Reflecting on the current global situation, Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) has reinvented its 2021 edition, in order to generate conversations about the “intersection of architecture and design and such critical issues as health, sustainability, equity, and racial justice”. The Biennial has also announced the appointment of David Brown, designer, researcher, and educator, based at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, as the Artistic Director of the fourth edition, entitled The Available City.
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Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces 2021 Edition, Entitled “The Available City”, and Under Artistic Direction of David Brown
The Renovation of Cook County Hospital / SOM
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Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Terrazzo & Marble
SOM Transforms Chicago's 100-Year-Old Cook County Hospital
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have transformed the historic Beaux-Arts Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Designed to help anchor the neighborhood's resurgence, the project team worked to preserve, restore, and adapt the former hospital building as the first phase of a proposed $1 billion redevelopment plan. The proposal aims to revitalizes the surrounding Illinois Medical District and provide new amenities to the area.
Mansueto High School / Wheeler Kearns Architects
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Architects: Wheeler Kearns Architects
- Area: 6000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Site Design Group, Bulley & Andrews, Smith Seckman Reid Inc., Terra Engineering, Thornton Tomasetti, +4
KLEO Art Residences / JGMA
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Architects: JGMA
- Area: 70000 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Kingspan Light + Air, Benjamin Moore, Kawneer, McNeel, +2
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Professionals: David Mason & Associates, Forefront, JJ Duffy Construction, Site Design Group, Cosentini Associates
Installation at the Farnsworth House Showcases Original Furniture of Edith Farnsworth
After a prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Farnsworth House reopens its doors with a new exhibition entitled “Edith Farnsworth Reconsidered”, a temporary refurnishing of the country house to reflect its 1955 appearance. Focusing on Dr. Edith Farnsworth’s life and times, the exhibition aims to highlight the untold story of this woman.
First U.S. Exhibition of Pritzker Prize-Winner Balkrishna Doshi to Open in September
Wrightwood 659, a private institution located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, will host the first U.S. Exhibition of Indian architect, urbanist, and 2018 Pritzker Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi. Running from September 9 till December 12, 2020, the retrospective entitled Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People, is the first display devoted to the works of the laureate, outside of Asia.
Marlowe Apartments / Antunovich Associates
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Architects: Antunovich Associates
- Area: 221 m²
- Year: 2018
From Gangster City to Gotham City: The Changing Image of Chicago in Hollywood Films
Chicago is one of the most photogenic cities in the world. Its sparkling lakefront, dramatic skyline, diverse ethnic neighborhoods, and gritty industrial sites have long captured the attention of locals and visitors alike, including Hollywood movie producers. Here the city often serves as not only a backdrop, but also as a starring role--almost as important as the characters themselves.
DePaul University School of Music Holtschneider Performance Center / Antunovich Associates
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Architects: Antunovich Associates
- Area: 185000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Designtex, Louis Poulsen, Mosa, Terrazzo & Marble, +44
Solstice in the Park / Studio Gang
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Architects: Studio Gang
- Area: 466290 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Vitro®
Williams Park Fieldhouse / STLarchitects
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Architects: STLarchitects
- Area: 11220 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, LOTTE CHEMICAL, Adobe, Coldspring, Millennium Forms, +5
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Professionals: Daniel Weinbach & Partners, Faithful+Gould, McBride Engineering, Arup
Independence Library and Apartments / John Ronan Architects
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Architects: John Ronan Architects
- Area: 60000 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: dbHMS, Terra Engineering, Thornton Tomasetti, Leopardo Companies, Shiner Acoustics
Lee Bey on Chicago’s South Side, Historic Preservation, and Race
This article was originally published on Common Edge.
By and large, architectural photo books hew to a paradigm: big, glossy images of big, glossy buildings, paired with minimal text, shorn of any and all polemics. Context, in this environment, can be a distraction. Fortunately, Lee Bey’s new book, Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side (Northwestern University Press), is a notable exception to this unwritten rule. It’s an intriguing hybrid: a photo book of the South Side, a neighborhood history, a mini-memoir, and a polemic about systemic racism and historic preservation in Chicago.