Start Cruising Like You Did Last Summer -- First cruise of the season is May 2 but tickets go on sale April 1 for the Chicago Architecture River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady.
ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport- open through May 1.
FREE CAFamily Programming- Studio Sundays for the whole family. March 15, April 19, May 17
Boom Towns exhibition open through May 1
EVENTS/PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
Free and located at the Chicago Architecture Foundation unless otherwise noted on the website. For more details on events and public programs visit www.architecture.org
EXHIBITIONS
ALL FREE AND OPEN DAILY TO THE PUBLIC
224 S. Michigan Avenue
312 922 3432
ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport- In the second half of the 20th century, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was the biggest and busiest facility of its kind in the world. Exhibition includes photographs that capture the Miesian-influenced modernism of O’Hare. Open Jan. 15-May 1, 2009.
Chicago: You Are Here–An engaging permanent exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Includes a scale model of downtown Chicago, along with images, artifacts and video presentations, encouraging visitors to explore the architecture, infrastructure and environment of Chicago.
Boom Towns! Chicago Architects Design New Worlds–Exhibition explores similarities and differences of boom conditions in two different centuries and two different geographies: Chicago in the 19th century and Asia and the Middle East today. February 12-May 1.
TOURS:
CAF offers a variety of 80+ river, walking and bus tours. Full schedule at www.architecture.org
BUS TOURS:
Highlights by Bus
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:30am – March
Weds, Fri, Sat, Sun – April and May
This three and a half hour bus tour highlights Chicago’s wide range of architectural influence and design, and covers 30 miles of the city including: the Loop, Hyde Park, the Gold Coast, several historic districts, university campus’, parks, and residential neighborhoods. Every tour features the Mies van der Rohe’s IIT campus and the Rookery in downtown Chicago. Some tours visit the interior of H.H. Richardson’s Glessner House and some visit Robie House.
Check architecture.org for full schedule,
Devil in the White City Bus Tour
March 12, 22 ; April 5, 7, 9, 16, 26: May 7, 10, 21, 24, 31.
This compelling bus tour and slide presentation is based upon Erik Larson’s bestselling novel that chronicles the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and the emergence of America’s first mass murderer.
Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise
Start cruising like you did last summer. Tickets go on sale April 1st for CAF’s world-famous Official Architecture River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady. Cruises depart every day throughout the day starting May 2nd.
DOWNTOWN WALKING TOURS:
Daniel Burnham: Architect, Planner, Leader
March 6, March 22, April 10, April 26, May 8, May 24 at 1:30pm:
Created for the centennial celebration of the 1909 Plan of Chicago, this walking tour explores Burnham’s career using examples of his work in the Loop. Learn about Burnham’s impact on the architecture and planning professions as well as his unique ability to work with creative talent and community leaders to accomplish great feats.
Palmer House
March 7, April 4, May 2, 10:30am: This 45-minute walking tour goes behind the scenes of this remarkable Chicago landmark. One of the oldest continuously-operated hotels in the world, the restoration of this historic treasure is an inspiring tale of perseverance, talent, and vision.
River North: Transformation of a Neighborhood
May 31, 10:30am. After many years of transformation, River North has regained its neighborhood character and is home to thousands of new residents who have been attracted by its unique mix of old and new. This walking tour surveys an area which retains architectural gems from its residential and industrial golden age, alongside cutting edge designs from the 21st century.
Green Inside Out
April 25 at 10:30 am. Addresses how architects have taken the environment into consideration throughout history in designing commercial buildings in the loop.
Sculpture of Lincoln Park
May 3 at 10 am. From the famous statue of Abraham Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to the towering Ulysses S. Grant monument that overlooks Lake Shore Drive.
Evanston Downtown
May 6, 9 at 10 am. Evanston has main-street charm but is becoming a skyscraper city, a battleground between developers and preservationists.
Preserving Chicago Landmarks
March 21; April 11, May 9, 30, 12:30 pm. Tour explores why choices to preserve are made and how those decisions shape the future of Chicago.
Historic Downtown (South Loop)
Daily at 10:00 am
Modern Skyscrapers
Daily 1:00 pm
Historic Downtown (North Loop)
March:Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 2:00 pm
April and May: Daily at 2:00 pm
Downtown Deco
March: Thursday, Saturday at 11:00am
April and May: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 11 am.
Tiffany Treasures in Chicago
Wednesdays 3pm
Great Chicago Places & Spaces: Saturday, May 16
Great Chicago Places & Spaces is the annual celebration of architecture conducted by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Foundation. visit www.greatchicagoplaces.us.
LECTURES and PROGRAMS
MARCH
March 4
12:15 pm /Lecture
Homecoming: The Staybridge Hotel on LaSalle
March 7
10am/Workshop
Eco-friendly Landscaping Options in the Urban Environment
March 10
12:15 pm / Lecture
LEED for Schools
March 11
12:15 pm / Lecture
A Tale of Two Towers: The Heritage and The Legacy on Millennium Park
March 15
11-3/ CAF family program Happy Birthday Chicago
March 18
12:15pm/Lecture
An Architectural Whodunit: The Renovation of “Carlson Cottage”
March 19
12:15pm/Lecture
Green Office Challenge
March 21
10am/Tour
Mid-Century Modernism at the University of Chicago
March 24
5:30pm/Lecture
The Dream for True Urbanism in the Middle East: Recent Planning and Development in Abu Dhabi
March 25
12:15pm/Lecture
One Museum Park East, Museum Park and the Central Station Planned Development
March 31
Three Sessions: 6pm/Adult Education Course
History of Chicago Architecture: Daring Design on the Prairie
APRIL
April 4
10am/Workshop
Ecology of Design
April 8
12:15pm/Lecture
Inside the Modern Wing
April 14
12:15 pm/Lecture
Tryon Farm: A Unique Conservation Community in LaPorte County, Indiana
April 15
12:15pm/Lecture
The Tribe Versus the City-State: An Architectural Conundrum for the Jewish Project (The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie)
April 18
9:30am/Workshop
Overview of Green Home Remodeling Guides at Greenmaker Building Supply
April 19
11-3/CAF family program City in a Garden
April 20
6pm/Lecture
From the Microscope to the Macro-scope: Applying Biomimicry to the Built Environment
April 21
12:15pm/Lecture
Achieving LEED Platinum at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston
April 22
12:15pm/Lecture
Sailing Spaceship Earth: Buckminster Fuller’s Environmentalism
April 22
6pm/Tour
Gensler’s New Offices in the Sullivan Center
Carlos Martinez, Gensler
April 23
12:15pm/Lecture
Green Office Challenge
April 24
12:15pm/Lecture
BIG: Blacks in Green
April 29
12:15pm/Lecture
Before Burnham: Private Planning and the Town of Pullman
MAY
May 6
12:15pm/Lecture and Book Signing
Planning in Chicago before the Plan of Chicago
May 9
10:30am/Tour
Buckminster Fuller: Starting With the Universe
May 12
12:15 pm/Lecture
Placeholder for Smith + Gill (confirmed)
May 13
12:15pm/Lecture
Connecting Art to Millennium Park: The Nichols Bridgeway
May 17
11-3/ CAF family program Animal Architecture
May 20
12:15pm/Lecture
Unlocking the Door to Daydreaming—Intimacy in Nordic and Midwest Modernism
May 21
12:15pm/Lecture
Green Office Challenge
May 27
12:15pm/Lecture
One and the Same: Burnham the Architect and Burnham the Planner
May 29
2pm/Conference
Burnham, Chicago and Beyond. Politics, Planning and the Progressive Era City
For detailed information check:
www.architecture.org - P 312.922.3432
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Contact: Susan Ross, 312.922.3432 x254 sross@architecture.org
224 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60604-2500
