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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    June 1, Monday Proposed Daniel Burnham Memorial 6:30 p.m., Daley Bicentennial Plaza Fieldhouse, 37 E. Randolph, just east of Columbus Sponsor: Grant Park Advisory Council, Grant Park Conservancy Free event The location planned is the elegant, green Museum Campus forecourt on the north side of the Field Museum. Is this the right location for this long-overdue, important memorial? New concessions for Grant Park. Information: 312/927.6795.    June 2, Tuesday WP+D 2009 Distinguished Speaker Series: Part II: Open Space and Water Impacts 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington Sponsor: Women in Planning and Development, Free event, registration required. Part of a four-part series looking at specifically at women and their relationship with the Burnham Plan. This is event is Part Two of the Series, where our focus will be on open space and water. Jan Metzger, author of What Would Jane Say? will read from her book and discuss parks, water, and open space. Debra Shore, Commissioner, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, and Joyce O'Keefe, Openlands Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, will then give an overview of today's issues relating to water & open space and discuss their work at various levels of community and government organizations. A panel discussion of all three speakers will review past and current successes and challenges of water and open space, among other topics including Q & A from the audience Register via e-mail. Information: on-line. First Tuesdays Goes to Pecha Kucha Night 6:00 - 10:00 P.M. - Martyrs', 3855 North Lincoln Avenue Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Tickets $10.00 (21 and over only) Join us once again for Pecha Kucha Night/Chicago. Socialize from 6:00 to 8:00 and then the presentations begin. Advance ticket purchase recommended. Charge by phone at (800) 594-8499 or at Martyrs. .Information online. Pecha Kucha Chicago - volume 9 Doors open 6 :00 P.M., begins 8:00 P.M.-ish - Martyrs, 3855 N. Lincoln Avenue Sponsor: Pecha Kucha Night Chicago $10.00 (21 and over only) The ninth 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."Chicago’s Volume 8 features 6 minutes and 40 seconds seconds each of All Things Lucid (a real live rock n roll band!), Julia Bunn, Chelsea Culp, Steven Haulenbeek, Ben Hollis, Felix Jung, Eylül Kethüda, Teresa Lin, Emily Lozano, and Bonnie Peterson. Ed Stevenson will make a special appearance and there'll be the usual interruptions by PK alums Peter Exley and Thorsten Bösch. Charge by phone: 800.585,8499, Tickets can be purchased on-line. Information on-line. Ecology of Design 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology Free event, seating limited. Argo Tea will be on site before the program with a tasting menu of their signature drinks. AIA/CES 2 Presentation by Michael Iversen, University of Illinois at Chicago The Ecology of Design is based on the study of integrated human/natural environments as complex dynamic ecosystems, which are being stressed from the convergence of urbanization, fossil-fuel energy depletion, and climatic change. Using an ecosystem-based approach, design is viewed as the intentional shaping of energy, material, information and monetary flows that act as inputs and outputs of an urbanized ecosystem. The inventory and analysis of these system flows may then serve as the basis for informed design decisions and policymaking. 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    June 3, Wednesday Women of Influence 12:15 - 1:00 P.M., 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 Mary Jo Hoag and Laurie Russell, CAF docents. This program highlights the remarkable women buried at Graceland Cemetery who played an influential role in Chicago’s development, including early settlers, pioneers in social and civic reform, and advocates for the arts and architecture. Hoag and Russell, creators of the Women of Influence walking tour, deliver this illustrated lecture. Information on-line or call 312.922.3432 x224 ARE Study Hall 5:30 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event Study materials are available in an informal setting. Information: 312/670.7770 Chicago Chamber Musicians Spring Salon at Glessner House - SOLD OUT 5:45 - 8:15 p.m. - Glessner House, 1800 South Prairie Sponsor: Chicago Chamber Musicians, AIA Chicago and the Chicago Architecture Foundation $50.00 The only Chicago building still standing by Henry Hobson Richardson –“The First American Architect” – the Glessner House was built in 1887 for John and Frances Glessner whose great love of music led them to help found the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Guest soloists of the symphony, including Ignace Paderewski, Percy Granger, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maud Powell, and Enrico Caruso, visited their home, and gave small recitals for family and friends. Richardson’s organic approach helped American architects find their own voice and, according to architectural historian James F. O’Gorman, in the Glessner House “the quiet and monumental is fully realized.” For this evening's concert, part of CCM's Sounds and Spaces series, guests will begin in the courtyard for a wine repast and tour of the house followed by the concert, featuring performances of Mozart's String Quintet No. 4 in g, K. 516, and Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 5981, and then coffee and dessert with the artists and docents. This event event is sold out. If you are interested in being on the waiting list should any of the guests be unable to use their tickets, please call (312) 225-5226 (Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.). Information: on-line. Terry Guen Design Associates: Recent Landscape Architecture Projects 7:00 P.M. - Budlong Woods Branch Library, 5630 N. Lincoln Sponsor: Urban Habitat Chicago Free event. Space limited, registration requested. Kees Lokman of Terry Guen Design Associates will discuss how growing up in a densely populated country, partially under sea level, has shaped his perception of landscape and what role landscape architects should play in re-shaping the post-industrial city. For a number of environmental, cultural, and economic reasons, landscape architecture has a unique chance to redefine itself as a more prominent design discipline. Besides traditional elements like gardens, parks and public outdoor spaces, the scope of today’s practice needs to take a progressive approach to prove it’s capable of operating in the spaces between architecture, infrastructural systems, and natural ecologies. Register on-line. Information on-line.    June 4, Thursday Muchin College Prep 12:15 P.M., Millennium Room, 5th floor east, Chicago Cultural Center, Washington and Michigan Sponsor: Friends of Downtown. Free event. The newly residential Loop is now welcoming its first high school. This fall, students will attend their first classes at Muchin College Prep, a new campus of Noble Street Charter School opening at One North State. Kim Neal, the new school’s principal, will discuss the Noble Street Charter School mission and curriculum and the unique opportunities presented by teaching and learning in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Larry Kearns, partner at Wheeler Kearns Architects, will describe how a full floor of the former Mandel Brothers (later Wieboldt’s) department store has been transformed into a high school. Information: 312/458.9454 or on-line Commission on Chicago Landmarks 12:45 P.M., City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle Street, Room 201-A , Permit Review Committee meets afterwards at 33 North LaSalle, Suite 1600 Open to the public Commission meeting and schedule and agenda's on-line. Quartersawn Hardwoods 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., Hafele Chicago Showroom, 154 W. Hubbard St. Sponsor: Hafele America Co. Free event 1.0 CES, AIA) Criswell Davis, Architectural Marketing manager. with Frank Miller Lumber will present an AIA lecture on selecting and designing with high quality, sustainable hardwood. The resurgent appreciation for quartersawn woods will be examined in detail. Reserve on-line. LEED Extra Credit: Regional Green Buildings–Post Occupancy Case Studies 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Boulevard Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology, $10.00 USGBC members, $15.00 non-members AIA/CEU: 2 Presenters: Rachel Scheu, Center for Neighborhood Technology; Doug Widener, USGBC–Chicago Chapter; Neil Leslie, Gas Technology Institute This session will share comprehensive results from year one of the USGBC Chicago Chapter Regional Green Buildings Case Study Project. The project was sponsored by a grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation and advised by a steering committee including representatives from the City of Chicago, U.S. EPA Region 5, and the Delta Institute. The session will include a description of the research methodology for collecting regional green building performance data. It will also provide detailed results of the study of regional LEED certified buildings based on the methodology. Case studies will be summarized based on data collection and analysis, including general project information, performance metrics, financial metrics, and other benefits. Recommended next steps for further research will also be discussed. Special focus will be on energy performance and carbon emission reduction compared to modeled baseline buildings as well as comparison to other similar buildings nationally. Owner and occupant feedback based on their experience to date will be provided. Registration and information at USGBC on-line. Pre-registration is required, payment is taken at registration. Historic Preservation & A Sustainable Future :: A Burnham Plan Centennial "Community Conversation" 7:00 p.m., Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park Sponsor: Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, Free event. reception follows How do you envision our future? Don't miss this chance to speak up and be heard in Go to 2040, metropolitan Chicago's official comprehensive planning campaign. Chicago's Metropolitan Agency for Planning is teaming up with UTRF, Landmarks Illinois, the Village of Oak Park and the Pleasant Home Foundation to encourage active citizen participation. CMAP will electronically collect participants' opinions for integration into the final plan. This evening's panel of experts will include Mike Jackson, AIA, Chief Architect of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Tom Bassett-Dilley, AIA, Chairman of Oak Park’s Historic Preservation Commission, and Principal of Tom Bassett-Dilley Architect, Ltd., Michael Iversen, RA, LEED AP, Principal of Michael Roy Iversen, architect and full-time doctorate student at the Urban Planning and Policy Program at UIC, and Ed Malone, Chair of the Oak Park Environmental and Energy Advisory Commission, and a partner at Barack Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP. Information: on-line, or call 708/383.8873.    June 5 , Friday A Reform Roadmap for Viable Infrastructure in the Chicago Region 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation, Metropolitan Planning Council, the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Civil Engineers, and the U.S. Green Building Council $20.00, $15.00 for members of participating organizations and students. AIA/CES 1.5 A discussion series about how your tax dollars are used in your community, the Chicago region, and the United States. To what extent do investment decisions made in Washington, D.C. affect the Chicago region’s economy and built environment? If we want cleaner air, ample supplies of water, and better connections between jobs, homes and transit, what changes do we need to make to the way our public investment dollars are used? A Reform Roadmap for Viable Infrastructure in the Chicago Region, the first panel of the "Reinventing Public Investment" series, will explore how federal investment policies in energy, transportation and water have shaped decisions and development in the Chicago region. Panelists include Robert Puentes, Brookings Institution, Jacky Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology, and Charles Dowding (ASCE member), Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University. First part of lecture series, Reninventing Public Investment: Better choices for a better Chicagoland. Second lecture on July 14. Register on-line. Information on-line or call 312/863.6045 Placement: The Architecture of David Woodhouse Architects, exhibition opening and reception 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., I Space Gallery, 230 W. Superior Street, 2nd floor Sponsor: I space Gallery, Free event Opening reception for an exhibition, curated by Edward Keegan, demonstrated David Woodhouse Architects' civically minded, stylistically diverse, and ethically based design approach produces projects which work in the service of people, creating thoughtful and lasting places in our landscape and culture. The exhibition runs through June 27th., Information on-line    June 6 , Saturday Fuller Gallery Talk: Unwavering Principles with Christine Tarkowski and Nance Klehm 11:00 a.m. - Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago - meet in the fourth floor lobby Sponsor: Museum of Contemporary Art Free with admission. In this series, artists, filmmakers, designers, architects, ecologists, anthropologists, and educators consider Buckminster Fuller's legendary work and enduring influence in thematic explorations of the exhibition. Artist Christine Tarkowski and bioinstigator and ecologist Nance Klehm discuss Fuller's unwavering principles. Nance Khelm is a radical ecologist, landscape designer, and expert forager and gardener. Christine Tarkowski is an artist and associate professor at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. Information: 312/280.266 or on-line. 2009 SEAOI Annual Banquet and Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Time TBA, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center Sponsor: Structural Engineers Association of Illinois, Structural Engineers Foundation $150 per person, reservations required. This gala event is the highlight of the SEAOI will include announcing the winners of the 2009 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, as well as the installation of 2009-2010 SEAOI officers. This year’s judges are: Farhad Ansari, PhD. Professor and Department Head Department of Civil and Materials Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago ; Rick Fawell, AIA, NCARB Principal VOA Associates, Inc.; Jennifer Goupil, P.E. Editor, Structural Engineer magazine; Perri L. Irmer, Chief Executive Officer Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; Steven D. Scherer, P.E. Senior Vice President Hayward Baker, Inc.; and Wayne Ziemer, AIA Project Executive Power Construction Company, LLC. RSVP: call 312/726.4165 x200 extension 200 or email Donna Child's.. Information on-line.    June 9, Tuesday Investing in the Future... Building Green, Planning Smart, Rebuilding Our Cities 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., City of Chicago, Council Chambers, City Hall Sponsor: ULI Chicago, City of Chicago Price TBA, registration Jonathan F.P. Rose, Founder and President, Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, and Trustee, ULI - the Urban Land Institute will be interviewed by architect and ULI member Douglas Farr, with a welcome by Sadhu Johnston, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Chicago Department of Environment, and introductory remarks by Alderman Mary Ann Smith, 48th Ward. Information on-line. Student Housing Doubles as Environmental Learning Lab 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. - John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Department of the Environment Free event, Please arrive early as space is limited. Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch. AIA/CES 1 Lecture by Dirk Denison, FAIA, Dirk Denison Architects, who shares his proposal for new student residence halls at IIT. This highly sustainable venture not only raises the bar with respect to green technologies but also engages students in a real-time evaluation of the building’s performance. The twin wings have been designed to expand housing options while using a combination of mixed-mode natural ventilation, solar orientation, and high-performance facades. Information: 312/922.3432 x 224 or on-line 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. Valcucine Presentation and Reception 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - Merchandise Mart, Suite 106 (on the first floor) Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event, limited to 45 participants Valcucine is a world-renowned manufacturer of high quality modern Italian kitchen cabinets. It is one of the few companies that incorporates “green” production techniques with an ergonomic design. Harvard has just finished developing a case study regarding Valcucine as one of the most eco-compatible companies in the world. The fusion of refined design and advanced technology translate into an elegant system that makes food preparation more efficient. Valcucine’s Cradle to Cradle design and manufacturing philosophy has made it an Environmentally Preferable Product that qualifies for LEED credit for Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality. Valcucine’s Artematica Vitrum glass kitchen was recently on display at The Museum of Modern Art and in Kieran Timberlake’s Cellophane House which as one of the five on-site installations in the exhibition: Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. The Calumet Region: Coexistence of Nature, Industry,& Community for a Sustainable Future 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. AIA/CES: 2 Presenter: Jerry Attere, WRD Environmental The Calumet region was once an area with the largest wetland complexes in North America. However, after decades of heavy industry and extensive filling of wetlands, many areas are now very degraded and considered Brownfield sites, in serious need of rehabilitation for private or public reuse or for the creation of open space. Join the Chicago Department of Environment as we revisit the historical significance of the region which helped to make Chicago what it is today and learn about the City’s efforts to transform the region from an industrial wasteland to a natural haven, while shedding light on the coexistence of nature, industry, and community.. 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    June 10 , Wednesday Crain's Corporate Preview: the Art Institute Modern Wing 7:45 a.m., check-in, 8:05 a.m., breakfast and program, 8:45 a.m., explore galleries - enter at the Modern Wing entrance on Monroe Sponsor: Crain's Chicago Business $55.00 in advance Explore the Modern Wing at an exclusive before hours viewing of the most ambitious building project in the Art Institute’s 130-year history. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the Modern Wing provides a new home for the museum’s collection of 20th- and 21st-century art. Nearly a decade in the making, this 264,000 square-foot building increases the size of the Art Institute by a third, making it the second largest art museum in the United States. Gather in Griffin Court, the dramatic central corridor of the Modern Wing, and hear James Cuno, President of the Art Institute, address the importance of the Modern Wing and what it means to Chicago. Registration on-line. Information: on-line Business Succession Planning (And How the Economy has Affected It) 9:00 - 11:00 A.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Practice Management KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members Learning Units: 2 Current owners hope to have financial security; the next generation of owners wants incentives. The current economy has shaken both expectations. Attorney Mark Raymond of Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC, will discuss business transfer approaches, compensation arrangements, and tax-efficient estate planning considerations. He also will discuss business value and funding challenges in light of the current economy and financial markets. This is a shortened version of a seminar prepared specifically for architects and engineers as part of a multi-day program presented at Northwestern University. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. Beyond Burnham: North Harbor Revitalization Initiative 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Regional & Urban Design KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members 1.0 LU/HSW The Plan of Chicago was a regional plan. Hear from Hipolito “Paul” Roldan, president, and Rosa Ortiz of Hispanic Housing Development Corp. about the North Harbor Revitalization Initiative, a series of programs, policies, and developments for a neighborhood of East Chicago, IN, which is only 35 miles from Chicago and grew up around the steel industry. As that industry's presence has waned, the community has experienced major disinvestment. Since 2006, HHDC and The Community Builders have been the development team for this initiative which includes mixed-income, mixed-use, multi-generational developments. The first phases of construction have been completed while others are under construction and expected to continue through 2015. Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Hidden Geometry 12:15 - 1:00 P.M., 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 Shoaff, architect. Drawing on specific examples from the Prairie Style and Usonian homes, this lecture illustrates how Frank Lloyd Wright brilliantly employed a very simple hidden geometry to create works of unparalleled clarity, vitality, and integrity. The principles revealed enhance our understanding of the physiology of perception and have implications for more general design application Information on-line or call 312.922.3432 x224 ARE Study Hall 5:30 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event Study materials are available in an informal setting. Information: 312/670.7770    June 11 , Thursday The Fire and Aftermath of Sullivan’s Pilgrim Baptist Church 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Historic Resources and IFRAA KCs Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members 1.0 LU/HSW Johnson & Lee, Ltd., is currently heading an effort with Quinn Evans Architects (Ann Arbor) to restore the fire-ravaged Pilgrim Baptist Church, designed by Adler & Sullivan and built in 1891 as KAM synagogue, and gutted by fire in 2006. Chris Lee, FAIA, will present the first phase of the project which is a campus plan. He will also discuss the difficulties of fundraising to restore the church in this economic climate. Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. Creative Living In the City: The Last 4 Miles: Completing Chicago’s Lakefront 12:15 P.M. - Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Sponsor: Friends of the Parks Free event To celebrate Burnham & Bennett’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, architects Joanne Bauer (BauerLatoza Studio), John Buenz (Solomon, Cordwell & Buenz), Peter Kindel (Topografis), Thom Greene (Greene & Proppe Design), and Julia Burns (Bauer Latoza Studio) will discuss the concept plans, originating with community visioning sessions and design charrettes, to complete Chicago’s lakefront parks. Chicago is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, due to the vision of our founding citizens and park advocates to preserve Chicago’s lakefront “forever…open, clear and free.” Because of this unique vision, today 26 of the 30 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline are in the public domain. Only 4 miles are not part of Chicago’s lakefront parks. Learn about the concept plans to fulfill Burnham’s mandate of a public lakefront from Evanston to the Indiana border. Information: 312/744.6630 or on-line. Chicago Model City, Public Opening and Reception 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation Free event Opening and reception for new exhibition Chicago Model City, running through November 20th, which considers the philosophy of “thinking big” by examining historic and contemporary urban plans of all sizes. Chicago Model City includes photographs, maps, videos, digital visualizations, and a large-scale model of Chicago’s Loop—designed to be a permanent attraction and centerpiece of CAF. Beyond its reputation as a global metropolis featuring world-renowned architecture, Chicago enjoys special status: it is a model for understanding all cities. Enormous size, diverse population, booming industry, and complex infrastructure have made Chicago emblematic of modern life. Urban planners, sociologists, and historians have studied Chicago more than any other American city. RSVP via email. Information: 312/922.3432 x 224 or on-line "A-can-emy Awards" 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. - 350 W. Mart Center Dr (former Apparel Center) Sponsor: AIA Chicago, others $25.00 members and non-members Attend the "A-can-emy Awards" opening reception for the 2009 Canstruction Chicago. Enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while previewing the colossal structures. Awards will be given out by a panel of celebrity judges. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. Chicago Climate Action Plan 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. AIA/CES: 2 Presenter: Joyce Coffee, Chicago Department of Environment The Chicago Climate Action Plan is Chicago’s roadmap to reduce climate change impacts and adapt to the changes already occurring. A dynamic plan for the entire city of Chicago, it outlines specific strategies and actions and calls upon governmental bodies, businesses, organizations, and residents to accomplish significant greenhouse gas emission reductions in order to ensure a good quality of life for future generations. This presentation will discuss implementation to date and opportunities for further action. 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    June 12 , Friday Jens Jensen Reconsidered: Urbs in Horto - City in a Garden 9:30 - a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park, followed by guided tours of Columbus Park, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., and the Jane Adams Hull-House Museum, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sponsor: Jane Adams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation $125.00 for all three days, $75.00 faculty rate; individual days $50.00 each - includes lunch each day. Opening day of three day symposium. At the turn of the twentieth century, Danish immigrant Jens Jensen was at the center of a group of progressive organic designers and architects, civic planners, artists, writers, naturalists, social reformers, scientists, businessmen and politicians who were inspired by the natural prairie landscape of Chicago and the surrounding region. They believed in the spirit of democracy, born of our native landscape, as a fundamental resource to be revered, idealized, and protected, and that it was critical for city dwellers to have opportunities to commune with nature. Today, these themes are more resonant than ever. This three-day symposium will encourage a greater understanding of this landscape legacy and the relevance of this important history today. The symposium brings together an international group of leading experts on Jens Jensen, the Prairie School of Landscape Architecture, and today’s greening efforts in the Chicago region. Symposium highlights include a reading of the Beauty of the Wild dramatic masque at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, guided tours of the Garfield Conservatory, Columbus Park, Crab Tree Farm, Rosewood Park and Jens Jensen’s Dean St. residence, concluding with a tour of the Westchester Township History Museum and a guided walk of a pageant blowout at the Indiana Dunes State Park. Registration form on-line. Information on-line. The Art of Preservation, benefiting Preservation Chicago 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. - 1835 South Halsted Sponsor: Preservation Chicago $25.00 in advance, $30.00 at the door. Preservation Chicago's spring fundraiser, in the heart of picturesque Pilsen, the burgeoning "SoHo of Chicago." Wander amidst works of art created by our members and local artists and photographers. You'll be entertained. Inspired. And most of all, you'll be helping us in our mission of saving Chicago's most "functional art," its historic architecture. Ticket price includes beer, wine and tasty treats. And in the spirit of Pilsen, the muy caliente Latin band, Son Del Viento, will be performing live. Information and purchase tickets: on-line Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect 7:45 p.m. - Gene Siskel Film Center Sponsor: Gene Siskel Film Center $7.00, students $5.00, members $4.00 Film by Markus Heidingsfelser and Min Tesch. With his CCTV building nearing completion in Beijing, Rem Koolhaas has emerged as the cutting-edge architect of the 21st century. The apostle of Bigness and the “culture of congestion,” Koolhaas has challenged much of the received wisdom on architecture, not least of all the Miesian mystique of order and reason, which Koolhaas undermines with strategic injections of irrationality and chaos. With fellow architects Joshua Ramus and Richard Meier kibitzing on the sidelines, the quietly intense Koolhaas takes us through his early filmmaking days with Jan de Bont and Robby Müller, the publication of his seminal manifesto Delirious New York, and the creation of such innovative structures as the Seattle Central Library, the Casa da Música in Portugal, the Prada store in Beverly Hills, and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin. In English, Dutch, and German with English subtitles. DigiBeta video.W Information: on-line    June 13 , Saturday Jens Jensen Reconsidered: Urbs in Horto - City in a Garden 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - various locations Sponsor: Jane Adams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation $125.00 for all three days, $75.00 faculty rate; individual days $50.00 each - includes lunch each day. Second day of three day symposium features tours of Kenilworth Historical Society, Crab Tree Farm (40 participants limit), Mahoney Park, Ravinia School, Rosewood Park Beach, and Jens Jensen Park. Registration form on-line. Information on-line. Working with a Green Architect 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Center for Green Technology 445 N. Sacramento, Chicago Sponsor: AIA Chicago Free event, reservations required. Presented by three licensed AIA Architects that own their own residential housing focused firms who will speak on how to prepare for a project on your home, the special considerations that doing a Green project creates in the process, how to select the right architect and other team members, and how to optimize the project for the minimum problems and the maximum value. Directly followed by Ask a Green Architect--one-on-one 15 minute consultations with the architects. Please bring drawings or ideas pertinent to your project for your consultation. Information: Contact Megan at 312/376.2725 or via email. Fuller Gallery Talk: Life Cycle of Products with Steve Belletire 11:00 a.m. - Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago - meet in the fourth floor lobby Sponsor: Museum of Contemporary Art Free with admission. In this series, artists, filmmakers, designers, architects, ecologists, anthropologists, and educators consider Buckminster Fuller's legendary work and enduring influence in thematic explorations of the exhibition. Industrial designer Steve Belletire discusses the life cycle of products. Belletire is an associate professor of industrial design at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Initially a design consultant working with clients such as 3M, Black & Decker, and Gateway, to bring successful products to commercial, consumer, and industrial markets Information: 312/280.266 or on-line. Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect 4:30 and 8:00 p.m. - Gene Siskel Film Center Sponsor: Gene Siskel Film Center $7.00, students $5.00, members $4.00 Film by Markus Heidingsfelser and Min Tesch. See June 12th entry above for details. Information: on-line Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility 2009 Lewis Mumford Award Winners 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Archeworks, 625 N. Kingsbury, at Ontario Sponsor: Archeworks Free event , students are encouraged to attend. A reception and party to honor the three winners of ADPSR's 2009 Lewis Mumford Awards, honoring people and organizations that exemplify ADPSR’s goals of peace, preservation of the natural and built environment, and socially responsible development.: Growing Home, a job training and organic gardening non-profit, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, a non-profit citizen action group, and Fuller Park Community Development, a nonprofit community development association were awarded the Mumford for their outstanding contributions to world peace, environmental preservation, and socially responsible development, respectively. Information: on-line.    June 14 , Sunday Jens Jensen Reconsidered: Urbs in Horto - City in a Garden All day, specific times TBA Sponsor: Jane Adams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation $125.00 for all three days, $75.00 faculty rate; individual days $50.00 each - includes lunch each day. Closing day of three day symposium features a Field Walk of the Indiana Dunes. Registration form on-line. Information on-line. A Walk Through Time on Prairie Avenue 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Glessner House Museum Sponsor: Glessner House Museum $50.00 per person, $40.00 for members. Reservations suggested. A rare opportunity to step inside some of Prairie Avenue's most historic sites featuring exquisite stained glass, beautifully carved wood moldings, elaborately tiled fireplaces, and so much more. This year's tour, the museum's annual fundraiser, includes seven private homes, Second Presbyterian Church, and the Glessner and Clarke house museums. A reception and silent auction will be held in the Glessner coach house following the tour. Information: 312/326.1480 or on-line. Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect 3:00 p.m. - Gene Siskel Film Center Sponsor: Gene Siskel Film Center $7.00, students $5.00, members $4.00 Film by Markus Heidingsfelser and Min Tesch. See June 12th entry above for details. Information: on-line    June 16, Tuesday Generations at Work: Why They Won't Just Grow Out of It 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, 350 W. Mart Center Dr., Merchants Room Sponsor: AIA Chicago's Association Forum at NeoCon $30.00 members and non-members 1.5 LU How do we understand the four generations currently in the workforce? The challenges of an aging, experienced population and new attitudes toward work and learning in our younger generations is an issue that must be addressed by all professionals. Just as technology is changing rapidly and must be managed, sociological and demographic changes must also be managed as they have a profound impact on the present and future of our organizations. Explore what defines the generations, how to work with each of them, and consider strategies for turning this challenge into an opportunity. Marsha Littell, director of Training and Organizational Development for HOK (St. Louis), has been leading initiatives for change with a special focus on generations at work, launching a mentoring program in 2000 and a competency-based performance management system in 2006. Information: 312/670.7770 and on-line. Register for NeoCon and this presentation on-line SAIC Making Modern: Panel Discussion 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - SAIC, Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State, 7th Floor Sponsor: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Free event, followed by opening reception for exhibition at 6:00 p.m. A panel discussion reflecting on the work shown in Making Modern: 2009 Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects and its present engagement in the larger mandate of design and architecture. In antiquity, "modernism" meant confronting magic and replacing it with the plough, the sword, the house, and the ship. In Making Modern, "to be modern" means reuniting with eco-scapes, cityscapes, and all the varied "scapes" of conscience, technology and mobility. The panel is scheduled to include Gordon Gill of Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architect, design consultant Kelly Costell of Doblic, SAIC professors Hennie Reynders and Ben Nicholson, and graduate AIADO students. Information: 312/629/.6635 on-line. Architecture for Humanity, Chicago Chapter monthly meeting 6:30 p.m. - Brehon Pub, 731 N. Wells Sponsor: Architecture for Humanity, Chicago Chapter Free event Information: on-line.    June 17 , Wednesday Understanding Employer Liability and Best Practices in Documentation, Discipline and Discharge 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 Tom Luetkemeyer, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, will address the five principal and most prevalent types of legal claims which employees can make against their employers. He will also summarize the various federal and state laws that impact employer operations and provide helpful tips on how exposure to such claims can be minimized. Finally, Tom will discuss effective documentation practices as well as best practices in disciplinary and discharge situations to lessen the likelihood of a viable claim. Bring your lunch; beverages provided. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement: Gertrude Kerbis, FAIA 12:15 - 1:00 P.M., 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 Presentation by Gertrude Lempp Kerbis, FAIA, architect; Karen Carter, filmmaker, director, and documentary producer; Zurich Esposito, Executive Vice President, AIA Chicago. Kerbis is the subject of this documentary film, produced to honor her as the 2008 AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Celebrated for modernist masterworks, she has created a legacy of design innovation that has had profound influence on younger generations. Kerbis shares her perspective on her career and the practice of architecture. Information on-line or call 312.922.3432 x224 The Hidden Risks of Green Buildings 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. - Renaissance Chicago Hotel, 1 West Wacker Sponsor: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Young Architects Forum $200.00 member board members and NCARB record holders, $300.00 non-record holders - day of event registration begins at 10:00 a.m. 3 HSW/SD The green design movement is transforming the profession like nothing else experienced in the lifetime of most architects. While higher performing buildings have many positive benefits, they also present new challenges. Many of the things that make buildings green—like improved energy conservation, increased thermal insulation, and the use of innovative products—also make buildings susceptible to future failure. Presenters J. David Odom and Richard Scott are the co-authors of NCARB's Mold and Moisture Prevention and, with George H. DuBose, The Hidden Risks of Green Buildings. Information: on-line. ARE Study Hall 5:30 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event Study materials are available in an informal setting. Information: 312/670.7770 Daniel Burnham, Urban Visionary 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation $15.00, $10.00 for CAF members/students AIA/CES 1.5 Lecture by Donald L. Miller, author of City of the Century, The Epic of Chicago and the Making of Modern America. By the mid-1880s, Burnham and other young Chicago visionaries believed that while Chicago’s cyclonic, unregulated economic growth had made it the master city of the mid-continent it was also creating massive environmental and social problems that threatened the habitability of many parts of the city. Burnham believed that it was time for a citywide effort to tame its most destructive impulses through enlightened urban planning and inspired civic architecture. Burnham’s effort to create an urban community that balances order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community still resonates today. We are now at a point in our development as a nation where we can learn important lessons from the civic debate that Burnham inspired about the costs and benefits of unregulated capitalism. RSVP on-line. Information on-line or call 312.922.3432 x224    June 18 , Thursday Around the Bend: What You Need to Know about Steel Bending 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court Sponsor: AIA Chicago Technical Issues KC Free for members; $15.00 non-members 1.5 LU Todd Alwood, regional engineer from the American Institute of Steel Construction, illustrates why curved steel is gaining in popularity and what each design professional needs to know to simplify design and convey to other members of their design team. What are different bending processes and what they are their uses? He will also discuss specifications that are required in construction drawings from the bender’s point of view. Bring your lunch or purchase a meal ticket on the first floor for the CBA cafeteria. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. Bennett in the Shadow of Burnham 12:15 - 1:00 PM - Claudia Cassidy Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 West Randolph Sponsor: Landmarks Illinois Free Event Lecture by Arthur Miller, archivist and librarian for Special Collections, Lake Forest College library. Edward H. Bennett, fresh from a diploma at the Ecole de Paris, brought a French classic perspective the 1909 Chicago Plan. He also adapted to changing cultural situations in ways Burnham would not have foreseen. Miller will discuss how while true to Burnham's ideas and teaching, Bennett came into the sunshine of his own career after Burnham’s death in 1912. Information: On-line or call 312/922.1742 Greening Your Office: Tips on How to Make Your Workplace Eco-friendly 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. - John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Department of the Environment Free event, RSVP required.. AIA/CES 1 This brown bag lunch series examines how to create a green office. Topics such as energy conservation, waste reduction, green transportation and property management engagement are covered. The series was designed for Green Office Challenge participants, but the program is open to the public. RSVP on-line,, include name, workplace address, phone number and email address. Information: 312/922.3432 x 224 or on-line Chicago Plan Commission Time and place tentative: 1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers 121 N. LaSalle Street Open to the public Commission meeting and schedule and agenda's on-line. Extension Gallery Talk: Eric Ellingsen 6:00 p.m. - Extension Gallery at Archeworks, 625 N. Kingsbury, at Ontario Sponsor: Extension Gallery for Architecture Free event Eric Ellingsen will discuss his installation SEA: Seeing Eye Architecture, a species of Architecture Service Animals, the work of Ellingsen + Species of Space, which runs through July 10th. Species of Space is an experiment in design studios founded by Eric Ellingsen in 2009. It is structured on the illogical leaps of open door collaboration, cultivated difference, the responsibility of risk, and the joy of the embodied imagination playing in space and matter. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. All About IDP and ARE 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker Drive Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum, NCARB Free event A presentation on the Intern Development Program and the Architect Registration Examination and a reception/networking event, hosted by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) during its annual meeting Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. Charles Rohlfs, The Aesthetic Movement, and the Roots of his Artistic Furniture 7:00 p.m. - Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 S. Michigan Avenue Sponsor: Glessner House Museum, Friends of Historic Second Church $10.00 Sarah Fayen, curator at Chipstone Foundation and the Milwaukee Art Museum, will locate Charles Rohlfs’ roots in Aesthetic Movement ideals and discuss his furniture in relation to the Arts and Crafts Movement. Information: on-line.    June 19 , Friday The Burnham Pavilions 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago - use Columbus Drive entrance Sponsor: Architecture and Design Department and the Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, Burnham Plan Centennial Committee Free event, seating on a first-come, first-served basiss The Burnham Pavilions are two temporary architectural projects in Millennium Park designed by renowned architects Zaha Hadid and Ben van Berkel. These pavilions are the centerpieces of the 2009 Burnham Plan Centennial, a citywide celebration of Daniel Burnham's legendary 1909 Plan of Chicago. Burnham looked to leading European cities such as Paris and Vienna for inspiration when creating his master plan. Each studio drew from this work to produce avant-garde pavilions that contextualize his vision and provide a 21st-century model for urban architecture. The van Berkel pavilion will open to the public on June 19th; the Hadid pavilion soon thereafter. Burnham Pavilions Panel participants will include Zaha Hadid, Zaha Hadid Architects Ben van Berkel, UNStudio; Donna Robertson FAIA, professor, dean, and John and Jeanne Rowe Chair in Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology; Robert Somol, director and professor, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago. Joseph Rosa, John H. Bryan Curatorial Chair of Architecture and Design, The Art Institute of Chicago, will moderate. Information: on-line.    June 20 , Saturday What Makes My Home Energy Efficient? 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. - John Buck Lecture Hall, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 South Michigan Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago Center for Green Technology Free event. (Please arrive early; seating is limited). Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch. AIA/CES 2 Lecture by Paul Knight, Domus Plus. An energy efficient home takes a combination of insulation, air sealing, high efficiency heating and cooling systems, good windows, exhaust fans, appliances, and lighting. This seminar outlines these items and how they relate to the ENERGY STAR Program, answering questions of how to make your home an energy efficient one. Information: 312/922.3432 x 224 or on-line    June 23 , Tuesday ARE Structural Systems Division - Review Workshop 6::00 - 8:00 p.m. - AIA Chicago, 35 E. Wacker Dr., #250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event Looking for additional help in preparing for the Structural Systems division of the ARE 4.0? Jennifer Traut, EIT, LEED AP (BSAS – UIUC, MARCH, Structures Option – UIUC; Larson Engineering, Inc.) returns for a review workshop specifically targeting the structural material covered by the Architect Registration Examination. The workshop will walk participants through a basic static’s problem broken down into logical steps. Do you have questions for Jenny to answer at the workshop? We will send an email to the registered participants requesting questions be submitted by June 19th. Answers will follow on the 23rd. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line.    June 24 , Wednesday Buildings Technologies Seminar 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 P.M., Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445. N. Sacramento Sponsor: Consulate General of Canada in Chicago, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Free event, complementary lunch and breakfast - registration required 5 AIA Learning Units Sessions and presenters include: Enhancing Sustainable Design with Retractable Screen (Phantom Screens); Electric Radiant Heat (Therma-Ray, Inc.); Dry & Healthy Basements (Cosella-Dorken Products, Inc.); Networking Lunch - Resource Center Classroom; Special Presentation: Environmental Reputation of the Forest Products Sector; Designing with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF); (Amvic Building System ); Wood Solutions to Sustainability Questions; Including Green Buildings case studies using wood with special emphasis on the sustainability aspects for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games . To register, e-mail name, company name, phone number and e-mail. Information, call Lorena Magee at 416/250-2769. Walter Gropius in Chicago: The Forgotten Legacy 12:15 - 1:00 P.M., 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 Grahm Balkany, founder, Gropius in Chicago Coalition. This lecture presents new findings involving Walter Gropius’s virtually unknown work in Chicago. Centered around the imminently threatened campus of Michael Reese Hospital, Gropius’s legacy includes master planning and urban design. Combined with Mies's contemporaneous commission at the nearby Illinois Institute of Technology, the two campuses represent a “Bauhaus District” of international significance. Information on-line or call 312.922.3432 x224 Tour: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Patient Care Addition 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.. - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge Sponsor: AIA Chicago Healthcare Architecture KC Free for AIA members; $15.00 non-members 1 LU/HSW A tour of the newly completed Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Patient Care Tower, designed by OWP/P. The vision for ALGH's new inpatient building is to "create a facility that expands and enhances the hospital's leadership in providing quality healthcare.” The 192-bed, 384,000 SF structure will feature private rooms to improve patient safety, infection control, throughput, patient satisfaction, privacy, and comfort. Expanded facilities and updated technology will meet the increasingly specialized treatment needs of patients. Sensitivity to the creation of environmentally responsive, resource efficient, and healthy spaces for patients, staff, and visitors translates into the pursuit of LEED Gold certification for the building. Limited to 40 participants. Information: 312/670.7770; Information and Registration on-line. ARE Study Hall 5:30 - 9:00 P.M. - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 250 Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum Free event Study materials are available in an informal setting. Information: 312/670.7770    June 27, Saturday Make Big Plans: Curators' Talk and Gallery Walk for Daniel Burnham in the Philippines 11:00 a.m., Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street Sponsor: Newberry Library Free event The co-curators of Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolis discuss the pleasures and challenges of placing Burnham and Bennett's Plan of Chicago in historical perspective, and of capturing both the document's textual and visual meanings. Following the talk, join Newberry Library staff in the Donnelley Gallery for a gallery walk of the Library's Spotlight Exhibition, Daniel Burnham in the Philippines. Information on-line or call 312.922.3432 x224    June 30, Tuesday From Enclaves of Despair to Healthy, Diverse Communities of Hope 5:00 P.M. - Burnham Conference Center at APA • 122 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 1600, Sponsor: American Planning Association Free event CM 1.0 The District of Columbia Housing Authority is fashioning a new physical landscape in the nation's capital and re-energizing the social and economic landscape of entire neighborhoods. As public housing authorities are dismantling distressed public housing "projects," they are assuming two new roles: those of real estate developer and community builder. Michael Kelly, Executive Director of the DC Housing Authority will discuss how his agency has leveraged $170 million in federal grants into $2 billion of residential and mixed use development. 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