roads in Campton Hills on Saturday. Karie Angell Luc for the Daily Herald
Updated 5/10/2021 8:01 PM
In the wake of the bicycle crash Saturday in Campton Hills that killed world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn, area bicycle safety activists said more work can be done to design intersections and roads to better accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians, even in rural and exurban areas.
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Standing on a corner of downtown Chicago as a dazzling rocket ship of mirrored glass and salmon pink steel, the James R Thompson Center, more than any other building, encapsulates the flamboyant oeuvre of the German-American architect Helmut Jahn, who has died aged 81 in a cycling accident.
The glitzy government building, originally known as the State of Illinois Center, is a fitting monument to the larger than life architect, as exuberant as it is divisive.
The big budget project drew fierce criticism when it was completed in 1985. It was described as “a chunky wedge of little grace or elegance” by the critic of the Chicago Tribune; the colour palette of pink and turquoise reminded the New York Times critic of “cheap commercial buildings of the 1950s, bus stations and suburban schools”. Plagued by practical issues – including an ice-based cooling sy