Damp swimsuits flung on the edge of the tub, stacks of sandy beach towels, half-empty sunscreen bottles—a coastal bathroom sees it all. It arguably has to work harder than any ordinary bathroom, ...

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Skyscrapers, museums, mansions — those are architecture’s glamour buildings. Then there are little, work-a-day structures, like those that line the lakefront in and around Chicago. They house ...