Half-a-hundred great items mark the just posted
March Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events.
Architects? We've got Diana Balmori Tuesday at AIC, Ben van Berkel Thursday at Crown Hall, and later, in the month, Herman Hertzberger at IIT, Emmanuel Petit at UIC . . .
John Vinci on Restoring the Auditorium Building . . .
and then, again at Crown Hall, MVRDV's Winy Maas . .
Elements?
There's water, both an
Archeworks Chicago Expander session at AIA Chicago, and a
Great Lakes Symposium - Designing for Life along the Water's Edge at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
SEAOI has an
Anchorage to Concrete symposium, and
Nate Lielasus takes on
The Spotted Stone, Quarried in Chicago, at AIA Chicago.
Tim Samuelson leads a curator's talk of his don't-miss exhibition,
Mecca Flat Blues, at the
Cultural Center. You may take in the
Chicago Design Exchange's Critical Pitches at the
Graham, where the
Chicago Architectural Club will announce the winners of its
2014 Emerging Visions competition. You can also learn about the 1893 World's Columbia Exposition's
Garden in the Phoenix in Jackson Park from
Robert Karr Jr. in a
Friends of the Parks lecture, and help honor
John A Terlato,
Joe Antunovich and
Theaster Gates as
Legendary Landmarks at
Landmarks Illinois annual gala at the Four Seasons.
Emily A. Remus discusses
Consumer's Metropolis: The Loop in the Age of Daniel Burnham, at the
Driehaus, while Wednesdays lunchtime at
CAF,
Joe Valerio will present his
Earl Shapiro Hall, Don J. McKay of
Nagle Hartray talks about their
Fountaindale Public Library, and
JGMA's Juan Gabriel Moreno's discusses their
Northeastern Illinois University - El Centro Campus.
March 27th brings
Mies Pieces, the
Mies van der Rohe Society's
celebration of what would have been the architects
128th birthday, at
Crown Hall.
Just this week, Tuesday to Saturday, there are no fewer than 18 events. Tuesday is logjam day, with Balmori,
Luftwerk's Petra Bachmaier and
Sean Gallero,
Pecha Kucha Chicago Volume #30 and
SEAOI's rescheduled dinner meeting on
Hurricane Sandy and Coastline Rebuilding Efforts. Wednesday lunchtime at
CAF, there's
Jerry Johnson of
Perkins+Will talking about
Cedar Ridge High, and
Susan Vreeland discussing the
“girls” of Louis Tiffany's studio, and the
Grant Park Advisory Council providing updates on such projects as
Maggie Daley Park and the
South Grant Park Skate Park. Thursday,
Yue Zhang discussed her book
The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation: Beijing, Chicago and Paris at the
Great Cities Institute, and
Anthony Rubano talks about
Postwar Suburban Housing at the
Oak Park Public Library.
Even with all this, we've only scratched the surface. Check out all 50 items on the
March Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events.
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