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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      February 1, Friday Humanur Bagli 11:30 A.M. - City Design Center Conference Room, 820 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 330 Sponsor: City Design Center Free event Humanur Bagli will discuss her experiences as a designer and design consultant in Turkey. Her work has included many interdisciplinary projects with international and local NGOs which illustrate the role of the designer as a socially responsible agent. Information: on-line.    February 2, Saturday Gordon Matta-Clark's Legacy 1:00 P.M. - Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Sponsor: Museum of Contemporary Art Independent curator Mary Jane Jacob moderates a discussion with artists and architects whose work is inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark, subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art that also opens on Saturday. Participants will include artist Mark Dion, Walter Hood, Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkley and principal architect for Hood Design, contemporary artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Sarah Oppenheimer, known for her social experiments in videos and architectural installations. Information on-line.    February 5, Tuesday First Tuesdays Happy Hour with ASLA 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. - Rock Bottom Brewery, 1 W. Grand Ave. Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum, American Society of Landscape Architects, Illinois Chapter. Free event Everyone is welcome - AIA membership is not required. Information: 312/670.7770 Steel Solutions Center FAQs 2008 5:15 P.M. cash bar, 6:00 P.M. dinner, 7:00 P.M., program, Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 South Michigan Avenue Sponsor: Structural Engineers Association of Illinois $45.00 members, $55.00 non-members 1 CE Averaging over 200 inquiries each week, the Steel Solutions Center can readily identify trends in the inquiries received. The Steel Solutions Center works closely with the Engineering and Research Department and the Committee on Technical Assistance to develop new Frequently Asked Questions to address these topics. These questions are published on the web site each quarter, providing a valuable resource to the design and construction industry. This discussion focuses on the most commonly asked questions from this resource, including such topics as the new 2005 Specification, the new 2005 Seismic Provisions, and high-strength bolting. Reservations: contact Donna Childs at 312/649.4600 extension 200. Information on-line. Public Housing: Not What You Think 6:30 - 8:00 P.M. , Chicago History Museum, 1601 North Clark Street Sponsor: Public Housing Museum, Chicago History Museum Free event Chicago neighborhoods are undergoing astonishing and often wrenching change. New communities are being built while old communities are displaced, and "gentrification" has become a hotly debated and contested issue. How can Chicago's low-income families, including those who live in public housing, make sense of the dramatic change in their communities? What imperatives are driving the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation, which is remaking public housing in the city? How do Chicagoans reconcile their desires for progress with their desire to preserve their communities? Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington moderates a panel discussing these questions that will include Sharon Gist Gilliam, former Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Housing Authority; Crystal Palmer, President of the Local Advisory Council at Horner Homes and Board Vice President of the Public Housing Museum; and Mary Pattillo, Northwestern University Professor of Sociology and African American Studies and author of Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class. Information: on-line (pdf format)    February 6, Wednesday Map This! Envisioning a Global City 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 Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen, UrbanLab Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line Sustainable Business 101: What It Means, Where and How to Begin 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. - Stuart School of Business, 565 W. Adams Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology, Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance $25 for CSBA members, $50 for nonmembers Presenter: Peter Nicholson, Foresight Design Initiative and Burt Klein, PortionPac Corporation Co-taught by an experienced business executive and a Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance staff member, Sustainable Business 101 provides an introduction to basic sustainable business concepts and practices. It intends to lay the groundwork for further learning as well as for beginning to implement these green business principles in one’s enterprise or workplace. Registration (required) and information on-line. Eva Maddox 6:00 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 North Kingsbury, at Ontario Sponsor: Archeworks Free Event A lecture by Eva Maddox, Principal of Perkins+Will | Eva Maddox Branded Environments™, and Co-founder and Program Director of Archeworks. Named by Fast Company as one of the “change agents... designers, & dreamers who are creating your future,” Eva L. Maddox is a Principal of Perkins+Will and the founder of Perkins+Will | Eva Maddox Branded Environments™ Ms. Maddox created the Branded Environments discipline, utilizing a research-based design approach that identifies & integrates a client’s DNA into tangible brand expressions, experiences and environments. Register for this event, or call 312/867.7254. Information: on-line. Sulan Kolatan 6:00 P.M. - Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Sponsor: Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Women in Architecture Free event Lecture by Sulan Kolatan, principal and founder of KOL/MAC LLC, which operates as a distributed office by forming project-based teams and collaborations locally, nationally and internationally. Collaborations have included projects with Arup AGU London, t Hargreaves Associates, the French lighting and scénography firm Duckscéno and the Canadian real-time artificial intelligence software firm Biographic Technologies,Inc. among others. Presented in conjunction with the Art Institute's current exhibition, "Figuration in Contemporary Design." Information: 312/857.7166 ARE Study Hall 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event ARE and LEED study materials are available in an unstructured setting. Information: 312/670.7770    February 7, Thursday Friends of the Parks 33rd Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon 12:00 P.M. - Grand Army of the Republic Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Sponsor: Friends of the Parks $35.00 members, $40.00 non-members, $100 Patron Sponsors Keynote speakers will be Gery J. Chico, newly elected President of the Chicago Park District Board. Friends of the Parks will also presents awards celebrating individuals and organizations that have most significantly contributed to the improvement of Chicago's parks and forest preserves in 2007. To purchase tickets, call: 312/857.2757, ext 14. Information on-line The Future of Children's Memorial Hospital 12:15 P.M. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, Millennium Park Room, 5th floor southeast Sponsor: Friends of Downtown Free event Founded 125 years ago as Chicago's first hospital solely dedicated to the care of children, Children's Memorial Hospital has played a significant role in providing cures and treatments for sick and injured children throughout the region. The hospital is now embarking on the most important undertaking in its history: to build a new state-of-the-art hospital on the downtown campus of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Patrick M. Magoon, President and CEO, and Bruce Komiske, Chief of New Hospital Development, will present the plans for the new hospital and discuss the rationale for the development of this facility in the heart of the academic medical center and the importance of this location to the fulfillment of Children's Memorial's mission. Information: 312/458.9454 or on-line Sustainable Interior Design for the Home 12:15 - 1:00 John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation. Chicago Center for Green Technology Free event, seating limited. Lecture by Karen Kaplan, New Leaf Interiors, who will provide an introduction to the concepts and terminology of sustainability, and how they relate to interior design for the home. This seminar explores questions and challenges of how to effectively incorporate sustainable materials and technology into the residential design marketplace Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line Commission on Chicago Landmarks 12:30 P.M., City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle Street, Room 201-A , Permit Review Commitee meets afterwards - locations tentative Open to the public Commission meeting and schedule and agenda's on-line. Interested in Religious Art and Architecture? 12:30 -1:30 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Efforts are underway to create a new KC: a Chicago version of national AIA's Interfaith Forum on Religious Art and Architecture (IFRAA). Under the leadership of Dawn Schuette, AIA (Threshold Acoustics LLC) and Suzanne Morgan, AIA (Center for Religious Architecture). Bring your lunch; beverages provided. For more information, contact Dawn Schuette, AIA at 312/386.1400 or via email, or Suzanne Morgan, AIA, at 312/580.1050 or via email. Register on-line. LEED Extra Credit: Absolute Zero Energy House 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Boulevard Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology, Free event. Registration required. (Note: now closed) AIA CEU: 2 Moderator: George Tuhowski, Leopardo Construction. Panelists: George Modrovic, ELFI Wall Systems; Rosario Milana, Life Quality Systems; Zoka Zola, Zoka Zola Designs Is the concept of the absolute zero energy house attainable? If so, are the technologies and materials readily available and affordable? Join three diverse leaders in the Chicago green building movement to discuss the importance of an exterior envelope design, different system manufacturers, and how to incorporate these environmentally friendly building methods into exciting designs. Note: Registration is closed, this event is now full. Add name to waitlist for this event. via USGBC website.    February 11, Monday Donald Bates 6:00 P.M. - Room 1100, Art and Architecture Building, 845 West Harrison Sponsor: School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago Free event Lecture by Director, LAB Architecture Studio, Melbourne. Information on-line. Grant Park's rapidly-changing Michigan Avenue Streetwall 6:30 P.M. - Daley Bicentennial Plaza - 337 E. Randolph, just east of Columbus Drive Sponsor: Grant Park Advisory Council Free event Six years ago next month, the City of Chicago designated Grant Park's Michigan Avenue streetwall a Chicago Landmark. It comprises buildings designed by such great architects as: Adler & Sullivan, Burnham, Holabird & Roche, Marshall & Fox, Cobb, Beman, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, and Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. It is one of the world's most-recognized architecture walls framing the increasingly rejuvenated and world-class Grant Park. There have been many positive changes to the streetwall but there are also deteriorating buildings or those not realizing their potential, even an empty lot and a large, but closed, historic theater. What can we do to encourage and support more adaptive re-use and other development in this slower real estate market to create a more lively, energized district and thus Grant Park? Speakers will include Denise Casalino, Vice President, Earth Tech. Denise is a recent, former Commissioner of Planning and Development at the City of Chicago; Ken DeMuth, Architect, Pappageorge/Haymes. Ken is an expert in adaptive reuse and renovation developments, and Peter Psihas, Director of Sales and Marketing,The Blackstone, A Renaissance Hotel. Peter has an 18-year history in hospitality. Peter will give a visual presentation of this restored landmark hotel, opening on Grant Park later this month. Information: 312/829.8015     February 12, Tuesday Smog Veil Records 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 Wilkinson Blender Architecture renovated a former tavern into a live/work space and corporate office for Smog Veil Records. The project employed multiple sustainable features, including on-site power generation, a rooftop garden, geothermal heating and cooling, and other environmentally friendly finishes. The project received a Green Roof Grant, a Green Building Permit from the City of Chicago, and recently received LEED for Homes Certification, one of the first in Illinois. Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line Healthcare KC planning meeting 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Healthcare KC Free event Discussion will include: fundraising and budget; update on UIC School of Architecture's healthcare option; AAH collaboration; brainstorming for 2008 activities such as developing a post-occupancy checklist, lectures and tour, BIM survey and series. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Tour: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young architects forum This program is full and registration is closed. No phone calls or walk-ins please. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770    February 13, Wednesday Eifler & Associates 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 Lecture by John Eifler, FAIA, Eifler & Associates. Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line Block 37 Comes to Life 12:00- 1:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Regional and Urban Design KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members 1 LU/HSW Grant Uhlir, AIA (Gensler) will review the history of Block 37 and the evolution of its redevelopment. He will discuss the development's guiding design principles and current plans, City/developer interaction, links to other urban districts, and the challenges and opportunities presented by this long-awaited, much-anticipated projects in the heart of the Loop. Grant is first vice president and president-elect of AIA Chicago. Come hear what he does when he's not working on chapter matters. Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Archeworks Open House 5:30 - 7:30 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 North Kingsbury, at Ontario Sponsor: Archeworks Free Event At 5:30, tour Archeworks and at 6:00 meet newCo-Directors Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn. Learn about next year's project and program and find out how to apply. Refreshments will be served. Archeworks is currently accepting applications for the 2007–08 school year, application info here. Register for this event, or call 312/867.7254. Information: on-line. ARE Study Hall 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event ARE and LEED study materials are available in an unstructured setting. Information: 312/670.7770    February 14, Thursday The Design and Development of the Nature Center in the Calumet Region 12:15 P.M. - Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph Sponsor: Friends of the Parks, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Free event Great egrets wading in the marsh by the Acme Steel plant exemplify the contrasts found around the Calumet region - abundant wildlife living in remnants of a once-vast wetland system, scattered among industrial properties. The Calumet area's fascinating blend of ecology, industry and community make it the perfect setting for the future Ford Calumet Environmental Center, an environmental education facility slated to open in late 2009 at Hegewisch Marsh. For over a decade, a partnership including federal, state and local government agencies, residents, cultural and educational institutions, industrial and commercial interests, and more has worked to revitalize the region by restoring nature and attracting new, cleaner industries. Over 3,000 acres of industrial land have been slated for redevelopment, and 3,900 acres of wetland and prairie have been officially protected as the Calumet Open Space Reserve. This presentation will cover some of the interesting challenges; complexities and opportunities encountered in attempting to create a post-industrial open space system, and will provide details about the innovative Ford Calumet Environmental Center. Information: 312/857.2757  or on-line    February 15, Friday Constructing Architect: Barry Byrne and Unity Temple 7:30 P.M. - Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park Sponsor: Unity Temple Restoration Foundation $20.00, $15.00 for members of the Restoration Foundation, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Barry Byrne joined Frank Llloyd Wright's office as an office boy and by age 24 was supervising the construction of Unity Temple.  Vincent Michael, holder of the John H. Bryan Chair in Historic Preservation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, explores how Byrne took the lessons of Unity Temple and crafted an entirely new and international Catholic church architecture in the 1920s. Information: 708/383.8873 or on-line.    February 17, Sunday Exploring Design—Thinking and Making in a Changing World 3:30 P.M. - Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Sponsor: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Free event First of a two-day series of events devoted to addressing the current state of architecture and design, and their position as engines of production in a world awash with “stuff” that quickly finds its way to the landfill. Today's event is a roundtable discussion, moderated by SAIC professor Ben Nicholson, which wille include Aaron Betsky, Director of the Cincinnati Museum of Art; Jeffrey Kipnis, Architecture Curator at the Wexner Center for the Arts; Bruce Mau, Creative Director of Bruce Mau Design; and Art Institute curator Zoe Ryan. If design has moved to the realm beyond empty, this roundtable attempts to challenge designers and thinkers to invent our way out. Information: 312/629.6190    February 18, Monday Sam Jacob 6:00 P.M. - Room 1100, Art and Architecture Building, 845 West Harrison Sponsor: School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago Free event Lecture by Sam Jacob, Director, FAT{Fashion Architecture Taste}, London Information on-line. Aaron Betsky: Nothing 6:00 P.M. - Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Sponsor: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Free event Second of a two-day series of events, Exploring Design—Thinking and Making in a Changing World, devoted to addressing the current state of architecture and design, and their position as engines of production in a world awash with “stuff” that quickly finds its way to the landfill. Aaron Betsky’s lecture, entitled “Nothing,” addresses his belief that architecture must move beyond building and “represent, make us at home in, and help us figure out a world that seems without shape or meaning.” Information: 312/629.6190    February 19, Tuesday Chicago Community Development Commission 1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 121 North LaSalle Open to the public Monthly meeting. Meeting schedules and agenda's on-line. City of American Dreams, A History of Chicago Homeownership 5:00 P.M. - Burnham Conference Center at APA • 122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1600, Sponsor: American Planning Association Free event CM 1.0 Lecture by Margaret Garb is an assistant professor of American history at Washington University in St. Louis. The ownership of a single-family house set on a tidy yard is widely seen as fundamental to the American character. Yet this ideal is little more than a century old, the offspring of the aspirations and economic necessities faced by European immigrants to industrializing cities. This talk will trace the roots of the American Dream in the immigrant working class neighborhoods of late 19th century Chicago. It is the story of the reorganization of the housing market and the gradual spatial segregation of households along racial and class lines. It is a cautionary tale, most especially given the current crisis in the nation's real estate markets. Information: 312/431.9100 or on-line Green Exchange: Building a Sustainable Community Design Center 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Environment KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members 1.5 LU/HSW Green Exchange will renovate a historic landmark into a sustainable home for over 100 businesses of green products and services, as well as resource center in which the design community can experience environmentally friendly products first-hand. The Green Exchange’s director of leasing Phil Baugh; architect Jim Plunkard, AIA (Hartshorne + Plunkard, Ltd.), and LEED consultant Kevin Pierce, AIA (Shaw Consulting), will explain the project’s conception, charrette process, and lessons learned using a team approach to project realization. The discussion will close with an open forum to generate further ideas about how the Green Exchange and Green Expo Resource Center might benefit the architectural and design community. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770    February 20, Wednesday Lake Forest College: A Guide to the Campus 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 Franz Schulz and Arthur Miller, authors, Lake Forest College: A Guide to the Campus, followed by a A book signing in the CAF Shop. Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line BIM Roundtable: A Management Forum 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Practice Management KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members 1 LU What do you need to know about Building Information Modeling? How will this next big thing affect your practice? Three principals from firms already using BIM and a representative from the software industry will discuss the issues. This session for principals, senior management, project managers, and anyone interested in integrating BIM technology into the practice of architecture. Panelist will include Pat Callahan, AIA, Gilfillan Callahan Nelson Architects; Don Giroux, Harley Ellis Devereaux (invited); Alex Severino, Autodesk AEC; and moderator David Kasprak, AIA, Aumiller Youngquist, P.C. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Kulapat Yantrasast, wHY Architecture 6:00 P.M. - Center Core, Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3360 South State Sponsor: College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology Free event Lecture by the Executive Creative Director of wHy Architecture, of Culver City, architects of the recently opened Grand Rapids Art Museum, and redesign of the Prints and Drawings and several other galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago being carried out in conjunction with the construction of the museum's new Modern Wing. Information: 312/567.3279 or on-line. ARE Study Hall 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event ARE and LEED study materials are available in an unstructured setting. Information: 312/670.7770 models 6:30 P.M. - I-Space Gallery, 230 West Superior Sponsor: Chicago Architectural Club Free event Event with architects Martin Felsen, Julie Flohr and Eric Ellingsen. How do shifts in the use of models fit into the development of new technologies in modeling, both in contemporary and historical terms? How do the changing attitudes towards physical models affect changing attitudes towards theoretical models? How do models bridge gaps between disciplines? For members - and those wishing to become members - only. Information: on-line.    February 21, Thursday Reduce + Reuse = Preservation 12:15 - 1:00 PM - Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center Sponsor: Landmarks Illinois Free Event Mike Jackson, FAIA, chief architect, Preservation Services Division, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, will discuss case studies that demonstrate how building reuse is the ultimate form of sustainable architecture. Jackson has traveled the state for 20 years and collected many examples of eco-friendly preservation projects. Information: On-line or call 312/922.1742 Chicago Plan Commission 1:00 P.M. , 121 North LaSalle, City Council Chambers Open to the public Monthly meeting. Schedule of meetings and agendas on-line. Design Exposed: David Woodhouse Architects 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. - 230 W. Superior St., 6th floor Sponsor: AIA Chicago Design KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members Visit the office of AIA Chicago's 2007 Firm Award winner. David Woodhouse, FAIA, Andy Tinucci, and Brian Foote, AIA will present recent work and discuss the firm's philosophy and operations. Light refreshments will be provided. Limited to 30 participants. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770    February 25, Monday Bachelor Machines in Dystopia Zones 6:00 P.M. - Center Core, Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3360 South State Sponsor: College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology Free event Lecture by Francois Roche & Stephanie Lavaux, Architects, R&Sie(n), Paris, France Information: 312/567.3279 or on-line.    February 26, Tuesday Preventative Water Intrusion and Moisture Issues in Building Envelopes 11:45 A.M. - 2:00 P.M., Chicago Mart Plaza Holiday Inn, 350 N. Orleans (includes lunch) also: 5:30 - 9:00 P.M., Meridian Banquets, 1701 Algonquin Road, Rolling Meadows (includes dinner) Sponsor: Construction Specifications Institute, Chicago Chapter $40.00, $30.00 for Chicago/Northern Illinois CSI Chapter and ALa members 2LU/HSW Moisture problems can occur in exterior walls in most building types and, if not located prior to occupancy, can be extremely disruptive to building operations and can be costly due to building logistics. This is particularly true related to mold and related indoor air quality issues. Moisture problems can be related to water leakage as well as condensation of the wall components. George Crow, Midwest Division Quality Assurance Director for McCarthy Building Companies and Richard A. Weber, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. will present. Both have participated in the review, investigation and eventual repair of moisture problems in numerous buildings and have developed an approach to attempt to reduce the potential for moisture problems in new construction. Information and registration on-line. Solar Thermal Heating 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. Presenter: James Gill, Illinois Solar Energy Association With the prices of natural gas and electricity on the rise, hot water heating costs are becoming more of a burden than ever before. This workshop is designed to introduce home and business owners to the variety of solar thermal systems available in Illinois, their basic costs and benefits, and how to reduce energy bills by using a solar powered system. Register by calling the hotline at 312/746.9642, or by emailing your desired class and contact information with “Green Tech U” as the subject line.our desired class and contact information.    February 27, Wednesday Negotiate For Success: Suggestions for Your Client’s Commando Clauses 9:00 - 11:00 A.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsors: Euclid Insurance Agencies, CNA/Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, In Free event 2 LU What do you do with problematic contract clauses? How do you negotiate through them? Joseph H. Jones, Jr., Esq., AIA (Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc.) and Melissa S. Roberts, AAI (Euclid Insurance Agencies) will bring you up to date on legal liability for design professionals by reviewing: Contract Essentials Types of Contracts The Power of “Perception” Select Contract Clauses: Certification, Code compliance, Compensation, Construction phase services, Dispute resolution, Document control, Indemnification, Opinions of cost, Standard of care, Time constraints, Warranties Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Office 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 Ethan Anthony, AIA, President, HDB/Cram and Ferguson Inc. and author, The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Office, followed by a book signing in the CAF shop. Information: 312/922.3432 x 252 or on-line ARE Study Hall 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event ARE and LEED study materials are available in an unstructured setting. Information: 312/670.7770    February 28, Thursday The Chicago Hotel Market: Red Hot, for How Long? 7:45 A.M. networking and registration and continental breakfast, 8:15 A.M. program, 9:00 A.M. Q&A, - Crystal Ballroom, Union League Club, 65 West Jackson Sponsor: ULI Chicago $40.00 members, $50.00 members Guest Speakers: Peter G. Dumon, President, The Harp Group, Inc.; Scott Greenberg, President & Co-Owner, ECD Company; and John W. Rutledge, President & CEO, Oxford Capital, LLC A a panel discussion highlighting the Chicago hotel market. We will ask our panelists about the recent surge in performance of Chicago hotels, how the large pipeline of new hotels will affect the market, the impact of the credit crunch on the hotel industry, and how a slowdown in the economy will affect their market. We have assembled a highly respected panel of hotel investors that both own assets and are developing new hotels in Chicago, and nationally. Register on-line for this event (through February 26). Information on-line 40th Anniversary of the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance 12:15 P.M. - Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center , 77 West Washington Sponsor: Chicago Cultural Center Free Event Brian Goeken, Deputy Commissioner for Landmarks in the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, will talk about the history of historic preservation nationally and in Chicago leading up to the January 17, 1968, passage of the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance.  Mr. Goeken is the city's lead staff person to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and inaugurates a series of events planned over the coming year to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Commissio Information: 312/744.6630 Archeworks Midterm Critique and Review 5:30 P.M. - Archeworks, 625 North Kingsbury, at Ontario Sponsor: Archeworks Free Event The Spring Semester Midterm Critique and Review at Archeworks, Chicago’s alternative design school. Archeworks students will discuss their projects and report on research and developments to date. Register for this event, or call 312/867.7254. Information: on-line. Strategies for Integrated Project Delivery 12:00 - 1:30 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Practice Management KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members Individuals and firms can register for this program at $135 per site at www.aia.org. 1.5 LU In November 2007, AIA Contract Documents and the AIA California Council jointly released Integrated Project Delivery: A Guide, a tool to assist owners, designers and builders move toward integrated models and improved design, construction and operations processes. AIA and AIA California are offering this webinar in which three drafters of the Guide will discuss the definition, economic business models, and technological methods to achieve integrated project delivery and the evolution of architectural practice. Bring lunch; beverages provided Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770    February 29, Friday Bjarke Ingels 6:00 P.M. - Room 1100, Art and Architecture Building, 845 West Harrison Sponsor: School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago Free event Lecture by Bjarke Ingel, Principal, BIG, Copenhagen Information on-line. Go to top of page Back to Repeat Home