UIC Fine Arts Center

Aerial view of a modern, angular building with glass facades surrounded by trees, set within an urban area with roads, overpasses, and various city buildings nearby.

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) solicited professional services teams to design an architecturally significant Center for the Arts that would serve as a gateway and bridge between UIC and the world, and as a destination for innovative arts and cultural production. The proposed site for the Center for the Arts is at the […]

The 606

Wide street view with cars, a cyclist, and pedestrians, featuring a red arched bridge and traffic lights in an urban setting.

First opened to the public in June 2015, Chicago’s newest multi-purpose park and trail system is The 606. Built on the former right-of-way of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, the 2.67-mile-long elevated Bloomingdale Trail connects the six ground-level parks of The 606. Collins provided Phase II design for the The 606. The […]