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INSPIRED BY VINCENT SCULLY: A NEW MASTERCLASS SERIES

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CAC HOURS DAILY: 9am (box office, tours & store); 9:30am (exhibits) to 5pm CLOSED: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Hours are subject to change DEAR MEMBERS CONTENTS LOCATION Our visibility has skyrocketed since the opening of the new Architecture For visitors of the CAC, the person the end of 2018, as part of the AT THE CENTER 111 E. Center. The January pop-up exhibit of architectural models proposed by fi ve teams most likely to leave a lasting CAC’s Meet Your City campaign, Chicago, 60601 in the running to design O’Hare’s new Global Terminal is an example of our enlarged impression is not a paid staff CAC volunteers raised $100,000 04 Bauhaus turns 100 civic role. member. Our talented, funny and to name the Docent and Volunteer CONTACT 06 Inspired by Scully well-researched volunteer corps— Tour Audio Kiosk—the starting By bringing our tours, exhibits, education and public programs under one roof, we have 312.922.TOUR (8687) Featured programs made up of docents, education place for walking tours departing created Chicago’s home for all things architecture. Our new exhibits in the Chicago 08 architecture.org guides, exhibit hosts and guest from the CAC. Next time you Gallery and the Drake Family Gallery engage visitors from all walks of life services volunteers—make see one of our many dedicated and levels of expertise. Everyone from CPS students, to out-of-town travelers, to design EDUCATION EMAIL visiting the CAC an experience to volunteers, take a moment to devotees, to established architects from around the world can learn something new at Sign up for monthly emails at remember. Now, those volunteers say thanks for making the CAC a the CAC. 10 Newhouse architecture.org/email have come together to make the better place! Competition returns visitor experience even better. At This new, cohesive “CAC experience” is getting rave reviews from Chicago civic, 11 CAC education SOCIAL MEDIA architecture and design organizations. In the past month, the CAC has received programs the “Business Impact of the Year Award” from the Magnifi cent Mile, the “Best New Attraction” award from the Friends of Downtown, and the “Richard Nickel Award” TOURS @ChiArchitecture #ChiArchitecture CAC HONORED WITH from AIA Illinois. THREE AWARDS New tours for 2019 STAFF As you fl ip through our new issue, you’ll see there’s something for everyone this spring. 12 Jessica Cilella EDITOR: Within six months of opening, the You’ll discover what’s new on the river as we launch our river cruise season. Explore our 14 What's new on the GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: Liz Shields, Hanan city with two new CTA Art & Architecture “L” tours, a new Magnifi cent Mile walking tour Shoubaki CAC has received three signifi cant CAFC River Cruise? and a new season of limited edition bus tours. Celebrate the Newhouse Competition’s CONTRIBUTORS: Charles Gurian, Dan awards from civic, architecture O'Connell, John Schneider, Bill Shapiro, Ian Spula and design groups, including 37th year helping Chicago high school students become architects and designers. IN EVERY ISSUE PHOTOGRAPHY: All photos by Michael Courier, “Business Impact of the Year” from Tom Harris, Anna Munzesheimer, Eric Allix Rogers, Take your pick of programs celebrating 100 years of Bauhaus and its Chicago legacy. and James Steinkamp, unless otherwise noted the Magnifi cent Mile Association Calendars: And this April, join us for a new three-part masterclass series in the tradition of 16 COVER: Chicago Architecture Foundation and “Best New Attraction” from March, April and May Center River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady iconoclastic art historian Vincent Scully. Like Scully, who galvanized generations of Friends of Downtown. sets sail again on March 30. Photo by Barry architects, his student Reed Kroloff will lead us on a rediscovery of architecture’s power Current projects Butler Photography. From left: CAC President and CEO Lynn Osmond 22 (recipient of the 2018 Richard Nickel Award); to provoke and inspire a richer civic and cultural life. Most recently, on Feb. 4, American architect Linda Searl (recipient of the 2018 AIA 23 Then & Now Copyright © 2019. All rights reserved. Institute of Architects (AIA) Illinois Illinois Gold Medal); and Landmarks Illinois Join us and discover something new at the Center! President and CEO Bonnie MacDonald (recipient hosted its 2018 honors award of the 2018 AIA Illinois President’s Award) reception at the CAC. Three women leaders were recognized at the event, including CAC President and CEO Lynn Osmond, who received the prestigious 2018 Richard Nickel LYNN J. OSMOND Award. The award is given annually to citizens who lift up architecture and President and CEO, Hon. AIA, CAE the profession. AIA Illinois noted Osmond’s 22 years of leadership and her OUR MISSION role in establishing the CAC as a crowning achievement. THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE CENTER INSPIRES PEOPLE TO DISCOVER WHY DESIGN MATTERS. AT THE CENTER What is your favorite example of Bauhaus architecture?

“The IIT campus, of course, because of the variety of buildings there; most differ greatly in appearance from glass and steel high rises for which Mies is best known.” — Marc Boxerman, CAC Docent Class of 1998

“For the best and clearest expression of the Bauhaus ideals, one should travel to Mies’ Farnsworth House in Plano, about 60 miles west of Chicago. This is architecture that provides a visual and environmental experience of the Bauhaus ideals. The attention to detail, the clear CELEBRATING revelation of technology and the response to the site and natural surroundings provide a sense of sacredness.” —Jack Kremers, CAC Docent Class of 2013

From left: IIT's Crown Hall; the Glass House (photo by Michael Biondo); and AMA Plaza/The Langham 100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS hotel (photo by Peter J. Sieger); and Farnsworth House.

BY BILL SHAPIRO AND JESSICA CILELLA IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN BAUHAUS, IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BAUHAUS, YOU MAY ENJOY THESE TOURS: THESE PROGRAMS MAY INTEREST YOU: The word “Bauhaus” (literally “Building House" MEMBERS-ONLY BUS TRIP in German) is synonymous with the Modern style DAYTIME TALK that conquered the world of design in the 1950s MIES AND MODERNISM: THE IIT CAMPUS TOUR BAUHAUS EXHIBIT AT THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE and 1960s. This style—focused on — SATURDAY, APRIL 6 • 10am THE ELMHURST ART MUSEUM evolved from an art school of the same name that WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 • Noon WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 • 10am was founded in Germany in 1919. Students studied FRIDAY, APRIL 12 • 10am $12 PUBLIC • FREE FOR MEMBERS the use of modern concepts and technology in the VIEW MORE DATES ON ARCHITECTURE.ORG 4 HOURS • $40 MEMBERS ONLY, begins at 111 E. Wacker With his famous Glass House design, architect Philip Johnson set the stage for a decorative and fine arts, and later, in architecture. 2 HOURS • FREE FOR MEMBERS, meets at Perlstein Hall, 10 W. 33rd St. controversial and contradictory career that spanned more than 60 years. Come The Illinois Institute of Technology is home to the largest group of Join us on this one-time trip to The Nazis forced the Bauhaus to close in 1933, hear Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster discuss “The Man in the buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe. the Elmhurst Art Museum to see but many of its students and faculty fled to other Glass House,” his new biography on this fascinating architect and first recipient of “The Whole World a Bauhaus,” an countries carrying the banner of Modernism. The the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. last Bauhaus director was architect Ludwig Mies MODERNIST MASTERPIECES: international traveling exhibition van der Rohe, who moved to Chicago in 1938. that celebrates the 100th SPECIAL LECTURE Here, he created the modern skyscraper, including MARINA CITY AND THE IBM BUILDING anniversary of the founding of the the building in which the CAC is housed. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 • 1:30pm Bauhaus. After a guided tour of BRINGING MODERNIST ICONS BACK TO LIFE the exhibit, the museum’s director WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 • 1:30pm TUESDAY, MAY 21 • 6pm This year, the CAC is celebrating the 100th will provide an overview of Mies anniversary of Bauhaus, and its lasting legacy on VIEW MORE DATES ON ARCHITECTURE.ORG $20 PUBLIC • $15 MEMBERS • $12 STUDENTS must show ID van der Rohe’s McCormick House, the city, with several programs and tours. Come 1.25 HOURS • FREE FOR MEMBERS, begins at 35 W. Wacker Dr. which is adjacent to the museum. Efforts to preserve our Modernist architectural icons are ramping up in Chicago join us at one of our upcoming tours or events! Where else but Chicago can you find two iconic Mid-Century There will also be time to explore and around the nation. In this 100th anniversary year of the Bauhaus, learn about buildings living side by side? This tour compares and contrasts the the other exhibits on display. Price the work of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to re-interpret and protect sites, uses, structures, styles and philosophies. includes transportation. important Mid-Century Modern buildings as national heritage. ARCHITECTURE.ORG • 4 5 • SPRING 2019 ARCHITECTURE.ORG AT THECENTER SPIRIT OF IN THE BY IANSPULA Vincent Scully architecture professor inspired bybelovedYale masterclass series CAC launchesnew SCULLY • 6 set ofmasterclass lectures thisApril. public programming team,willleadthefi rst who isalsoaspecialadviser to theCAC’s a direct product Scully. ofVincent Kroloff, commentator ReedKroloff considershimself architecture. Nationallyrecognized impressionable undergraduates into Scully hadapenchantforredirecting As somethingofanoutsiderhimself, and thissoonbecamehiscallingcard. prominently inhislectures onarthistory, he startedtofeature architecture more traditionalists whodominatedthefi eld, by the art historian.Feelingscorned his teachingcareer there in1947asan and studiedatYale before beginning in 1920.Hestayedhishometown inNewHaven,Conn. Scully wasborn SCULLY? WAS VINCENT WHO people inthesameway. series thatwillstrivetoconnectwith Center islaunchinganewmasterclass This spring,theChicagoArchitecture for everyoneintheroom. topics vital,accessibleandintoxicating courses ashemadebuiltenvironment interest inarchitecture were drawntohis career paths.Eventhose with littletono enjoyed bystudentsonmanydifferent 60 yearsofleadingengaginglectures Scully madehismarkthrough more than legend—and notjustamongdesigners. renowned architects, Scullywastrulya ever” byoneofModernism’s most “most infl uentialarchitecture teacher thetitleof achievements toearning TIME magazineforhisremarkable From beingfeatured onthecoverof Scully uponhisdeathatage97in2017. left forYale Universityprofessor Vincent expressed inhundreds ofremembrances That’s thesentimentmostcommonly He openedmyeyestoawholenewworld.

PHOTO COURTESY OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, YALE UNIVERSITY, PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIVIDUALS, 1870-2005 (INCLUSIVE). MANUSCRIPTS & ARCHIVES, YALE UNIVERSITY value architecture’s role insociety. the builtenvironment, andhowto style, hetaughtstudentshow tosee anauthoritativeyetapproachableWith ground architecture inpopularculture. most impressed withScully’s abilityto When Kroloff wasastudent,he as anundergrad atYale,” Kroloff said. I tookeveryclass[withScully]could I notencountered hislectures earlyon. “I wouldhavegonetolawschoolhad — NedCramer, Architect editor-in-chief and itremains atouchstone.” the subject(asagiftfrom mymom), one ofthefi rst booksIreceived on The NaturalandtheManmade‘was the 20thcentury. His‘Architecture: some ofthegreatest criticaltextsof at Yale. Fortunately, heleftbehind to takeVincent Scully’s historyclass my designeducation:Ididn’t get “I havejustoneseriousregret about — HenryKuehn,CACLifeTrustee twin passions.” engineering andarchitecture asmy I’ve waffl ed eversincebetween still havethatcrook inmyneck,and toward architecture thatIthink ... heturnedmyheadsoharshly engineering foratimeinundergrad that Iswitchedmyfocusfrom [History ofArchitecture] course “I wassoimpactedbyScully’s — RichandAnnCarr, seriessponsors interest forme.” Architecture thenbecameastrong had neverbeenaware ofthem. etc. Iremember thinkingthatI ,FrankLloydWright, he showedwere inChicago,by architecture. Manyofthebuildings looking atandunderstanding architecture openedmyeyesto “Scully’s courseonModern matteredon whyScully tothem. CACcomment People closetothe WHY SCULLY MATTERS champion ofhistoricpreservation. Scully sprangintoactionasanearly toll UrbanRenewalhadonNewHaven, fiWitnessing rsthandthedestructive orthodoxy.events tocritiqueModernist to Kroloff, tocurrent hewouldturn chronicle thepast.Instead,according Furthermore, Scullydidn'tjust done Scullyproud. lightning intotheroom, wewillhave Rich Carr),butifwecanbring some prop, according tothe series’sponsor, around (Scully’s preferred classroom pointer thrustingatthestagethistime There maynotbealongwooden even thebuiltworksofthesetitans. according toJohnson—islikelyoutlive infl uentialarchitecture teacherever,” educator andcommunicator—“themost But Scully'sowninfl uenceasapeerless Rohe, RobertVenturi andmanymore. Paul Rudolph,LudwigMiesvander luminaries ofhistime—PhilipJohnson, Scully outlivedmostofthearchitectural natural environments under threat.” more crucial,withbothour humanand surroundings matterintheir lives—never appreciation forhowcities andeveryday a broad-based audience develop an saluting thespiritofScullyandhelping replication,” Kroloff said.“Itisabout “This isnotaboutvenerationthrough the future. homes, workplacesandcitiesof directions thatare boundtoshapeour and innovations,whileexploringnew it downtokeyfi gures, movements most popularlectures—by distilling architecture—based ononeofScully’s of asubjectasexpansiveAmerican hopes togiveafresh interpretation In theCAC’s masterclasses, Kroloff TODAYARCHITECTURE SPARKING INTEREST IN leading thinkers today. and buildings,identifi esarchitecture's and Eero Saarinenmade to Americancities like FrankLloydWright, Mies vanderRohe incredible contributionshistoric fi gures APRIL 30:“People,”focusesonthe the defi ningbuildingofthefuture? house andthepublicschool.Whatwillbe the steelframeoffi cetower, thesuburban types inAmericanarchitectural history: discussion tothree revolutionary building APRIL 23:“Buildings,”narrows the environment inremarkable ways. continue toshapethenation’s built Angeles) andexplores howthesecities centers (NewYork, ChicagoandLos of innovationinAmerica’s largest urban APRIL 16:”Cities,”looksatthelegacy MEMBERS $12 $25 Price perclass: MEMBERS $30 $65 Buy ticketsforallthree classesandsave: led byhisstudentReedKroloff legendary professor Scully, Vincent A masterclass seriesinspired by ARCHITECTURE OF AMERICAN THE BRILLIANCE TUESDAYS, APRIL16,23AND30 6PM PUBLIC $20YALE ALUMNI &CAC PUBLIC $50YALE ALUMNI &CAC 7 • 7 • STUDENTS STUDENTS SPRING 2019 AT THE CENTER DAYTIME TALK CHICAGO: FROM VISION TO METROPOLIS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 • Noon $12 PUBLIC • FREE TO MEMBERS In Chicago: From Vision to Metropolis, journalist and longtime Chicagoan Whet Moser dissects the historical myths, legends and constantly shifting aspirations for our city. Get an informed local’s perspective on Chicago’s arduous—and often scandalous—journey, from trading post to global metropolis.

TWO-PART CLASS MEMBERS ONLY Joan & Gary Gand Lecture Hall THE HOUSE YOU LIVE IN: CHICAGO'S HOMEGROWN ARCHITECTURE MONDAYS, MARCH 25 & APRIL 1 • 10am $40 PUBLIC • $25 MEMBERS $20 STUDENTS must show ID Ever wonder how Chicago’s housing styles came to be? FEATURED PROGRAMS A noted architectural historian will lead this two-part class that delves into Chicago’s vernacular architecture and All programs are held in the Joan & Gary Gand Lecture Hall at the CAC, 111 E. Wacker, unless otherwise noted. Tickets for highlights common housing stock in Chicago—including programs can be purchased at architecture.org/programs or by calling 312.922.8687. workers cottages, bungalows, two-fl ats, courtyard buildings and high rises.

DESIGN DIALOGUES MEMBERS' NIGHT • HOW TO AVERT A PRESERVATION CRISIS DAYTIME TALK WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 5:30pm IN CHICAGO WHAT'S NEXT FOR ECO-FRIENDLY HOUSING $15 FOR MEMBERS Enjoy the CAC after-hours at this special members-only • TUESDAY, MARCH 12 6pm IN CHICAGO? celebration. Mingle with fellow architecture enthusiasts, $20 PUBLIC • $15 MEMBERS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 • Noon enjoy light snacks and beverages and take a mini-tour $12 STUDENTS must show ID through the center. CAC President and CEO Lynn Osmond $12 PUBLIC • FREE TO MEMBERS The Chicago Historic Resources Survey is the fi rst line of will present “Greatest Hits of 2018”—an overview of defense for historic buildings facing hasty demolition. But it In celebration of Earth Day, we invite you to a talk by recently completed and ongoing projects around the city. hasn’t been updated in years, and gaps in its coverage place Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS) Executive Director and There will be two 45-minute presentations (5:30 and 7pm). signifi cant structures at risk. A panel of experts with diverse co-founder Katrin Klingenberg. Originating in Europe, passive Visit architecture.org/programs and select your ticket perspectives will discuss the urgent need for a new survey. house is a stringent eco-friendly design standard gaining based on which time you’d like to attend the presentation. James R. Thompson Center traction in the U.S. Klingenberg will survey the work of This ticket will allow you admission and access to the PHIUS over the years in bringing the passive house building galleries and reception anytime between 5:30-8pm. Doors standard into the U.S. mainstream. open at 5:15pm.

SPECIAL EVENT BEHIND-THE-SCENES ARCHITECTURE ESSENTIALS PECHA KUCHA CHICAGO TUESDAY, MAY 14 • 5:30pm • FARM ON OGDEN TUESDAY, MARCH 19 6pm with online registration SATURDAY, MAY 4 • 10:30am • 3555 W. Ogden Ave. FREE TO MEMBERS $15 PUBLIC • $10 MEMBERS Chicago is synonymous with architecture, and $8 STUDENTS must show ID $25 PUBLIC • $15 MEMBERS Chicagoans—especially CAC members—love to share Imagine this: 20 PowerPoint slides, shown for only 20 seconds each. The Chicago’s newest community-based urban agriculture initiative their knowledge of architecture with family and friends. slides advance automatically—so presenters have to keep up! Come hear brings together food, health and jobs in one oasis-like North Come learn fun architecture facts you can share again exciting 400-second stories about design and architecture at this fun and Lawndale location. If you missed this popular site during OHC and again at this members-only event. informal event with creative professionals, who will share tidbits about 2018, here’s your chance to get an in-depth look with the team their work and other ideas in the PechaKucha 20x20 format. that made it happen, from concept to design to operation.

ARCHITECTURE.ORG • 8 9 • SPRING 2019 EDUCATION

GIVES STUDENT CREATIVITY A CHANCE TO SHINE Students have an opportunity to respond to a wide variety of NEWHOUSE design challenges like creating a model of a Chicago bungalow, designing a dragon boat COMPETITION racing facility, imagining a way to mark the African American Heritage Water Trail, drawing RETURNS FOR an interpretive self-portrait and compiling images for an 37th YEAR architectural photo essay. CONNECTIONS: PAST AND The Newhouse Architecture + Design Competition is PRESENT a legacy program that fosters the talents of Chicago Registration for this year’s competition closes April 18 and projects The competition connects professionals—many who area youth by challenging them to design solutions to are due May 9. The public is invited to view submissions at the Robert are former Newhouse winners—to budding talent. real world problems. Morris University Gallery in mid-May. Newhouse alumni are incredible mentors who help Each May, hundreds of high school students develop creative, students explore ways they might apply their talents to Check architecture.org/newhouse for dates and more information. the architecture, engineering or design professions. innovative 2D and 3D design projects that showcase their ideas Here are a few things we love about the Newhouse Competition! BOOK A FIELD TRIP! about the future of their city. Do you know an educator who wants to take “Newhouse brings out the otherwise hidden talents of Chicago INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS CALLING ALL NEWHOUSE ARCHITECTURE + students on a fi eld trip? Let them know about the youth,” says Jennifer Mushynski, the CAC’s director of education. The following organizations helped defi ne the challenges the DESIGN COMPETITION ALUMNI! CAC’s fi eld trip options. We offer exciting tours “These are our next urban planners and civil servants. They have students will work on in 2019. Representatives from each will also and workshops for pre-K through college. Prices important ideas, and the competition is designed to spotlight serve on the jury that evaluates entries. Are you one of the thousands of former students who start at $10 per student. Find more information at architecture.org/fieldtrips or by contacting those ideas and start conversations between the students, design • Historic Chicago Bungalow • Openlands participated in the Newhouse Architecture + Design group sales at 312.322.1130 or groupsales@ professionals and community leaders.” Association • Robert Morris University Competition? We want to hear from you! The competition architecture.org. • Metropolitan Planning Council • Museum of Contemporary was started by Illinois State Senator Richard Newhouse In total, about 50 professionals will review, discuss and leave • Ping Tom Park Advisory Council Photography at Columbia in 1983 and became a CAC program in 1994. If you are personalized feedback on more than 600 projects representing • Coalition for a Better Chinese College a former participant, we would love to stay connected. approximately 1,000 students from Chicago area schools. American Community Please e-mail [email protected].

FAMILIES TEENS CAC EDUCATION NEW! MOBILE READ + BUILD LEGO® BUILD FAMILY BUILD TEEN OPEN STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE LAB FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH • THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH • EVERY SUNDAY • 10am-Noon EVERY THURSDAY • 5–7pm PROGRAMS 10-11:30am Noon–3pm $12 PUBLIC includes CAC admission FREE WITH ONLINE FREE WITH CAC $12 PUBLIC includes CAC admission $20 PUBLIC includes CAC admission FREE TO MEMBERS MARCH–MAY ADMISSION REGISTRATION FREE TO MEMBERS FREE TO MEMBERS ARCELORMITTAL Each month, our family programs are centered Next time you’re at the CAC, ARCELORMITTAL CAC GALLERIES GAND LECTURE HALL DESIGN STUDIO around new themes. In March, we explore materials be on the lookout for our new DESIGN STUDIO and construction. April is all about Chicago icons. In Mobile Architecture Lab! Stop Spend time with your young children (ages 3-6), Learn about a new each month Design and build with your family on Come to the studio to get May, we’ll examine the role of nature in architecture. by the cart to view hands-on listening to a new story each month and creating an and solve a design challenge using LEGO®. Sunday mornings in the studio, where feedback and guidance on demonstrations and take part in art project. themed stations will introduce you to independent or competition To register or purchase tickets for education activities that explore the science architecture basics. Take part in design MARCH BOOK: Mighty, Mighty Construction Site MARCH BUILDING: Pioneer Plaza buildings projects. CPS students are eligible programs visit architecture.org/programs or call and art of architecture. You can challenges and make a take home project. for a stipend. Larry Gets Lost in Chicago No LEGO® Build due to holiday 312.922.8687. fi nd us in the CAC galleries from APRIL BOOK: APRIL BUILDING: Explore a new theme each month! 11am-3pm Fridays-Sundays. MAY BOOK: Roberto, the Insect Architect MAY BUILDING: Marina City ARCHITECTURE.ORG • 10 11 • SPRING 2019 TOURS TOURS, TOURS,TOURS Spring is the perfect time to get outdoors and put your member benefi t of 65+ free walking and L tours to use! You can view our full schedule of tours at architecture.org/tours or view ANNUAL LIMITED EDITION BUS TOUR SERIES highlights on pages 16-21. If you’re looking for Each year, the CAC offers a collection of limited edition, one-time-only bus tours. You save up to 35% when you book multiple something different, here are a few of our brand tours in the series. These tours are expected to sell out quickly, so purchase your tickets today at architecture.org/bus2019. new tours launching for the fi rst time in 2019. $55 PUBLIC • $47 CAC MEMBERS PER TOUR

BUY TWO OR THREE, SAVE 20% • BUY SIX OR SEVEN, SAVE 30% ART AND ARCHITECTURE BUY FOUR OR FIVE, SAVE 25% • BUY EIGHT OR NINE, SAVE 35% OF THE CHICAGO L SCHOOLS BY BUS: NORTH SHORE In 2018, the CTA published Elevated Art and Architecture of the Chicago Transit Authority, a coffee-table book detailing, with NEW! MAY 11 • 10am brilliant photography, the architecture and history of the city’s GOTHIC REVIVAL elevated transit stations. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECTURE In coordination with the publication of this book, the CTA and NEIGHBORHOODS BY BUS the Chicago Architecture Center have been working together to MARCH 9 • 10am create two 90-minute L tours featuring some of the outstanding JUNE 8 • 9:30am This tour will focus on art and architecture showcased in stations on the Brown, Green the infl uence of English, North Michigan Avenue and Red lines, extending both north and south of the Loop. French, Collegiate and NORTHSIDE PARKS Our docents will share details about the stations’ art and German Gothic styles in AND FIELDHOUSES architecture while illuminating the connections they have to Chicago. See interiors and • MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURE their neighborhoods. You might be surprised at how the CTA exteriors of institutional, JULY 20 12:30pm OF THE MAGNIFICENT MILE has carefully preserved historic stations, built new architecturally religious, residential and signifi cant stations and placed art in many stations, as a way of academic buildings EMERGING CHICAGO On this walking tour, discover how a dirt road enhancing rider experience! north of the CAC. known as Pine Street transformed into a "Paris Lewis Tower AUGUST 10 • 9:30am LAUNCHES MID-2019, CHECK ARCHITECTURE.ORG/TOURS on the Prairie" and later into the Magnifi cent IN LATE SPRING FOR MORE DETAILS Mile, the city’s premier shopping district. Hear the secrets and stories behind the striking buildings CHURCHES BY BUS on North Michigan Avenue that have become NEW! SEPTEMBER 14 • 10:30am architectural icons. SYNAGOGUES BY BUS Developed over the past 100 years, the street MARCH 31 • 12:30pm WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE includes historically-inspired architecture in OCTOBER 5 • 9:30am Parisian, Gothic, neoclassical and styles Learn about synagogue architecture sprinkled among Modern and 21st Century and the history of the early German buildings. You’ll see , vertical malls, Jewish community of Chicago and CHICAGO MURALS: hotels, residential towers and some buildings that the neighborhoods in which they HYDE PARK were designed to embody the brands sold inside. lived while exploring synagogues KAM Isaiah Israel of the Loop and South Side. NOVEMBER 2 • 12:30pm STARTS IN LATE SPRING, DEPARTURES TWICE EACH WEEK, FREE FOR CAC MEMBERS Belmont CTA station in Lakeview

ARCHITECTURE.ORG • 12 13 • SPRING 2019 1 4 THE POST OFFICE VISTA TOWER TOURS 2 5 DESIGNER: Gensler DESIGNERS: Studio Gang; architect of record, bKL Architecture DEVELOPER: 601W Companies BY JOHN SCHNEIDER COMPLETION: Under renovation and DEVELOPERS: Magellan Development Group construction; estimated fall 2019 COMPLETION: Under construction; estimated 2020 Even if you’ve been on the river cruise The country’s largest adaptive reuse project is taking before, it’s time to go again! With new place at Chicago’s former main Post Office, on the The most visible and tallest new development on changes every year, you’ll never go on south branch of the river. The Art Deco structure, the river is Vista Tower on the south bank of the the same tour twice. designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, main branch, in the neighborhood. was completed in 1921 and expanded several times The 1,198-foot super-tall structure will be Chicago’s This year, the Chicago Architecture to accommodate Chicago’s burgeoning mail order third tallest building, with the second highest roof Foundation Center River Cruise aboard businesses, including Montgomery Ward and Sears. in the city, when completed in 2020. It will also It was vacated in 1997 and sat empty for nearly 20 be the tallest structure in the world designed by a Chicago’s First Lady will showcase several years. The current redevelopment, started in 2016, woman. Consisting of three vertical columns clad in exciting new projects taking place along 5 includes the restoration of the grand marble lobby, six varying shades of blue-green glass, Vista joins every branch of the Chicago River. Nearly a new food hall and a 3-acre rooftop terrace. Large, Jeanne Gang’s nearby Tower in showcasing all of these developments include open unobstructed floors allow for collaboration and have innovations in natural, organic and geometric space, parks, the continuing expansion of attracted new tenants like Walgreens and Ferrara forms. It will contain 406 luxury condominiums and river walks and water taxi stops. Several Candy Company. The site straddles operating a 192-room five-star hotel. Destined to become railroad tracks, but will be people-friendly with the a new icon on the Chicago skyline, look for the were contenders for Amazon’s HQ2. addition of a landscaped park and public river walk. unique “blow-through” floor on the tallest stack, Be sure to use your annual buy-one-get- which will lessen wind loads and sway. one-free ticket benefit and join us on WHAT'S NEW the boat starting March 30 to see these 3 SOUTHBANK projects and more! 2 DESIGNERS: Perkins + Will (master plan) 6 THE RIVER DISTRICT ON THE RIVER DEVELOPERS: Lendlease DESIGNERS: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (master plan), Goettsch Partners 1 WOLF POINT EAST COMPLETION: Under construction; 10 years to complete DEVELOPERS: Tribune Media and Riverside DESIGNERS: Pelli Clarke Pelli and Pappageorge CRUISE? Across the river from the Post Office, on the east Investment & Development Haymes bank between Harrison Street and , COMPLETION: Planned. Projected 10 years DEVELOPERS: Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, is a 14-acre site that was recently divided into to complete Hines Interests and AFL-CIO Investment Trust two developments. North of Bertrand Goldberg’s COMPLETION: Under construction; estimated 1986 River City complex is Southbank, a 7.5-acre Along the west bank of the north branch of the December 2019 development that will contain several residential Chicago River, straddling Chicago Avenue, lies the towers. The first, a 28-story apartment building Freedom Center. With the sale Wolf Point, the small peninsula at the confluence of called The Cooper, welcomed residents in 2018. In of assets by Tribune Media, this 37-acre parcel the main and north branches of the Chicago River (just addition, a park and river walk is under construction is planned to become a technology-centered west of the ), will soon be getting the and slated to be complete in 2019. neighborhood with 18 buildings each 20 to 50 second of its three planned skyscrapers. Joining Wolf stories tall, supporting 19,000 jobs and 5,900 Point West, an already completed 490-foot, 48-story residences. The first phase, called 700 at The River apartment tower, Wolf Point East will be even taller, at RIVERLINE District, includes one residential building and 660 feet. The new glassy 60-story residential building 4 three shorter office buildings where up to 6,000 will hold 698 apartments and include a new park and DESIGNERS: Perkins + Will (master plan) people will work and live. One quarter of the area water taxi stop along its river walk. A third and final 3 6 DEVELOPERS: CMK will be preserved for park space and a terraced tower, the 800-foot Wolf Point South, will be named river walk. The expansion of The River District to COMPLETION: Under construction; Salesforce Tower and eventually take its place between the larger 30-acre plot south of Chicago Avenue 10 years to complete the other two buildings. surrounding the still-operating 850,000 square foot printing facility is planned in a later phase. Connecting the South Loop and Printer’s Row neighborhoods to the river, Riverline and Southbank will add 3,700 residences across several towers and townhouse blocks. The area, once reserved for heavy Counter clockwise, from top left: Wolf Point East (courtesy industry, will include new retail, a public river walk, a THE RIVER CRUISE SETS SAIL of Steelblue and Perkins + Will); the Post Office; Southbank water taxi stop and kayak launch. Wetland restoration AGAIN STARTING MARCH 30. (courtesy of Lendlease); The River District (courtesy of Solomon Cordwell Buenz); Vista Tower; and Riverline (courtesy will return native flora and fauna to the area. Check architecture.org for updates! of Perkins + Will).

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11am 10:30am 12:15pm 12pm 10am 10am Elevated Architecture: Sacred Spaces in Reliance Building Hidden (Mostly Historic Treasures of Mies and Modernism: Chicago's Golden Age 1 Downtown "L" Train 2 Downtown Chicago 3 1:30pm 4 Outdoor) Art 5 6 The IIT Campus Tour TOURS 1pm 11am Modernist 1:30pm 12:15pm 10:30am TYPE Art Deco Skyscrapers: Chicago Modern Masterpieces; Marina Hotel Boom: Making Marquette Building Palmer House Hotel The Riverfront City and the IBM Old New Again Walking Building Building Bus 1pm 12:15pm 1pm 10:30am 10am 12:15pm 10am Hyde Park 875 N. Michigan Art Deco Skyscrapers: Trump International Union Station: Icon of Monadnock Building Kenwood “L” Train 7 8 (Hancock Center) 9 The Riverfront 10 Hotel and Tower 11 a Great Age 12 13 2pm 1pm 10am Bike Art Deco Skyscrapers: 2pm 12:15pm 12:15pm Art Deco Skyscrapers: 1:30pm Walk the 606 Boat The Loop Chicago Architecture: Monroe Building Rookery Building The Riverfront Historic Skyscrapers and Pritzker Military A Walk Through Time Museum & Library WEEKLY TOURS BUS 3:30pm 11:30am 2pm 12:15am 10:30am 12:30pm 10am Architectural Highlights by Bus Pub Tour: Chicago Icons: Tiffany Treasures Reliance Building Louis Sullivan Elevated Architecture: Lights, Camera,

14 Andersonville 15 Connecting Past and 16 17 18 Rediscovered 19 Downtown "L" Train 20 Architecture! “L” TRAIN 1:30pm Elevated Architecture: Present Art Deco Skyscrapers: 3:30pm 2:30pm 10:30am Downtown “L“ Train 12:15pm The Loop Historic Skyscrapers Must-See Chicago Louis Sullivan Macy's on State Rediscovered WALKING Art Deco Skyscrapers: The Loop Art Deco Skyscrapers: 10am 11:30am 11am 12:15pm 10am 12:15pm 10am The Riverfront Historic Treasures of Chicago Icons: Chicago Modern Merchandise Mart Union Station: Icon of Chicago Board of Explore Chinatown Chicago Architecture: 21 Chicago's Golden Age 22 Connecting Past and 23 24 25 a Great Age 26 Trade Building 27 1pm 12:15pm 2pm A Walk Through Time 1pm Present Art Deco Skyscrapers: Inland Steel Building 12:15pm 2pm Fort Sheridan Chicago Icons: Connecting Chicago Icons: 12:30pm The Riverfront Fine Arts Building Chicago Architecture: Past and Present Connecting Past and Chicago Modern A Walk Through Time Chicago Modern Present Food & Architecture of 1893 Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park 10am 1:30pm 12:15pm Historic Skyscrapers 28 Walk Pilsen 29 Historic Skyscrapers 30 Monadnock Building Historic Treasures 2pm 2:30pm 6pm of Chicago's Golden Age Evanston Along the Must-See Chicago Pub Tour: Near North Hotel Boom: Lake Making Old New Again : Beyond the Bean Must-See Chicago Tiffany Treasures

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10am 12pm 12:15pm 10am Mies and Modernism: The Hidden (Mostly Marquette Building Lights, Camera, IIT Campus Tour Outdoor) Art 3 4 Architecture 1 2 1:30pm 1:30pm TOURS 1:30pm Food and Architecture 10:30am Modernist Masterpieces; Hotel Boom: Making of 1893 Palmer House Hotel TYPE Marina City and the Walking IBM Building Old New Again Building 1pm 1:30pm 10:30am 10:30am 12:15pm 12:15pm 10am Bus Sheffield Historical Historic Skyscrapers Sacred Spaces in Secrets Chicago Board of Monadnock Building Schools by Bus: 5 District 6 7 Downtown Chicago 8 9 10 11 “L” Train 2:30pm 12:15pm Trade Building 2pm North Shore 2pm Must-See Chicago 2pm Monroe Building 4pm Chicago Architecture: 11:30am Bike Art Deco Skyscrapers: Tiffany Treasures and Pritzker Military Explore Chinatown A Walk Through Time Fulton-Randolph Boat The Loop Museum & Library Market: From Gritty to Gourmet WEEKLY TOURS BUS 1pm 11:30pm 2pm 12:15pm 10:30am 12:30pm 10:30am Architectural Highlights by Bus Hyde Park Chicago Icons: Tiffany Treasures Reliance Building Louis Sullivan Elevated Architecture: Uptown 12 13 Connecting Past and 14 15 16 Rediscovered 17 18 Frank Lloyd Wright by Bus 1:15pm 6pm 1:30pm Downtown "L" Train Present “L” TRAIN Beverly Walk the 606 Art Deco Skyscrapers: 11:30am 12:15pm The Loop Fulton-Randolph Elevated Architecture: 875 N. Michigan Market: From Gritty to Downtown “L“ Train (Hancock Center) Gourmet WALKING Art Deco Skyscrapers: 10:30am 12:15pm 5:30pm 12:15pm 12:15pm 10:30am 10am The Loop River North: Macy's on State Aqua, Vista, and Inland Steel Building Fine Arts Building French Language: Chicago Athletic Art Deco Skyscrapers: 19 Transformation of a 20 21 Lakeshore East 22 23 24 Historic and Modern 25 Association Hotel 6pm 3pm 12:15pm The Riverfront Neighborhood Skyscrapers Pub Tour: West Loop 5:30pm Historic Treasures of Rookery Building 1pm Chicago Architecture: 2pm Riverwalk West Chicago's Golden Age 12:15pm Wicker Park A Walk Through Time Evanston Along the Chicago Board of Chicago Icons: Connecting Lake Trade Building Past and Present Chicago Modern 10am 1:30pm 11am 12:15pm 2pm 10:30am Food & Architecture of 1893 Walk the 606 Historic Skyscrapers Chicago Modern Merchandise Mart Vice to Nice: French Language: Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park 26 27 28 29 30 Transformation of the 31 Historic and Modern Historic Skyscrapers 1pm 12:15pm 1:30pm Skyscrapers Historic Treasures Bohemian National Monadnock Building Art Deco Skyscrapers: South Loop Cemetery The Loop 6pm 2:30pm of Chicago's Golden Age RIverwalk West Must-See Chicago Hotel Boom: Making Old New Again Millennium Park: Beyond the Bean Must-See Chicago Tiffany Treasures

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ARCHITECTURE.ORG • 20 21 • SPRING 2019 THE CITY’S THEN & NOW: CURRENT PROJECTS PRUDENTIAL BUILDING BY CHARLES GURIAN RIGHT. COMPLETED IN 1955, THE BELOW. THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING Here’s a look at three innovative projects either recently completed or currently under construction in Chicago. ART DECO-INFLUENCED PRUDENTIAL RECEIVED A RENOVATION AND Learn more about other new developments in the Chicago Gallery at the Chicago Architecture Center. BUILDING WAS ONE OF THE FIRST A NEW NAME (ONE PRUDENTIAL

1955 SKYSCRAPERS BUILT IN CHICAGO PLAZA) IN 1990, WHEN TWO AFTER A 20-YEAR HIATUS IN PRUDENTIAL PLAZA—A 64-STORY 1 2 TODAY FARM ON OGDEN 1 NEMA CHICAGO CONSTRUCTION BROUGHT ON BY BUILDING ATTACHED TO ITS Photo courtesy of HB-18500-S, Chicago History Museum, WORLD WAR II. IT WAS ALSO ONE OF NORTHEASTERN EDGE—WAS Hedrich-Blessing DEVELOPER: DEVELOPER: THE FIRST BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED COMPLETED. SINCE THEN, THE AREA Collection JOINT VENTURE OF THE CRESCENT HEIGHTS CHICAGO BOTANIC OVER THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL SURROUNDING THE PRUDENTIAL GARDEN AND LAWNDALE DESIGNER: RAILROAD TRACKS. ITS LIMESTONE BUILDINGS HAS CONTINUED TO RAFAEL VIÑOLY ARCHITECTS CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER FAÇADE FEATURES A BAS RELIEF BOOM, WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR OF MILLENNIUM PARK AND DESIGNER: DATE COMPLETED: BOOTH HANSEN EARLY 2019 ESTIMATED (PRUDENTIAL’S LOGO) BY SCULPTOR TO NEMA Chicago will be the city’s tallest ALFONSO IANNELLI. THROUGH THE THE SOUTH, AS WELL AS DATE COMPLETED: 1970S, AN OBSERVATION DECK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUNE 2018 rental residence when complete, soaring 76 stories over 896 feet. The RESTAURANT CALLED TOP OF THE THE NEW LAKESHORE Farm on Ogden was designed tower is currently under construction ROCK ON THE 41ST FLOOR WERE EAST NEIGHBORHOOD as a multi-purpose facility on the southwest corner of Grant Park. POPULAR ATTRACTIONS. TO THE EAST. aimed at meeting a number of needs in the Lawndale community. There It features a variety of sustainable are six major areas that the Farm focuses on: job training, primarily for features, such as interiors designed by teens and those facing employment challenges; urban farming; indoor Chicago native David Rockwell with food production; preparation of meal packages for people facing health recycled materials, and landscaped challenges; an indoor farm stand; and commercial and tasting kitchens outdoor spaces, some on the for food entrepreneurs. If you want to see the farm in action, join us on a building’s highest fl oors. A total of 800 Behind the Scenes tour on May 4 (see page 9 for information). units ranging from studios to three- bedroom apartments will be housed inside, along with nearly 70,000 3 3 UPTOWN THEATRE square feet of amenities.

CLIENT: 2 BALABAN & KATZ; RENOVATION, JAM PRODUCTIONS AND FARPOINT DEVELOPMENT

DESIGNER: RAPP & RAPP; RENOVATION, LAMAR JOHNSON COLLABORATIVE

DATE COMPLETED: 1925; RENOVATION, EARLY 2021 ESTIMATED

The Uptown Theatre is one of the largest in the United States. It was designed as a movie palace, shifting to live acts in the 1970s. The theater has been closed since 1981, despite a number of efforts to revive and restore it. In mid-2018, a plan was put together that shows great promise for actually coming to fruition, returning the Uptown to its former glory. If all goes well, the Uptown should be back in operation in about two years, helping to anchor the revitalization of the Uptown neighborhood. Courtesy of Crescent Heights | Steelblue

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