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This calendar of Chicago architectural events is jointly sponsored by Repeat and the Chicago Architectural Club. Send listings, corrections, comments, complaints and limericks to: webmaster
Three Generations of Classical Architects: The Renewal of Modern Architecture 9:00 A.M.- 8:00 P.M.(banquet) - University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana Register here. Information on the web, or call Susan Gill at 547/631.2872, Ext. 512 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard Waste in Place is a hands-on, interdisciplinary supplementary curriculum that teaches children about preventing litter, reducing waste, recycling, composting, waste-to-energy and landfills. Workshop participants will receive curriculum guides, supplemental materials, lunch, great ideas for their classrooms and a tour of Chicago Green Tech. This workshop qualifies you for four Continuing Education Register via email or call Joyce Kagan Charmatz at 312/863.6196 Tour: Tryon Farm, a Conservation Community 9:00 A.M. - 3:15 P.M. - meet at south entrance of Merchandise Mart; bus departs at 9:15 sharp Visit this unique development in Michigan City, IN, planned by Eve and architect Ed Noonan on a former farm. They have preserved and enhanced the physical environment and built simple, well-crafted clustered homes, designed by Chicago associates architects and planners. We'll meet the developers, designers and residents. Limited to 49 participants. Registration includes lunch. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
Matthias Schuler 6:00 P.M. - Art & Architecture Building, Room 1100, 845 West Harrison Strett Lecture by Matthias Schuler of TRANSSOLAR Klimaengineering, Stuttgart Information: 312/996-3335
First Tuesdays Happy Hour and Meeting 5:30 - 7:30 P.M. - Rock Bottom Brewery, 1 W. Grand Avenue Socialize, network, discuss the ARE and plans for future programs. You buy your own drinks or food; the group provides the conversation. Look for the table with a sign. If the weather is good, we'll be on the roof top. Information: 312/670.7770 Design-Build Primer for Architects 5:30. - 7:30 P.M. - Perkins + Wioll, 330 N. Wabash, #3600 Design-build continues to be a growing project delivery method as more clients discover the benefits of having a single entity as the sole source of responsibility for the entire design and construction process. Learn how architects can take the lead and manage the risks. Chris Martersteck, AIA, Perkins+Will Integrated Services, and Sergio de los Reyes, AIA, Austin AECOM, will explain how architects can team with contractors and share in the resulting benefits. Limited to 30 participants. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Torre Repsol - Madrid SEAOI Dinner Program - Cash bar 5:15 P.M., Dinner 6:00 P.M, Program 7:00- 410 Club, Wrigley Building Located on the old practice fields of the Real Madrid futball team, Torre Repsol will be the new corporate headquarters for the Spanish oil company, Repsol YPF. This slender tower is 250 meters tall with a height-to-width ratio of about 12 to 1. The creativity of the architectural and structural design resulted in an exciting structural system that is not typically seen in tall office buildings. This unique structure consists of two reinforced concrete cores that carry the entire gravity load of the building in addition to resisting all lateral loads no other part of the tower structure extends to the foundation except these two cores. Gravity loads from the steel-framed floors are transferred to the cores by steel trusses at intermediate mechanical levels; these trusses also serve as beams in a ‘mega-frame’ to stiffen the cores in an east-west direction. Upon its completion in 2007, Torre Repsol will be the tallest building in Spain. Reservations (required) - email or call Donna Childs at 312/649.4600 by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 30th .
Chicago in the Fifties: Remembering Life in the Loop and the Neighborhoods 12:15 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Neal Samors and Mike Williams, co-authors Information: 312/922.3432 x266 or on-line
Building Envelope Construction, Protection, and Restoration 9:15 A.M. - 3:15 P.M. - Merchanise Mart Conference Center, 350 N. Orleans Street
Attend 4 presentations: Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 12:15 P.M. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Cassandra Jansen Francis, Vice President at U. S. Equities, and Michael J. Sullivan from OWP/P Architects will present the lively new MetraMarket which will transform nearly two full city blocks of underutilized, street level space at Ogilvie Transportation Center (OTC). The lively new MetraMarket will have a double focus: The train station’s suburban concourse will cater to commuters, while a renovated Randolph Street area will link Chicago's revived theater district to the east and the growing restaurant district to the west. The 200,000 square foot development will feature 90,000 square feet of retail including a specialty food market, 36,000 square feet of restaurants and parking for 100 cars. Information: 312/458.9454 or on-line Commission on Chicago Landmarks Monthly meeting.
12:45 P.M., 33 N. LaSalle, Room 1600 Innovation by Necessity: The mid-20th Century Factory Home 6:00 P.M. - Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago
Lecture by Roberta Feldman, Professor, School of Architecture and the Arts at UIC, held in conjunction with 1945 Creativity and Crisis: Chicago Architecture and Design of the World War II Era, an exhibition organized by the Department of Architecture of the Art Institute of Chicago that is on display in Gallery 227 through January 8, 2006. Information or call:: 312/443-4751
New Members Breakfast 7:30 - 9:00 A.M.. - AIA Chicago All new members are invited to join Board members, KC chairs and co-chairs, and the staff to meet, greet and learn more about AIA Chicago. Breakfast will be served! Information: 312/670.7770 Agony and Ecstasy: Challenges of Substainable Design 6:30 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Lecture by Australia-based design expert Tony Frye will outline key concepts, challenges, and best practices for sustainable design. This lecture is part of a two-day laboratory discussing sustainable design practices, held in conjunction with the Smart Museum of Art’s exhibition “Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art.” On Saturday, a series of roundtable conversations followed by a charrette, an interactive design workshop, will take place at Hyde Park’s Experimental Station. Information or call::773/702.0200
Hotel Burnham Breakfast and a Tour 8:00 A.M. - Hotel Burnham, One West Washington The Hotel Burnham, current resident of the restored 1895 Burnham and Atwood Reliance Building, is promoting its breakfast and a tour combo, the Burnham Breakfast Series. It starts at 8:00 A.M. with breakfast and an introduction to the building in the hotel's Atwood Cafe, followed by an "intimate and informative" 45 minute tour led by a Chicago Architecture Foundation docent. The hotel also promises "a goody bag filled with special keepsakes." (Mini-bottles of shampoo and conditioner, anyone?) Advance registration required. Call Jackie at 312/762.3521 for reservations. Art and Sustainability Laboratory: Community Design Workshop 10:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. - Experimental Station, 6100 South Blackstone Avenue (just south of Midway Plaisance) This day will gather people with different kinds of expertise to work together with the public to address a specific community design challenge. Participants will develop a common language to deal with questions of sustainability, and will participate directly in the creative process. After a morning of discussion and group brainstorming, architect Kevin Pierce of the architecture firm Farr Associates will lead participants in a hands-on workshop to envision new uses for the east end of Hyde Park's Midway Plaisance and adjacent areas. All activities will take place in the Experimental Station, a new nonprofit cultural and community space led by exhibition artist Dan Peterman and housed within a new building that incorporates sustainable design strategies. Information and registration call::773/834.7385
South Suburban Modernism Tour 1:00 - 6:00 P.M. Tour several post-WWII modernist houses filled with modernist furnishings and hear talks about the architects and history of Modernism in the south suburbs, including Bertrand Goldberg, Keck & Keck, John McPherson, Edward Dart, Paul Schweikher, and H.P. Davis 'Deever' Rockwell. Enjoy the day with other afficionados of the modernist era. A reception will be held at CBB members Kirk & Susan Jenkins' home designed by Edward Dart, overlooking a beautiful yard and large pond. We suspect this event will sell out, so if you are interested, please do not delay, as we will be unable to add more spaces. Information: Joe Kunkel, 312/371-0986
Will Alsop 6:00 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Lecture by Will Alsop, Alsop Design Ltd., who defines his mission as, “to give the world extraordinary objects of desire.” And in the process, the iconoclastic London-based architect sets new standards for sustainable design and technology, working closely with clients and community groups. Alsop will present revolutionary recent projects such as the Sharp Centre for Design in Toronto and London’s Peckham Library, which received the 2000 Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Register or call:: 312/922.3432 x266
Chicago Community Development Commission Monthly meeting.
1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers Queen's Landing 5:30 P.M. - Daley Bicentennial Plaza - 337 E. Randolph The City of Chicago will give a presentation on Queen's Landing that offers a temporary, more decorative solution to the fencing that is out there now. They will also begin the discussion of a more long-term solution for some sort of grade-separated connection. The Grant Park Advisory Council has met with the City and Chicago Park District recently and reports being very encouraged by the commitment to eventually solve the Queen's Landing connection. The Council's commitment has been to work with the City of Chicago and Chicago Park District on an eventual grade-separated connection and to make sure that the current snow fencing is removed and the Queen's Landing area is improved in the short term. Also to be discussed is the Chicago Park District's fall tree planting plan for Grant Park to replace all of the elms removed from this past summer's devastating Dutch-elm-disease outbreak, as well as the reforestation of Grant Park's historic Hutchinson Field this fall. Information: 312/829-8015 Panel: Design & Ethics: a rethinking for remaking 6:00 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 N. Kingsbury, at Ontario Join Archeworks for a dynamic panel discussion moderated by Ned Cramer, with Tony Fry, Daniel Friedman and Victor Margolin on the topic of ethical design. Register Information or call::312/867.7254 The Turbulent History of the Chicago River 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard Lecture by Joni Marin on the Chicago River, from it's beginnings as a beautiful prairie stream teeming with life to it's power as a major shipping channel, it's eventual destruction by pollution, and finally it's recent revitalization. Register via email or call 312/746.9642
TOD 101 12:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 1049 Merchandise Mart The kick-off for a new series focused on transit-oriented development (TOD) that will examine case studies from the Chicago region and the nation. A senior program manager from RTA will present an overview of TOD planning principles and the Regional Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) program, which provides technical assistance to local governments in the six-county region to support transit planning studies and research aimed at increasing transit use and improving mobility. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Marion Mahony Griffin Pattern and Design: Architectural Connections between America and Australia 12:15 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Senior Curator Debora Wood and Graduate Block Fellow Alison Fisher, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, which is currently exhibiting Marion Mahony Griffin: Drawing the Form of Nature, through December 4th. Information: 312/922.3432 x266 or on-line 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. - 53 W. Jackson Boulevard, #315 Get inspired by studying with others who are preparing to take the ARE. Bring your own study books and use the Kaplan/ALS books of IMI. Information: 312/670.7770
For Government Officials - Tour of Chicago Green Buildings 12:00 P.M. - Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3360 South State Street As part of the City of Chicago's Chicago Artists Month program, members of the Mies Society will lead tours of the restored Crown Hall. Tours are free, but reservations are required. Information and reservations: 312/567.5014 12:00 P.M. - Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3360 South State Street As part of the City of Chicago's Chicago Artists Month program, members of the Mies Society will lead tours of the restored Crown Hall. Tours are free, but reservations are required. Information and reservations: 312/567.5014 Jens Jensen, Dwight Perkins and the establishment of the FPDCC 12:15 P.M. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington The Chicago area is uniqe in the nation with both a public lakefront park system and legacy of 68,000 acres of forest preserves both in the city and the surrounding suburbs. The Forest Preserve District was established by visionaries including landscape architect Jens Jensen, architect Dwight Perkins and other civic leaders. Speaker John Elliott, Education Manager for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County will discuss their foresight, commitment and fierce determination to acquire forests in the early 20th century. Information: 312/857.2757 or on-line
12:15 P.M. - Cityspace Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Opening day for the addition to the ongoing exhibition Competition: Public Process for Public Architecture of more than 100 entries for the competition to design on-street recycling bins created by members of the City of Chicago and the AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum. Information: 312/922.3432 x266
Landscaping for Nature 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard Seminar by Cyndi Duda on urban landscaping will feature the importance of water conservation, energy efficiency, and wildlife habitat when designing, installing, and maintaining urban landscapes Register via email or call 312/746.9642.
Farnsworth House PLUS by Bus
Tour by deluxe motor coach traces the Chicago career of the 20th century’s most influential modernist architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, including a selection of his most important buildings and an extended visit to Farnsworth House, considered by many the iconic masterpiece of the Modernist movement.
First stop is 860-880 North Lakeshore Drive, the buildings that launched the modern skyscraper, and the neighboring Esplanade Apartments. We enjoy views of the IBM Building (the last project directly supervised by Mies) and the Federal Center complex on the way to our next stop, the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. Here we visit either the award winning S.R. Crown Hall or IIT Commons, Mies’s first “clear span” building, depending on availability. (Crown Hall is undergoing restoration).
Then on to Farnsworth House, designed by Mies as an idyllic retreat on the Fox River and jointly owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois. The tour is led by CAF docents, with LPCI docents guiding at Farnsworth House, and includes a box lunch at the Homestead B&B in Plano (The Lewis Steward House, 1854), an evocative historic site that helps set the stage for Mies’s revolutionary vision. Holabird & Root Scavenger Hunt 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Spanning everything from the Monadnock Building to the Board of Trade to the Federal Reserve Bank renovation, Holabird & Root’s legacy goes back 125 years in Chicago. Walk (or run) through the Loop on a scavenger hunt with family, friends, and other Holabird & Root enthusiasts to discover details about the fi rm’s well-known and lesser-known buildings. Discover architecture in a different way, starting with a short gallery talk at CAF’s ArchiCenter and ending the afternoon having refreshments with John Holabird, Jr. at the downtown offices of Holabird & Root. RSVP online or call:: 312/922.3432 x225 Information
Natural Paints and Lazure Painting Method 5:30 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 1049 Merchandise Mart Cavemen may have been the first to use natural paints. In the early twentieth century, Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy and the Waldorf Schools, was the first to implement the azure painting method, utilizing translucent paints composed of natural pigments, oils and resins from the earth, in his Goetheaneum, an Anthroposophical cultural arts center in Switzerland. Join us for a presentation by master Lazure artist John Stolfo, Lazure Architectural Painting Company of Chicago, including a hands-on look at natural ingredients and samples. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 6:00 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Lecture by Mark Robbins, artist, architect, Dean of the School of Architecture, Syracuse University. Artist Mark Robbins’ work—photography, installation, and site-specific projects—explore social and political forces on the built environment, with the intent to broaden the definitions of public space by using architecture and planning as a basis for criticism. Robbins began his career as an architect with SOM, Polshek and Partners, and then started his own practice. He went on to be the curator of architecture for the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, and the design director for the NEA. RSVP online or call:: 312/922.3432 x266 Information Building, Managing and Financing a Green Home Improvement Project 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard Seminar by George Sullivan will look at various home improvement projects and use several ways to rank them in order of most cost efficient to least cost efficient. Register via email or call 312/746.9642 Parkitecture Chicago 6:30 P.M. - Daley Bicentennial Plaza - 337 E. Randolph The Chicago Park District and JJR, a landscape and civic architecture firm, will make a presentation on the District Wide Harbor Planning and Study. A symposium discussion and public input forum with a panel of talented Chicago architects, landscape architects, and planners will follow. The Alliance for the Great Lakes will give a presentation on a Lake Michigan Ecosystem Partnership. There are close to 5100 boats in Chicago's harbors right now , with a 50% increase in the demand for boat slips in the next two decades. There is a shortage of transient slips in Chicago's harbors. There is also a trend for higher demand for larger slips for larger boats in the downtown area. Information: 312/829-8015
John Ronan: Recent Work 12:15 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan John Ronan, principal, John Ronan Architect Information: 312/922.3432 x266 or on-line Thinking Outside the Box: 35 years of building useable architecture and inclusive communities 6:00 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 N. Kingsbury, at Ontario Lecture by Thomas Hirsch, AIA, architect and land use planner, advocate planner of the Soldiers Grove Community Revitalization Program, former Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services' specialist on community integrated housing and accessibility, and former staff architect at Heartland Properties, Inc., responsible for quality assurance on over 4,000 units of affordable housing utilizing Section 42 tax credits. Hirsch will discuss how architecture should relate function and the societal context from which the design springs and into which the building will be built, thereafter changing the people who use the building and, collectively, the community. Register Information or call::312/867.7254 History and Transformation of the South Loop 7:45 P.M. - Columbia College Library, 624 S. Michigan, 3rd Floor Lecture by Dominic Pacyga, historian and author of numerous volumes on Chicago cultural history. Information: 312/344.7355
Burnham and Root in Lakeview 12:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 1049 Merchandise Mart Burnham and Root's Lake View Presbyterian Church, constructed in 1887 on the corner of Addison and Broadway, is undergoing a major exterior restoration, directed by Holabird & Root. Project designer Jim Hall presents an overview of this unique project, scheduled for completion in October: removal of non-historic claddings, life safety improvements, and the installation of shingles and wood trim to resemble the original polychromatic design. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Applications and Advantanges of SIPs 12:00 P.M. - Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court Chris Kreple of Porter SIPs will define structural insulated panels (SIPs) and differentiate them from other building envelope materials, highlight advantages of using SIPs (speed of construction, insulation value, sustainable aspects), describe common applications, and illustrate typical assembly details. Bring lunch or buy at CBA cafeteria (purchase lunch ticket in first floor shop). Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Chicago’s Polish Downtown: The Capital of American Polonia 12:15 - 1:00 PM - Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street Monthly meeting.
1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers Design Exposed: Krueck & Sexton Architects 6:00 - 7:15 P.M. - Krueck & Sexton, 221 W. Erie Street In this continuing series, Mark Sexton, AIA and Thomas Jacobs will lead an office tour and discuss the firm's design philosophy, process, and projects Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Public Art Planning for Evanston 7:00 P.M. - Evanston Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue Learn about and help to chart the future course of public art in Evanston at this free citywide summit on public art with Nathan Mason, Curator of Special Projects for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs’ Public Art Program.
Designight 2005 5:30 P.M. -Navy Pier The 50th annual Design Excellence Awards dinner takes place in the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier. Join over 700 architects, contractors, clients and others from the industry in celebrating new design. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
Myths and Truths of Painting, Treating, Staining and Stripping Wood 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard Seminar by Andy Pace will discuss how for decades, builders and designers have been using extremely toxic substances to finish wood surfaces. Help enhance your indoor air quality and family's health by learning wood finishing techniques that feature sustainable non-toxic products. Register via email or call 312/746.9642 11:00 A.M.. - Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3360 South State Street As part of the City of Chicago's Chicago Artists Month program, members of the Mies Society will lead tours of the restored Crown Hall. Tours are free, but reservations are required. Information and reservations: 312/567.5014
Edward Eigen - The Destruction by Fire of the Two Houses of Parliament 6:00 P.M. - Art & Architecture Building, Room 1100, 845 West Harrison Strett Lecture by Edward Eigen. School of Architecture, Princeton University Information: 312/996-3335 The Motion Picture Hall of Fame Foundation 6:30 P.M. - Daley Bicentennial Plaza - 337 E. Randolph With all of the talk about pedestrian-friendly design, how about making a walkway more interesting, ore attractive and drawing more people to walk or bike along it and at the same time activating a less active area of Grant Park? The Motion Picture Hall of Fame Foundation will make a presentation about the possibility of a walk in Grant Park honoring our many famous humanitarians, artists, authors, sports figures, architects, business people, philanthropists, scientists, media celebrities, planners, political leaders, educators, poets, entertainers and more from Chicago's rich cultural background. Information: 312/829-8015
From Railway to Greenway: Converting the Bloomingdale Rail Corridor into a Linear Park 6:00 P.M. - Graham Foundation, 4 West Burton Place
At the turn of the 19th century, Chicago legislated the elevation of train lines to increase safety and improve traffic flow in the growing city. Now that rail transportation has peaked, the City is looking for ways to reuse the surplus of old rail lines. The planned and completed development of linear parks from former elevated railways in cities such as New York and Paris shows how these abandoned arteries can be successfully converted into recreational, commercial, and residential spaces for the public. In Chicago, the Bloomingdale rail corridor on the north side presents one opportunity for the creation of such a linear greenway. This panel of experts explores the potential of the Bloomingdale in relation to existing linear park models and in consideration of larger issues surrounding the creation of 21st-century parks. Panelists include Ed Uhlir, Executive Director for Millennium Park Incorporated, panel moderator; Register here or call 312/787 407. Controls & Facilities Management for Comfort & Efficiency 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard Seminar by Joe Trnka, Trane (via Len Kreger) Effective Integration of Building Automated Controls for Comfort, Productivity and Energy Efficiency. A non technical presentation reviewing/discussing the effective integration of BAS systems to provide for comfort along with achieving maximum productivity. Some areas to be reviewed will be the status of systems open architecture (BACNet, Lontalk, Modbus), The Illinois Energy Efficient building Act along with both BOCA and ASHRAE standards. An update will also be provided on the completion of the "Competitive electricity transition period 1/1/07." Register via email or call 312/746.9642.
Holabird & Root 125: An Insider’s View 12:15 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan James Baird, principal, Holabird & Root Information: 312/922.3432 x266 or on-line Archeworks Fall Midterm Critique 5:30 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 N. Kingsbury, at Ontario Student teams present design projects to the public Register Information or call::312/867.7254 5:30 P.M exhibit of entrees; 6:00 P.M. prize announcement and lecture, Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago Award Presentation and Keynote Lecture of the 2005 Chicago Prize Competition, “Water Tanks”, by Pritzker Prize Winner Thom Mayne. The competition challenged entrants to salvage a part of Chicago's urban fabric, the industrial water tank, through creative reuse and preservation. Entries will be on display in the Art Institute's Louis Sullivan Trading Room beginning at 5:30 P.M. Award presentation and lecture will follow in the Rubloff Auditoirum at 6:00 P.M. Historical Architectural Preservation: Planning for our Buildings’ Survival 7:45 P.M. - Columbia College Library, 624 S. Michigan, 3rd Floor Lecture by Ann McGuire, principal architect with McGuire Igleski and Associates. Information: 312/344.7355
Farnsworth House PLUS by Bus
Tour by deluxe motor coach traces the Chicago career of the 20th century’s most influential modernist architect, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, including a selection of his most important buildings and an extended visit to Farnsworth House, considered by many the iconic masterpiece of the Modernist movement.
First stop is 860-880 North Lakeshore Drive, the buildings that launched the modern skyscraper, and the neighboring Esplanade Apartments. We enjoy views of the IBM Building (the last project directly supervised by Mies) and the Federal Center complex on the way to our next stop, the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. Here we visit either the award winning S.R. Crown Hall or IIT Commons, Mies’s first “clear span” building, depending on availability. (Crown Hall is undergoing restoration).
Then on to Farnsworth House, designed by Mies as an idyllic retreat on the Fox River and jointly owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois. The tour is led by CAF docents, with LPCI docents guiding at Farnsworth House, and includes a box lunch at the Homestead B&B in Plano (The Lewis Steward House, 1854), an evocative historic site that helps set the stage for Mies’s revolutionary vision. Information: http://www.architecture.org/ Prepaid, non-refundable reservations required. Call 312/922-3432, ext. 240.
Walk-ins are welcome if space permits. Nikita Khrushchev's Housing Program 6:00 P.M. - Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago
Lecture by Sergei N. Krushchev Information or call:: 312/443-4751 It Almost Happened at the World's Fair 6:00 P.M. - Cultural Center of Chicago Lecture by Lee Bey, Director of Media and Government Affairs at SOM. Prior to joining SOM, he was the architecture critic for the Chicago Sun Times. He also served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning and Design for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. RSVP via email or call 312/409.8855 Advanced IAQ: Does it smell right in here? 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacremento Boulevard
Seminar by William Worn on how indoor air quality has become an important occupational health and safety issue. Energy conservation measures instituted in early 1970's often led to reduced intake of outside air and increased the Register via email or call 312/746.9642.
Unity Temple Benefit: The Crab Tree Farm Arts & Craft Collection 11:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. - Crab Tree Farm, Lake Bluff Illinois
Join UTRF at Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff, Il. View an extraordinary collection of Arts and Craft Objects and enjoy a lecture given by Tony Jones of the Art Institute of Chicago, who will speak on the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Information or call: 708/383-8873
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