Archinect - Features 2024-05-02T05:42:42-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150011159/helmut-jahn-on-his-practice-his-career-and-his-most-recent-chicago-project-1000m Helmut Jahn on His Practice, His Career, and His Most Recent Chicago Project 1000M Nicholas Korody 2017-06-07T16:40:00-04:00 >2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hm/hmooet3nx61hwevd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Back in the day, he was known as &ldquo;Flash Gordon&rdquo;&mdash;a daring young German-American architect with equally daring designs for his adopted home of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/4611/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a>. Now, just over 50 years since he first arrived to the Windy City, a more experienced and restrained <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/69381519/jahn" target="_blank">Helmut Jahn</a> is working on a major new project for a prominent site on Michigan Avenue.</p>