Jeanne Gang and a North Lawndale Community Garden Among the Honorees at Architecture’s Designight 2026

Jeanne Gang and a North Lawndale community garden among the honorees at architecture's Designight 2026

Long-dubbed the "Oscars of Chicago architecture," the annual event recognizes the best designs by local architects.

Jeanne Gang and a North Lawndale community garden among the honorees at architecture’s Designight 2026

The Humboldt Park Health Wellness Center — with its iridescent green and blue cladding, designed to match the colors of the Caribbean Sea — is among the buildings that took top honors Thursday at the AIA Chicago’s Designight 2026 awards ceremony. Chicago firm Studio Gang, led by Aqua Tower architect Jeanne Gang, was also given the architecture organization’s 2026 Firm Award, which recognizes a firm’s body of work over the last 10 years. The awar…