Alan Mui News Today

A profile of some of the winners from Innovate@BU’s second annual Community Impact Challenge, which this year focused on ideas for helping the BU community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northtown Affordable Apartments and Public Library: 2020 Best of Year Winner for Social Impact January 20, 2021 Photography by James Steinkamp. Communities across the U.S. need superb branch libraries, and they also need affordable housing for seniors. A twofer project by the Chicago office of Perkins and Will shows how to accomplish both—and add arresting design to the Windy City in the process. The 65,000-square-foot building for a neighborhood north of downtown weaves two forms together in...