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If you had asked cosmopolitan Springfieldians in 1990 or so to name the Springfield parking ramp designed by flamboyant German American architect Helmut Jahn, most would have pointed to the municipal ramp at Seventh and Monroe. As built in 1967, its louvered façade of precast concrete slats made it one of the handsomest structures of any kind in the capital. They would have been wrong. The city ramp was the work of Springfields Ferry & Henderson with Ralph Hahn and Associates. A block up ...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file Helmut Jahn and I once talked — I can’t believe this conversation was 21 years ago already — about Sony Center, his then-brand new project opening on Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz. As we went over the details of the $800 million project, Jahn focused on a cobblestone-like curved walkway that led from the street into the complex. The path is privately owned, but Jahn purposely gave it the feel of a public way. He wanted the public to venture into Sony Center...

Photo: Saga Communications As many Illinoisans head back to the office for the first time in more than a year, something new will be waiting for them: a chance to get a coronavirus vaccination. Gov. JB Pritzker made that announcement in Chicago’s Loop, saying the vaccines will be available in business districts throughout the state. Details of any outside the Chicago area are apparently yet to come. Not all state agencies are open, though. Responding to a reporter’s question, Pritzker prai...

.  Helmut Jahn, a German-born architect who designed buildings around the world but was most influential in his adopted hometown, Chicago, where he conceived of an extravagant downtown home to state government and the United Airlines terminal at O’Hare International Airport, died on Saturday in a traffic accident near the horse farm where he lived, in St. Charles, Illinois. He was 81. His wife, Deborah (Lampe) Jahn, confirmed the death. He had been riding his bicycle in suburban Campton Hill...

Thompson Center architect Helmut Jahn killed in Campton Hills bike accident Alexis McAdams Replay Video UP NEXT Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding outside Chicago. Jahn, 81, was struck Saturday afternoon while riding north on a village street in Campton Hills, about 55 miles west of Chicago. Jahn ...

Famed German architect Helmut Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident By AP reporter German architect Helmut Jahn killed in bike accident outside Chicago Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding outside Chicago. CHICAGO - Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and work...

In this July 15, 1998 file photo, architect Helmut Jahn tours the Sony Center construction site in Berlin. (AP Photo) CHICAGO--Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding outside Chicago. Jahn, 81, was struck Saturday afternoon while riding north on a village street in Campton Hills, about 90 kilometers west of Chicago. Ja...

Famed German architect Helmut Jahn dies in bike accident Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA In this file photo, architect Helmut Jahn tours a construction site in Berlin. Jahn, 81, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding on May 8, 2021 afternoon, while riding north on a village street in Campton Hills, about 55 miles east of Chicago.   | Photo Credit: JOCKEL FINCK Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois State government building and worked on t...

CHICAGO — Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed a famous Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed in a weekend bicycle accident outside Chicago. Jahn, 81, was struck by two vehicles Saturday afternoon while riding north on a village street in Campton Hills, about 55 miles west of Chicago. Jahn failed to stop at a stop sign at an intersection and was struck by the vehicles, which were headed in opposite dire...

Famous German Architect Killed in Illinois Bike Accident Voice of America 10 May 2021, 16:05 GMT+10 CHICAGO, IL - Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed in a bicycle accident outside Chicago. Jahn, 81, was struck Saturday afternoon while riding north on a village street in Campton Hills, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Chicago. Jahn failed to stop at a stop sig...