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August 1, Wednesday
Green City Summer Institute
8:15 - 4:30 P.M. - Ford Engineering Design Center, Northwestern University, Evanston
Sponsor: Northwestern University
$595.00
Opening day of the second annual Green City summer institute, a three-day program that explores Chicago as one of America's greenest cities. Chicago's Environmental Action Agenda commits the city to reducing its use of natural resources, improving the quality of life in Chicago as a whole, and saving taxpayer dollars through wise energy and resource-conserving policies. By building green, improving energy efficiency, promoting alternative fuels, recycling waste, and conserving and improving water quality, Chicago has pledged to lead the nation in the urban environmental movement. The Green City summer institute offers an opportunity to get out into the city and see how the agenda is moving forward - through architecture, landscaping, urban farming, transportation, walkable communities, and infield redevelopment - and to evaluate how far Chicago has come and how far it has to go. Through a combination of lectures, group project work, and visits to key sites in Chicago, this institute will introduce you to the important issues surrounding sustainable development in an urban environment.
Today's events include a bus trip to the John G. Shedd Aquarium.
12:15 P.M. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Millennium Park Room, 5th floor southeast
Sponsor: Friends of Downtown
Free event
Representatives of Joseph Freed & Associates will discuss the ongoing renovation of the former Carson Pirie Scott department store and provide an update on the 108 N. State project.
12:45 P.M., City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle Street, Room 201-A
Note: Permit Review Committee meets after Landmarks Commission
- estimated start time 1:30 P.M.
Open to the public
8:15 - 4:30 P.M. - Ford Engineering Design Center, Northwestern University, Evanston
Sponsor: Northwestern University
$595.00
Closing day of the second annual Green City summer institute, a three-day program that explores. See August 1st listing for details.
Today's events include a site visit to Prairie Crossing in Grayslake, a discussion and wrap up and wine and cheese reception at the Ford Engineering Design Center.
Opening day of four day conference. This year, the PBCD will celebrate 27 years of providing a forum for planners, public officials, students, and other APA members to address issues of significance in the black community. This year's theme "Making Great Communities Happen: Planning for a Comeback," centers on the dynamic challenges facing the planning profession and the black community as many places work towards revitalization-making them great places to live, work and play. After decades of economic downturn and social decay, Gary is showing signs of revitalization and the city is pursuing efforts to enhance its competitive advantage through partnerships and proactive development incentives. The conference will focus on the opportunities and challenges in sustaining vitality, inclusion, social equity and justice in planning and black communities throughout the USA as well as highlight some of the activities undertaken by the City of Gary.
Highlights of the week include keynote addresses from Charles Allen, FAICP, former Planning Director for the City of Gary (the first black planning director of a large U.S. city) and founding member of PBCD, and former Gary Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher, one of the first black mayors of a large U.S. city. Other highlights of the conference include community workshops, an AICP exam preparation course, the PBCD Recognition Dinner, thought-provoking conference sessions, and networking with PBCD members, students and other attendees.
Information: contact Fleming El-Amin, AICP, at 919/485.7521 or via email Information on-line
Information: contact Fleming El-Amin, AICP, at 919/485.7521 or via email Information on-line
Introduction to the Chicago Green Homes Program
9:30 - 10:30 A.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Boulevard
Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology,
Free event. Registration required.
Presenter: Kelly Kennoy, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
The City of Chicago recently introduced the Chicago Green Homes Program.
By using the Chicago Green Homes Program, homeowners can gauge
the “greenness” of their new home or remodel project. This seminar will
present an overview of the program as well as the “Top 20 Things” you can do
to make your home green. An overview of the Green Permitting process will also
be presented.
Register by
calling the hotline at 312/746.9642, or by emailing your desired class and contact
information.
Tour: Bike the North Lake Shore
10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. - meet at Linden Stop, CTA Purple Line
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum
Free event
What better way to learn about Chicago's architecture than by bicycle? Join the Young Architects Forum as they lead this social and educational event. Tour highlights include Bahai Temple, Sheridan Road mansions, Gross Point Lighthouse, Northwestern University, Calvary Cemetery, Emil Bach House, St. Joseph's Hospital, Elks National Veterans Memorial, and a contemporary house by Tadao Ando. The tour includes a lunch break at Moody’s Pub, 5910 N. Broadway, and an option for after-ride refreshments at Tarascas Restaurant, 2585 N. Clark St. Brochures with the route and site descriptions will be provided.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Limited to 30 riders.
Tour: Hyde Park Art Center
11:00 - 12:30 P.M. - 5020 South Cornell
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Design KC
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW
The Hyde Park Art Center, whose mission is to stimulate and sustain the visual arts in Chicago, is the oldest alternative exhibition space in Chicago with a long record of education outreach in the community. Its new home is a former University of Chicago warehouse and printing plant, converted to its new purpose by Garofalo Architects. Project manager Andrew Schachman will lead a tour of the imaginative facility, and executive director Chuck Thurow will explain the center's activities. Light refreshments will be served at the end of the tour.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Limited to 35 participants
August 14, Tuesday
Is Efficiency Good Enough?
12:15 P.M. - John Buck Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free Event
1 AIA/CEU
We’ve been taught that designing efficient buildings will reduce our impact on the environment. But is that good enough? In many ways, building more efficient new buildings just adds to the depletion of resources and increases emissions, raising global warming issues we already face. This lecture by Helen Kessler, FAIA, HJKessler Associates Inc., will explore the questions surrounding new construction versus energy efficient rehabs and upgrades.
5:30 - 7:30 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum, Practice Management KC
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
2 LU
What does it take to start a design firm? How did firms in related architecture including interiors design/build and landscape design get started? What qualities are critical for someone starting a firm, and what lessons can we learn from their experiences? Panel members will include Flux Design (Milwaukee, design/build) and Frankel + Coleman (Chicago, architecture/interiors).
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
12:15 - 1:00 PM - Claudia Cassidy Theater on the second floor of the Cultural Center
Sponsor: Landmarks Illinois
Free Event
As we approach its centenary, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett's 1909 vision for the city is still revered but the plan's actual results are often misunderstood or forgotten. Learn about the plan's physical legacies: Navy Pier, North Michigan Avenue, Northerly Island, a straightened river, Ogden Avenue, Congress Parkway, Union Station, and Wacker Drive. Geographer and historian Dennis McClendon will talk about those projects that greatly benefited the city, proposals that later generations reconsidered, and heroic accomplishments that in the end meant little.
Climate Change and the Architect (and planning future programs)
6:00- 7:30 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Environment KC
Free event
Join Environment KC for a planning session on future programming topics. Bring your ideas, interests, and contacts of future presenters. The evening will begin with an informal discussion on the topic of climate change strategies for Chicago. Approaches to carbon reduction in buildings and possible mitigation strategies will be presented and discussed.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
Plans will be presented for a new building for DuSable Harbor tonight, to be built west of DuSable Harbor and north of Randolph, replacing an existing set of trailers. David Woodhouse Architects , designers of the award winning Beach House at Rainbow Park and Beach, and the Chicago Park District will make presentations. For additional information, call Bob O'Neill at 312/829.8015.
Information: Bob O'Neill at 312/829.8015
August 23, Thursday
Indoor Air Quality
6:00 -8:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Boulevard
Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology,
Free event. Registration required.
2 AIA/CEU
Presenter: Larry Alport, Pella Windows
Humans spend 90 percent of their lives indoors. Unfortunately indoor pollutants,
including VOCs and mold, are found in most conventional interiors and
often lead to poor quality of health. This seminar explains how IAQ is a crucial
part of sustainability, provides a summary of indoor air quality issues, and offers
potential solutions.
Register by
calling the hotline at 312/746.9642, or by emailing your desired class and contact
information.
Presenters: Brad Schreiber, City View Real Estate Group, Inc.; Kevin Pierce, Emergency Picnic; Jase Frederick, Susan Fredman & Associates
The 2007 Cooking Light FitHouse is a concept home that brings the pages
of Cooking Light magazine to life by focusing on physical, mental and
environmental fitness. Join Kevin Pierce, Brad Schreiber, and Jase Frederick
for a behind the scenes look at the technologies and materials displayed in this
environmentally friendly home that was designed and built to standards outlined
in the new Chicago Green Homes Program.
Register by
calling the hotline at 312/746.9642, or by emailing your desired class and contact
information.
August 30, Thursday
Walking Case Study: Haworth Showroom LED-CI
6:00 -8:00 P.M. - Haworth Showroom, Merchandise Mart, Suite 312
Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology,
Free event. Pre-Registration required.
2 AIA/CEU
Presenters: Gail Borthwork and Laura Smith, Perkins & Will; Ken Brandsen,
Haworth
Join Gail Borthwick, Laura Smith, and Ken Brandsen as they discuss Haworth’s
commitment to sustainability and the various green design projects of this global
commercial furniture and interiors firm. Haworth’s business and manufacturing
practices demonstrate their eco-friendly values and practices. This lecture
will also include a tour of Haworth’s certified LEED-CI (Commercial Interiors)
showroom in the Merchandise Mart.
Register by
calling the hotline at 312/746.9642, or by emailing your desired class and contact
information.
life in Chicago as a whole, and saving taxpayer dollars through wise energy and resource-conserving policies. By building green, improving energy efficiency, promoting alternative fuels, recycling waste, and conserving and improving water quality, Chicago has pledged to lead the nation in the urban environmental movement. The 
Architects Forum as they lead this social and educational event. Tour highlights include Bahai Temple, Sheridan Road mansions, Gross Point Lighthouse, Northwestern University, Calvary Cemetery, Emil Bach House, St. Joseph's Hospital, Elks National Veterans Memorial, and a contemporary house by Tadao Ando. The tour includes a lunch break at Moody’s Pub, 5910 N. Broadway, and an option for after-ride refreshments at Tarascas Restaurant, 2585 N. Clark St. Brochures with the route and site descriptions will be provided.
Chicago, is the oldest alternative exhibition space in Chicago with a long record of education outreach in the community. Its new home is a former University of Chicago warehouse and printing plant, converted to its new purpose by 
environment. But is that good enough? In many ways, building more efficient new buildings just adds to the depletion of resources and increases emissions, raising global warming issues we already face. This lecture by Helen Kessler, FAIA, HJKessler Associates Inc., will explore the questions surrounding new construction versus energy efficient rehabs and upgrades.
Emergency Picnic; Jase Frederick, Susan Fredman & Associates
