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New Views: The Rendered Image in Architecture
at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 5, 2014 |
Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900–1925 at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Evanston, through August 5, 2013 |
Take Me to the River: Building Chicago's New Waterfront at the Chicago Architecture Foundation |
Modernism's Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli at the Chicago Cultural Center, through August 17, 2013 |
City Works: Provocations for Chicago's Urban Future at the Expo 72 Gallery, 72 East Randolph, through September 29, 2013 |
Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good, at the Chicago Cultural Center, through September 1, 2013 |
Sharing Space: Creative Intersections in Architecture and Design At the Art Institute of Chicago, through August 4, 2013 |
Design 1810- 1995 at the ArchiTech Gallery, through August 24, 2013 |
The Unseen City: Designs for a Future Chicago at the Chicago Architecture Foundation |
Loop Value: The How Much Does It Cost Shop at the Chicago Architecture Foundation |
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Architecture of the Art Institute 12:00- 1:00 p.m., Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Gallery talk -- meet in Gallery 100 (Grand Staircase) Information and on-line Commission on Chicago Landmarks 12:45 p.m., City Hall, Room 201-A, 121 North LaSalle Monthly meeting, open to the public. The Permit Review Committee will hold is regular meeting in City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle Street, City Council Chambers at 1:30 p.m. Times and places tentative, check website to reconfirm. Information and agenda on-line Small Projects Exhibit Reception -- Loop Alliance Pop-Up Gallery 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., - 23 E. Madison AIA Chicago will be hosting an exhibit of the 2013 Small Project Awards winners for the month of August, as a part of the Chicago Loop Alliance's Pop-Up Art Loop initiative. Designed in collaboration with Chicago-based firm a5, the exhibit offers yet another opportunity for AIA Chicago and its Small Practitioners Group to showcase the smaller-scale innovations that architects work on in their day-to-day practice. The exhibit will kick-off with a special opening reception during CLA's First Thursday Pop-Up Gallery Walk. The exhibition will be on display through August 22. Information online. Tour: Chicago Family Health Center, Pullman Replacement Facility 6:00 -7:30 p.m., - Pullman Historic District, 570 East 115th Street
Information and registration online. Placemaking: Reimagining the Urban Environment 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Information and registration online
Architecture 101 2:00 p.m. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington, Claudia Cassidy Theater A screening of the breakout South Korean hit about a 35-year-old architect being asked by his long-lost first love to rebuild her home on Jeju Island. Read: Architecture 101 Beats Hunger Games in South Korea. Information online.
YAF Happy Hour 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., - Hubbard Inn, 110 West Hubbard Let us know you'll be there through out YAF Meetup page. All young architects are welcome. Information online.
Spontaneous Interventions: Regina Igloria and Nick Tobier 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., - Michigan Galleries, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington On the role of cultural spaces that operate in the places, neighborhoods and arenas of daily life. What are the distinctions to be made between museums and cultural centers as destination points and places inextricably linked to the daily lives of communities? Rather than limiting ourselves to separate specialized arenas of cultural spaces can we enrich lives and work through cultural practices adjacent to the stuff of daily life? If so, what are the commensurate impacts or contact points made by engaging audiences and participants who lead busy lives. We suggest that these practices play a key role in provoking new imaginative visions of public life through unlikely alliances between art and commerce, between civic life and its citizens, and by insinuating cultural frictions and dialogues into everyday life. Regin Igloria is an artist, marathoner and community arts agent through North Branch projects, a storefront book binding facility and exhibit space in Albany Park. Nick Tobier is an artist and designer working in Detroit with the social lives of public places, both in built structures and events. He has designed and/or activated bus stops, farms, kitchens, boulevards, and have worked within and without municipal structures in Detroit, Tokyo, Toronto, San Francisco Information online. Spontaneous Interventions: cityLab 5:00- 6:30- p.m., - Michigan Galleries, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Join Landon Bone Baker Architects for the final presentation of cityLab – A summer Landon Bone Baker Architects developed the model for this 6-week program and has led three Lab programs through LBBA Information online. Screening: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History 6:00 p.m. - Graham Foundation, 4 West Burton The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the wholesale changes that took place in the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St. Louis. Destroyed in a dramatic and highly publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians, and policy makers. At the film's historical center is an analysis of the massive impact of the 1949 Housing Act, which resulted in American cities being emptied of their residents, business and industry. And yet, despite its complex history, Pruitt-Igoe has often been stereotyped, with help from a world-famous image of its implosion, and used as an argument against modernist architecture or public assistance programs. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth seeks to set the historical record straight, to examine the interests in Pruitt-Igoe's creation, to re-evaluate the rumors and the stigma, and to implode the myth. RSVP and information: on-line. 6:30 p.m. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington, Claudia Cassidy Theater Lucius, an architect in Ancient Rome, commissioned with building a new Imperial thermae, finds himself in a rut. That is, until he finds himself a tunnel that takes him to the other side of the world two millennia later. Resurfacing in a modern-day Japanese public bath, Lucius believes the "flat-faced"clan has reached the pinnacle of spa culture. He slips back in time to ancient Rome to introduce his newfound discoveries and becomes the ingenious architect of the bath. In Japanese and Latim, with subtitles. Repeated Saturday, August 10 at 2:00 p.m. Information online. |
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Gallery tour - Modernism's Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., - Chicago Cultural Center, 77 East Randolph, Second Floor Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian of the City of Chicago, will lead us on a gallery tour of Modernism’s Messengers: The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli, the exhibit he curated, which closes on August 17. In this show, one discovers not only the love of the Iannellis for modernism in design, but also the love that they had for each other. A wide array of their work in sculpture, graphic design, building orgnament, and product design is on display in the exhibit. If youh aven’t seen it yet, don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Tim why we should all know this work. Meet at the entrance to the exhibit. Information and registration online. From Artistic Houses to the Prairie Home: Domestic Interiors of Chicago’s Gilded Age 12:00 p.m., - The Gratz Center, 126 East Chestnut Lecture by David Bagnall, Curator & Director of Interpretation, Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. This presentation will explore developments in American domestic architecture of the Gilded Age through specific Chicago examples, including the Samuel M. Nickerson House (Burling & Whitehouse, 1883), the John J. Glessner House (H.H. Richardson, 1887), the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1889/1898), the James Charnley House (Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, 1891), and the Frederick C. Robie House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910). Information and registration online. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Information and registration online Book Signing: Alfonso Iannelli: Modern by Design 6:40 p.m., - Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 South Michigan Reserve at 312/280-9097, or via email.
Spontaneous Interventions: Interventions in Rural Space 5:00- 6:00- p.m., - Michigan Galleries, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Venice Biennale and Chicago S.I. participant Richard Saxton from the M12 Collective will participate in a discussion with Matthew Fluharty, director of Art of the Rural. Using M12′s Campito project as a launching pad, this discussion will focus on Interventions in Rural Space. The discussion will be moderated by Ryan Griffis and Sarah Ross of Regional Relationships. Richard Saxton is an artist, designer and founder of the M12 Collective. Saxton’s work focuses on rural space and knowledge, he is author of the forthcoming book A Decade of Country Hits: Art on the Rural Frontier (Jap Sam Books) and currently an Assistant Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Matthew Fluharty is the founder and director of Art of the Rural, the leading resource for information and commentary on the state of contemporary rural arts and culture, from the traditional to the avant-garde. Fluharty is currently a visiting writer at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Ryan Griffis and Sarah Ross represent Regional Relationships, an organization that commissions artists, scholars, writers and activists to create works that investigate the natural, industrial and cultural landscapes of a region. Information online.
Design Education at the Institute of Design 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 West Chicago Featured are five educators who studied at the Institute of Design from 1946 into the early 1950s. The focus of panelist discussion will be Moholy-Nagy’s principles of education, and the ways in which their own studies shaped their lives of teaching, art and design. The distinguished participants are moderator Harold L. Cohen (Buffalo NY), Morris Barazani (Chicago IL), Martin Hurtig (Evanston IL), Charles Reynolds (Lafayette IN), and R. Thomas Schorer (Los Angeles CA). Information online.
Note: due to a water leak at the museum, this exhibition is now closed and this event cancelled. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., - Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Evanston In the early 20th century, Chicago-based architects engaged in dynamic conversations with their progressive European counterparts as urban planning evolved in practice and on paper. We are honored to have Professor Van Zanten lead us on a tour of this extensive exhibit the day before it closes. Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900-1925 focuses on a few key competitions and exhibitions and their primary participants, including architects Daniel Burnham, Marion Mahony Griffin, Walter Burley Griffin, Tony Garnier, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The designs, drawings, plans and publications convey the international optimism about creating a city of the future, especially in the years before World War I. For example, the competition for a plan of the city of Canberra, Australia, the new capital of a young country, provided a context for a fresh vision in 1913. That the first prize was awarded to the American architect Walter Burley Griffin speaks to the international outlook and the idea of transnational exchanges of the era. The exhibition will highlight such moments of dialogue and collaboration. A full-color publication with original research accompanies the exhibition. Meet in the lobby of the Block Museum of Art. Information and registration online. 2:00 p.m. - Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington, Claudia Cassidy Theater Lucius, an architect in Ancient Rome, commissioned with building a new Imperial thermae, finds himself in a rut. That is, until he finds himself a tunnel that takes him to the other side of the world two millennia later. Resurfacing in a modern-day Japanese public bath, Lucius believes the "flat-faced"clan has reached the pinnacle of spa culture. He slips back in time to ancient Rome to introduce his newfound discoveries and becomes the ingenious architect of the bath. In Japanese and Latim, with subtitles. Information online. Talk: Behind Closed Doors: The Psychology of Our Domestic Spaces with Dr. Ilianna Kwaske 3:00 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 East Chicago Avenue What differentiates house from home? Join Dr. Ilianna Kwaske for a conversation about how we Dr. Ilianna Kwaske is an industrial-organizational psychologist and managing principal for the office of Ron Kwaske, Architect. Kwaske directs the programming for the architectural practice, applying psychological principles to better understand client needs. She is very interested in the interaction of people and the built environment. Kwaske believes the design and design elements of a space can influence the mood and behaviors (such as satisfaction and productivity) of the space’s occupants. Information on-line.
Behind-the-Scenes: Divine Design with Gensler Architects, Fourth Presbyterian Church 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - 126 E. Chestnut, Gratz Center lobby Explore the architecture and history of Fourth Presbyterian Church together with the new design of Explore the historic buildings and sanctuary spaces with church historian and learn about this complex design process to marry old and new to sustain the continuing vitality of the 5,400 member congregation and its community outreach through a five-story LEED Silver addition. Gather in the Gratz Center lobby for refreshments at 1:00 to begin this program. Space is limited, advance registration is required. Information on-line
Designs for Dignity's Summertime Soiree 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., - Reid Murdoch Penthouse, 325 North LaSalle Join in toasting to summer and raising awareness about the amazing work of Designs for Dignity. Sip on summer cocktails and enjoy savory bites and a stellar view from the rooftop deck. Enter to win amazing raffle prizes from Jenn-Air and more. 100% of proceeds benefit the work of Designs for Dignity a 501c (3) charity. Information and ticket purchase online. The Passive House that Breathes 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Information and registration online
Chicago Community Development Commission 1:00 p.m., City Council Chambers, 121 North LaSalle Monthly meeting. Meeting schedules and agenda's on-line
Chicago Plan Commission Time and place tentative: 1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, Room 201-A, 121 N. LaSalle Street Commission meeting and schedule and agenda's on-line Design Exposed: architectureisfun 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250 Peter Exley, FAIA, will present the work of the firm he founded as well as his efforts as a champion and advocate for the profession as the current AIA Chicago president. Information and registration online Green Appraisals - Getting to Triple Bottom Line 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Information and registration online
Ecology of Design Part II: Method and Application 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Part II of a two-part series, presents a methodology, Urbanized Ecosystems™ (UrbEcoSys™), which models specific urbanized areas as complex, dynamical ecosystems, based on scoping, inventorying, and assessing its critical variables and relationships as represented by the flux and cyclic processes of energy, materials, costs, and information. Such an approach is scalable and transferable to neighborhoods, communities and regional applications. A proof-of-concept application will be featured as a case study. Information and registration online
2030 Commitment: Chicago Success Stories - Powerbed by Pecha Kucha 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250 Eight design firms - Cannon Design, Serena Sturm, VOA Associates Inc., SOM, Valerio Dewalt Train, SBC, Legat Architects, Kipnis Architects + Planners - will present their current top projects as determined through the 2030 Commitment data collection of 2012 design work - in eight minutes! These projects are meeting (or coming close to meeting) the current 60% reduction target of the AIA 2030 Commitment. A variety of project types will be presented: office, residential, healthcare, and higher education. Chapter president Peter Exley, FAIA, will host this presentation by: Nathan Kipnis, Kipnis Architects + Planners The event is Powered by PechaKucha. Check out the PechaKucha AIA channel. Information and registration online.
The Design of Carbon Neutral Buildings 8:15 - 9:30 a.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250 Mahadev Raman, Chairman of Arup Americas, will dicuss his views on:
Mahadev Rahman is a Director of Arup Group Limited and an Arup Fellow. He is a mechanical engineer by profession and has been in practice for 35 years, providing engineering design leadership for multi-disciplinary teams on a wide variety of projects globally. He has particular expertise in the design of sustainable, high-performance and energy efficient buildings and has pioneered the use of sophisticated analytical techniques to improve the performance of low-energy designs. Information and registration online. Spontaneous Interventions: Unfurling The Archive with Daniel Tucker 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., - Michigan Galleries, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Daniel Tucker will share some gems from the Never The Same archives, which document social, public and political art in Chicago. Unfurlings are show-n-tell events that Never The Same uses to highlight portions of their collections. In this instance, Tucker will share materials, selected specifically for Spontaneous Interventions, that show ways artists in Chicago have dealt with the politics of public space over the last 15 years, Information online. Sketch to Impress: Design in Perspective: Freehand sketching in today’s context of BIM and 3D CAD 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250 Freehand perspective sketches or 3D CAD – Which do you use? What circumstances and for what purposes are freehand sketches most useful? Rael D. Slutsky, AIA, Principal Designer at Epstein and a master of hand-rendering, will present examples from different architects which address the utility of freehand sketching, and will reveal his Guaranteed to Succeed or Money-Back Super-Secret sketching technique. Rael will cover these four points:
Please note: the sketching exercise is a line-drawing (essentially black & white) method with optional color-added. So, bring a sketch-pad and drawing media of your choice – pencil, felt-tip pen, etc. – along with color media if you choose, such as color pencil, pastels, simple color wash/watercolor, etc. Information and registration online.
An Architectural Love Affair: Dutch Modernists and The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright 6:00 p.m., - Pritzker Auditorium, Monroe Building, 104 South Michigan Lecture by Wim De Wit, Head of the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture was already well known in The Netherlands by the beginning of the second decade of the twentieth century. In 1911, the “father” of Dutch architectural modernism, Information and registration online. Monica Chadha and Virginia Stanard 6:00 p.m. - Graham Foundation, 4 West Burton Monica Chadha and Virginia Stanard will discuss their work, significant projects, and the future of community design as it relates to our current exhibition, Where If Not Us? Participatory Design and Its Radical Approaches. Monica Chadha is an architect and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology. Her practice addresses community revitalization. In 2009, Chadha co-founded Converge:Exchange and she is currently developing Impact Detroit, a partnership with the Detroit Collaborative Design Center (University of Detroit Mercy). Chadha was previously a Project Manager at Studio Gang Architects and Ross Barney Architects. At IIT, Chadha has led a community engagement design studio focused on the redevelopment of Bronzeville (Chicago) and several core studios. She has presented at several conferences and has most recently been published in Reveal, Princeton Architectural Press 2010. Chadha received her Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Architecture from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Virginia Stanard is the Director of Urban Design at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center and holds master’s degrees in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia. Through practice and teaching, she advocates community development through the collaborative design process. At the DCDC, Virginia has developed economic and physical revitalization strategies at a range of scales and for a range of clients - including cities, philanthropic foundations, neighborhood groups, and developers. Recent projects include a greenway and development plan for daylighting the Bloody Run Creek on Detroit’s east side. Other projects include a development plan for Detroit’s Paradise Valley Cultural District, planning for the Detroit Works Project Long Term Planning initiative, and revitalization strategies for Detroit’s 48217 and Woodbridge neighborhoods. RSVP and information: on-line. Design Process: Rush University Cancer Center 6:00 -7:30 p.m., - HermanMiller Healthcare-Nemschoff showroom, Merchandise Mart, Suite 330 Speakers will include David Urschel, AIA, and Richard Niemi, AIA, of Loebl Schlossman & Hackl, and William Hejna, Principal, Director of LSH Healthcare Consultants Information and registration online.
Smart City Business Conference 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., - Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, Baker & McKenzie LP, 300 East Randolph City planning today is much more than defining locations for buildings, certain types of land use,
Information, full-day schedule and registration online. 2030 Commitment Chicago Working Group meeting 5:00 -6:00 p.m., - 35 East Wacker Drive, #250 Everyone is welcome to join us and learn more about the 2030 Challenge. Information online. 5:30 P.M. - Burnham Conference Center at APA, 205 N. Michigan., Suite 1200, The more planners engage in collaborative participation the more they should expect to find people making judgments about the future tied to current emotional attachments. How do planners Most planners and plans provide argument and evidence to inform clients about future changes giving reasons in support of different alternative responses. But these do not work in the face of emotional attachments to familiar and popular practices. The use of narrative and storytelling offers a way for professionals to anticipate and counter client attachments. Charles Hoch, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will share some highlights from his research about the effects of emotions on planning processes and discuss the power of narrative in planning. Information and RSVP: on-line Book Launch: Evanston 150 Years, 150 Places 6:00 p.m., - Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington, Evanston Celebrate the launch of a new book featuring the best of Evanston’s oldest and newest places! Join the authors of the just-published Evanston: 150 Years, 150 Places, a selection of 150 houses, public, institutional, and religious buildings from 1870 through 2012, selected by Design Evanston to celebrate Evanston’s 2013 sesquicentennial.Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Information online. Douglas A. Garofalo Fellowship Benefit and Auction 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., - The Graham Foundation, 4 West Burton The Garofalo Benefit co-chairs and the UIC School of Architecture would like to invite you to join us in celebrating the life and work of the late architect and educator Doug Garofalo at a benefit to raise funds for the Douglas A. Garofalo Fellowship. Information online.
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