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September 4, Tuesday
First Tuesday Happy Hour with the Young Architects Forum and SMPS
5:30 - 8:00 P.M. - Rock Bottom Brewery, 1 W. Grand Ave.
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum, Aerotek
Free event
Join the Young Architects Forum for our monthly Happy Hour Networking Social in the Grand Room at Rock Bottom Brewery. This month we welcome the Society of Marketing Professional Services. Look for us on the roof (weather permitting).
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
12:15 - 1:00 John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event, seating limited. Eric R. Multhauf lunchtime lecture - guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES 1
5:30 - 7:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Housing KC, INOMA
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW
Smith & Smith Associates, Brook Architecture Inc., and Johnson & Lee Ltd., all members of the Illinois Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects and of AIA, will present recent and current housing work that is a part of the transformation of Chicago’s South and West Side neighborhoods. They will offer insights into the challenges and attributes of working within neighborhoods with a strong historic and cultural context, and discuss how this informs their work.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
6:00 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum
Free event
Stop by the AIA office for an informal study session. All study materials will be provided.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
September 6 , Thursday
Fashion Focus Chicago
12:15 P.M. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Millennium Park Room, 5th floor southeast
Sponsor: Friends of Downtown
Free event
Melissa Turner, from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, will discuss Mayor Daley’s vision for Chicago’s fashion industry. In October, she brings Fashion Focus Chicago into its third year, including runway shows, seminars and shopping events. Come hear about the Mayor’s fashion initiative from the Director of Fashion Arts & Events, and learn about Chicago’s support of the fashion design community.
2:30 P.M. - Village Hall Board Meeting Room, 350 Victory Boulevard, Park Forest
Sponsor: Park Forest Historical Society
Free event
Park Forest’s significant architectural history and design, and plans to garner national recognition for the village, will be presented this program. Peter Schlossman, AIA, grandson of Norman Schlossman of the firm Loebl, Schlossman and Bennett, which designed Park Forest, will talk about the importance of the architectural and design project in the history of the firm. Anthony Rubano, an architect with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, will speak about significant architecture in Park Forest, including e the Central Park Townhomes that will soon be nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
5:30 - 7:30 P.M. - Meet in the plaza outside the Wrigley Building.
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum, Technical Issues KC
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW
This trolley tour will look at some of the large precast projects in central Chicago, including University Center, NBC Tower, and Park Hyatt. Marty McIntyre, Precast Concrete Institute, will discuss the challenges of building in an urban environment and some of the new finishing techniques for precast.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Limited to 30 participants
12:15 - 1:00 John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event, seating limited
AIA/CES 1
Lecture by Rand Ekman, AIA, LEED-AP, Director of Sustainability and Senior Associate, OWP/P. The City of Chicago recently introduced the Chicago Green Homes Program. By using the Chicago Green Homes Program, professionals can gauge the “greenness” of their new home or remodeling 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.
5:15 P.M. cash bar, dinner at 6:00, program at 7:00, Cliff Dwellers club,200 South Michigan Avenue
Sponsor: Structural Engineers Association of Illinois
$45.00 members, $55.00 non-members
Planning and hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Chicago requires the merging of leaders in business, government, engineering, and architecture to be successful. The impact that such an endeavor requires of the City of Chicago and State of Illinois facilities and infrastructure, as well as the interplay between the politicians and design professionals to provide them, is very important. Mr. Tom Kerwin, FAIA, Managing Partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, will discuss the development of these plans and the role that engineers and architects provide in the process. as well as the “Top 20” things you can do to make your home green.
Call Donna Childs at 312/649.4600 extension 200 for reservations.
Fellowship Submission Review
6:00- 8:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Chicago Fellowship Committee
Free event
If you are a Fellowship nominee planning to submit an application for Fellowship this year, you will not want to miss this session! Several members of the AIA Chicago Fellowship Committee, along with other distinguished Chapter Fellows experienced in the entire submission process, will review and critique nominees' submissions in a one-on-one format. Anyone preparing an application for Fellowship is sure to benefit from the knowledge gained at this program.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
September 12, Wednesday
The Marquette Plan for Indiana
12:00 - 1:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Regional & Urban Design KC
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
1 LU/HSW
The Marquette Plan is a lakefront strategy for a twenty-one mile segment along Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana, prepared collaboratively by West Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Portage, Whiting, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, and the office of Rep. Peter Visclosky. It identifies catalytic projects to improve green space linkages, infrastructure, and community perceptions to lay a framework for reinvestment in a changing landscape of massive, once thriving, industrial entities and the communities impacted by their decline. Gregg Calpino, project manager at JJR, will present an overview of this ambitious undertaking.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
Studio Dwell Architects Recent Work
12:15 - 1:00 John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event, seating limited. Eric R. Multhauf lunchtime lecture - guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES 1
The Great Lakes Naval Museum Association will have an open house to show the general public Building #42, the Hostess House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and to promote its plan to restore this significant building as its new museum. The U.S. Navy is working closely with the Great Lakes Naval Museum Association to transfer Building 42 to the Naval Museum Association, which will then embark on a $12 million multi-phase plan to restore the Hostess House to its WWII grandeur. The Museum Association’s goal is to have the building restored in time for the 100th Anniversary of the Great Lakes Naval Station in 2011.
1:30 P.M. - Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 South Michigan
Sponsor: Friends of Historic Second Church
Free event
Afternoon tea and lecture by historian Bill Tyre, "Chicago's Historic Prairie Avenue," traveling from its golden age through its decline and recent rebirth, given nearby in James Renwick's and Howard van Doren Shaw's 1874/1900 Second Presbyterian Church.
Tours at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 P.M. - Crow Island School, 1112 Willow Road, Winnetka
Sponsor: Winnetka Historical Society
Free event
A rare opportunity to tour Crow Island School. Designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen with Perkins, Wheeler & Will, the elementary school opened in 1940 and has been in continuous use ever since. Built as an expression of “philosophy in brick,” Crow Island was designed for developmental education that emphasizes hands-on learning. The classrooms, each with an outdoor courtyard, are laid out in wings that pinwheel from the central core. The school was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990 for its architectural significance and influence on subsequent school design.
Next door in Crow Island Woods is the c.1837 Schmidt-Burnham Log House, where continuous docent-led tours will be offered from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. There is a suggested donation for Log House tours.
Natural Resources Defense Council – Henry Henderson
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - offices of OWP/P, 111 West Washington, Suite 2100, Conference Room 22C
Sponsor: OWP/P Chicago
Free event, RSVP requested
The first of a week of lectures that are part of OWP/P's 6th Annual Environmental Awareness Week features Henry Henderson of the National Resources Defense Council discussing Climate Chnage in the Midwest Region, and strategies for reducing greehouse gas emissions, including energy efficiency in both individual buildings and i community design.
Choose the Appropriate Owner/Contractor Agreement: One Size Does NOT Fit All
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW
In late 2007, AIA will introduce a completely revamped A201 family of documents, including fully revised Owner/Contractor agreements and conditions of the contract for construction. Because construction projects vary widely in size, complexity and payment method, the 2007 revisions provide construction contracts tailored to those requirements. Not every project should use the A201. AIA will offer two Webinars on the new documents on Sept. 18 and Dec. 4. Presenters Susan B. McClymonds, AIA, CSI, CCS, and Timothy R. Twomey, AIA, Esq., are both members of the AIA’s Documents Committee.
Firms can host their own presentation of this Webinar for $135 with unlimited viewers. Limited to 55 participants at the AIA Chicago office.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
Heifer International and One Campaign
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - offices of OWP/P, 111 West Washington, Suite 2100, Conference Room 22C
Sponsor: OWP/P Architects
Free event, RSVP requested
The second in a week of lectures that are part of OWP/P's 6th Annual Environmental Awareness Week features a presentation of the work of Heifer International, incorporating the practice of agroecology, as“the sustainable use and management of natural resources, accomplished
by using social, cultural, economic, political and ecological methods that work together to achieve sustainable agriculture production.”
5:00 P.M. - Burnham Conference Center at APA • 122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1600,
Sponsor: American Planning Association
Free event
Launched in 2006, the Historic Chicago Greystone Initiative® is a neighborhood revitalization and housing reinvestment program in the North Lawndale, East Garfield, and West Garfield neighborhoods on Chicago's west side. Greystones are limestone-clad homes, typically more than 100 years old and often found contiguous with Chicago's famed park and boulevard system. The Greystone Initiative, a program of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, serves two broad purposes: provide homeowners with financial and technical resources to preserve, restore, and modernize their historic residences, and increase "pride of place" and community engagement in Chicago's greystone neighborhoods.
Charles Leeks of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago will talk about how the Greystone Initiative is working to achieve these ends, in particular the program's toolkit, which includes an innovative combination of cultural heritage programming, historic preservation resources, green building methods, model buildings, targeted financial incentives, and affordable financing for greystone purchase or rehab.
Information: contact Fleming El-Amin, AICP, at 919/485.7521 or via email Information on-line
September 19, Wednesday
The Nature Conservancy – John Andersen, Jr.
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - offices of OWP/P, 111 West Washington, Suite 2100, Conference Room 22C
Sponsor: OWP/P Architects
Free event, RSVP requested
The third in a week of lectures that are part of OWP/P's 6th Annual Environmental Awareness Week features a presentation by John Andersen, Jr., Director of the Great Lakes Program of the Nature Conservancy on "protecting and restoring the largest freshwater ecosystem on earth." The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s and
95 percent of North America’s surface fresh water.
12:15 - 1:00 John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event, seating limited. Eric R. Multhauf lunchtime lecture - guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES 1
5:30 - 7:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 - Take the elevators on the left hand side of the lobby to the 17th floor.
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Practice Management, Technical Issues KCs
Free for members, $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW
A new seminar from AIA Trust! Focus on the proper processes for shop drawing review, change order execution, and claims review – the risks involved and how to manage them while performing in a timely and appropriate manner. The AIA General Conditions (A201) are the point of reference. Charles Heuer, FAIA, Esq., president of La/eGAL Inc. (Charlottesville, VA) which operates LegaLine legal information service for AIA Trust, will present this program.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770
6:00 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 North Kingsbury at Ontario
Sponsor: Archeworks
Free event
Lecture by Gordon Gill, AIA,
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, which focuses on the design of high performance and sustainable architecture on an international scale, intending to be a leader in the development of new strategies for environmentally conscious buildings. Gordon Gill, AIA, a former Associate Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and partner Adrian Smith FAIA, RIBA, a former Design Partner at SOM, have extensive international experience in the creation of mixed-use projects and supertall towers.
Their recent collaboration while at SOM, a zero energy tower in Guangzhou, China, demonstrates the designers' commitment to sustainability. The project aims to be the world's first supertall tower that produces as much energy as it consumes. In 2006 it was featured in the exhibitions Sustainable Architecture in Chicago and Massive Change both at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. In November 2006 Smith and Gill announced the formation of their new design practice Adrian Smith+ Gordon Gill Architecture.
Nathan Kipnis: A Brief and Personal History of Green Architecture
7:00 P.M. - Evanston History Center, Charles Gates Dawes House, 225 Greenwood, Evanston
Sponsor: Evanston History Center
$5.00, free for EHC members
Lecture by architect Nathan Kipnis, who will present examples of his work as he discusses the definition and function of green design and green architecture. Included will be an examination of the historic precedents for green design, its uses by key architects throughout history, its relationship to historic renovation, and the importance of green design today. Mr. Kipnis is principal of Nathan Kipnis Architects, Inc., headquartered in Evanston. His designs and renovations can be seen throughout the North Shore and Chicago. His work has been featured in North Shore Magazine, Chicago Home and Garden, Natural Home and Garden, Conscious Choice, Chicago Magazine, and others.
The first of two roundtables co-hosted with the Metropolitan Planning Council featuring residents from the Chicagoland region who have made improvements to their neighborhood. For those who have ever wondered how a mural gets put up, a corner planted, or a block party scheduled, this roundtable provides a great opportunity to meet the motivated neighbors from around the city who are making a difference in their community.
Register online or contact Pam Lee at 312/863.6011 or via e-mail. Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line
University of Chicago,
Department of Ecology & Evolution – Justin Borevitz
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - offices of OWP/P, 111 West Washington, Suite 2100, Conference Room 22C
Sponsor: OWP/P Architects
Free event, RSVP requested
The fourth in a week of lectures that are part of OWP/P's 6th Annual Environmental Awareness Week features a presentation by Justin Borevitz of the University of Chicago on the creation of the grasslands, their value and sustainability.
12:15 - 1:00 PM - Millennium Park Room, 5th Floor, Cultural Center
Sponsor: Landmarks Illinois
Free Event
David Bahlman, president Landmarks Illinois, will talk about the focus of Landmarks Illinois' advocacy efforts in the Chicago metropolitan area during 2007-08. These sites are threatened by a variety of issues, including public policy, current or impending vacancies, questionable redevelopment plans, and deferred maintenance. By placing these sites on our “Watch List,” Landmarks Illinois hopes to call attention to these problems and to work with local preservationists to find solutions that are in the best interest of both historic preservation and the community at large.
The Wetlands Initiative //Openlands // Center for Neighborhood Technology
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - offices of OWP/P, 111 West Washington, Suite 2100, Conference Room 22C
Sponsor: OWP/P Architects
Free event, RSVP requested
The last in a week of events making up OWP/P's 6th Annual Environmental Awareness Week features a panel discussion about the benefits that open, natural areas provide to adjacent inhabited, developed areas, and the detriments to those inhabited areas when natural areas are destroyed and degraded. Discussion will include The Wetlands Initiative and Openlands, as well as the work of the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
5:00 P.M. registration, 5:30 P.M. dinner, 6:30 P.M. presentation - Crystal Room, The Union League Club,
65 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL 60604
Sponsor: Chicago Chapter Construction Specifications Institute
Complimentary for members, $40.00 for non-members
1.0 AIA/CES LU
A conservative analysis of energy usage reveals that 1/3 of our energy usage is directly related to inefficient design solutions or architecture, while many experts say the percentage is closer to 2/3. This presentation will discuss the affect that architecture has on the environment and why the adoption of the 2030 challenge is critical to our industry.
Through the study of building life cycle assessment we can begin to examine how to reduce operational and embodied energy in buildings. Building life cycle assessment will be further broken down to the life cycle assessment of a building product to better understand greenhouse emissions and product embodied energy. This is known as the process of 'Cradle to Gate' or 'Cradle to Grave/Cradle' known as 'Embodied Energy' for building materials. Also discussed will be the topic of Indoor Environmental Quality with emphasis on Indoor Air Quality and its impact on occupants.
RSVP by September 18th via email, or call 847/382.1924
The second Chicago installment of the artists' presentation event where, in the words of The Architects Newspaper , they present "their work in some depth but at a comically breakneck pace—20 slides, 20 seconds each—while the audience heckles and drowns its sorrows." Architects in tonight's mix of writers, musicians and artists are scheduled to include Deborah Kang and Anders Nereim.
12:15 - 1:00 John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event, seating limited. Eric R. Multhauf lunchtime lecture - guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES 1
Lecture by Conrad Paulson, SE, PE, Senior Consultant, Wiss, Janney,
Elstner Associates. Pilgrim Baptist Church, originally Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv, designed by Adler and Sullivan, burned to the bare walls in a January, 2006 fire.
6:00 P.M. - S.R. Crown Hall, IIT,
3360 South State
Sponsor: Mies van der Rohe Society
Free event for society members, $10.00 suggested donation for general public
Architect Sarah Dunn (principal, UrbanLab) and landscape architect Chandra Goldsmith Gray (Mies Society board member and IIT faculty member) and will lead Mies Society members in a tour of their recently executed landscape plan for S. R. Crown Hall.
Goldsmith Gray and Dunn faced the daunting task of rediscovering the tempo of Alfred Caldwell's original landscape plan and applying it to the contemporary needs of the Crown Hall environment. College of Architecture students utilizing Crown Hall will enjoy an ever-growing canopy of native trees, which will help manage the positive and negative aspects of solar loss and gain. The evening will include a 7 p.m. reception and screening of the film Passionate Nature: Chicago Parks of Alfred Caldwell.
The first event of the club's season. The CAC is (slightly) reconfiguring the structure of the club and will share plans for the new year with members.
The evening will begin with a new members Q & A, and then go on to event pitches, with 15 presenters competing for 5 events, concluding with comments and voting.
Building a Century of Progress: The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair - Lecture and Book Signing
12:15 - 1:00 P.M. - John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event, seating limited
From the summer of 1933 to the fall of 1934, more than 38 million fairgoers visited Chicago’s second World’s Fair. Millions more experienced the Century of Progress International Exposition through newspaper and magazine articles, newsreels, and souvenirs. In the richly illustrated Building a Century of Progress, author Lisa D. Schrenk explores the pivotal role of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair in modern American architecture.
Schrenk, associate professor of architecture and art history at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, was formerly the education director for the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation in Oak Park, Illinois.
Lecture by Charles Waldheim, Dean and Director of the Landscape Architecture Program, University of Toronto, and
Dirk Sijmons, Dutch National Landscape Architect
Tour: Trump International Hotel & Tower Construction
5:15 - 6:30 P.M. - meet outside field office at 420 N. Wabash Ave. Sponsor: AIA Chicago Design KC
Free for members, $15.00 non-members (Limited to 15 AIA Chicago members only (non-members will be accommodated if space is available.)
1 LU/HSW
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Trump Tower sits at the junction of the Chicago River and the city's Magnificent Mile is a composition of polished stainless steel and iridescent-tinted glass which will rise to 92 stories, containing high-end residential units and a restaurant with outdoor terrace. Lucas Tryggestad of SOM will lead the tour.
Sturdy shoes or boots and hard hats are required. This tour will be repeated on Thurs., October 4.
Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Limited to 30 participants
September 28, Friday
Congress for the New Urbanism Illinois Statewide Conference
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. - DuPage County Auditorium, Jack Kneufer Administrative Center, 421 North County Farm Road, Wheaton
Sponsor: Congress for New Urbanism Illinois
$35.00 CNU members, $45.00 non-members
CNU Illinois's first annual statewide conference will feature a series of panels talks by architect Doug Farr and Susan Mudd on LEED for Neighborhood Development, Kane County's Kai Tarum discussing Traffic-impact fee incentivies, DuPage County's Tom Curculich talking about the impact of the O'Hare modernization program, Tam Kutzmark discussing local governments and smart growth, and a keynote Retrofitting Surburbia by Ellen Dunham-Jones, Director, Department of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Registration form and additional information on-line.
Spend a Night at the Opera (Lofts). . .
with Preservation Chicago
6:30- 9:30 P.M. - 2545 South Dearborn Street
Sponsor: Preservation Chicago
$50.00 in advance, $65.00 at the door
For this year's Preservation Chicago benefit, you can see where the real Sopranos hung their hats Gargantuan sets, elaborate costumes, props, backdrops – this is where they were all designed, constructed and stored for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Built between 1912 and 1924, it was the world’s largest scene studio and warehouse. Using every brick original to the structure, it’s currently being transformed into “The Opera Lofts,” high-end living space as unique as the building itself.
Join in singing the praises of this masterpiece in adaptive re-use. Complimentary drinks and hors d' oeurves. Take a guided tour of the entire facility, from completed lofts…to the cavernous warehouse rooms still strewn with scores of operatic artifacts the Lyric left behind. Bid in a Silent Auction on items from the historical to the unusual, including signed books, art works, and special tours. Take the elevator up to the rooftop for spectacular views of the city
Buy tickets, become a sponsor, and make donations, and see additional information on-line.
Michigan 
Daley’s vision for Chicago’s fashion industry. In October, she brings 
recognition for the village, will be presented this program. Peter Schlossman, AIA, grandson of 
Building, 845 West Harrison 
of leaders in business, government, engineering, and architecture to be successful. The impact that such an endeavor requires of the City of Chicago and State of Illinois facilities and infrastructure, as well as the interplay between the politicians and design professionals to provide them, is very important. Mr. Tom Kerwin, FAIA, Managing Partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, will discuss the development of these plans and the role that engineers and architects provide in the process. as well as the “Top 20” things you can do to make your home green.
Michigan in Northwest Indiana, prepared collaboratively by West Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Portage, Whiting, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, and the office of Rep. Peter Visclosky. It identifies catalytic projects to improve green space linkages, infrastructure, and community perceptions to lay a framework for reinvestment in a changing landscape of massive, once thriving, industrial entities and the communities impacted by their decline. Gregg Calpino, project manager at JJR, will present an overview of this ambitious undertaking. 
Michigan 
Owings and Merrill, and to promote its plan to restore this significant building as its new museum. The U.S. Navy is working closely with the Great Lakes Naval Museum Association to transfer Building 42 to the Naval Museum Association, which will then embark on a $12 million multi-phase plan to restore the Hostess House to its WWII grandeur. The Museum Association’s goal is to have the building restored in time for the 100th Anniversary of the Great Lakes Naval Station in 2011. 
and West Garfield neighborhoods on Chicago's west side. Greystones are limestone-clad homes, typically more than 100 years old and often found contiguous with Chicago's famed park and boulevard system. The Greystone Initiative, a program of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, serves two broad purposes: provide homeowners with financial and technical resources to preserve, restore, and modernize their historic residences, and increase "pride of place" and community engagement in Chicago's greystone neighborhoods. 
State 
on the design of high performance and sustainable architecture on an international scale, intending to be a leader in the development of new strategies for environmentally conscious buildings. Gordon Gill, AIA, a former Associate Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and partner Adrian Smith FAIA, RIBA, a former Design Partner at SOM, have extensive international experience in the creation of mixed-use projects and supertall towers. 
an examination of the historic precedents for green design, its uses by key architects throughout history, its relationship to historic renovation, and the importance of green design today. Mr. Kipnis is principal of 
Illinois' advocacy efforts in the Chicago metropolitan area during 2007-08. These sites are threatened by a variety of issues, including public policy, current or impending vacancies, questionable redevelopment plans, and deferred maintenance. By placing these sites on our “Watch List,” Landmarks Illinois hopes to call attention to these problems and to work with local preservationists to find solutions that are in the best interest of both historic preservation and the community at large.
6:00 P.M. - Room 1100, Art and Architecture Building, 845 West Harrison 
The Architects Newspaper , they present "their work in some depth but at a comically breakneck pace—20 slides, 20 seconds each—while the audience heckles and drowns its sorrows." Architects in tonight's mix of writers, musicians and artists are scheduled to include 
faculty member) and will lead Mies Society members in a tour of their recently executed landscape plan for 
Chicago’s second World’s Fair. Millions more experienced the Century of Progress International Exposition through newspaper and magazine articles, newsreels, and souvenirs. In the richly illustrated Building a Century of Progress, author Lisa D. Schrenk explores the pivotal role of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair in modern American architecture.
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