Gabrielle Speller, 16, likes to look at skyscrapers.

       She appreciates the diversity and beauty of structures in Chicagoland designed by architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The Kenwood Academy High School junior likes it so much that she’s seriously considering attending New York University to study urban planning.

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       “I like how you can see what you’ve created, and you can see it built,” the South Shore resident said about what speaks to her with architecture.

       That’s why she decided to take part in the Teen Fellows program — a collaboration between the Chicago Architecture Center, City Colleges of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools where high school students have the opportunity to do a deep dive in the architecture and design fields and see career possibilities firsthand.