Source: nARCHITECTS Photography: Iwan Baan | Sahar Coston-Hardy At 1km long, the Navy Pier is one of the world’s largest public piers. Since its opening in 1916 as part of Burnham’s Plan of Chicago, the Pier has served as a dock for cargo and lake cruises, a Navy facility, and later a satellite campus for the University of Illinois. Currently a recreational pier, Navy Pier draws more than eight million visitors a yea

Source: nARCHITECTS Photography: Iwan Baan | Pablo Enriquez (interiors) Carmel Place was announced winner of an AIA National Honor Award at the AIA National Convention in Orlando, FL this past month. The revolutionary building is the result of a winning entry entitled “MY MICRO NY” by Brooklyn based nARCHITECTS and Monadnock Development in the city’s 2012 adAPT NYC competition, an initiative launched as part of forme