V 01.05.14 1 Chicago Sunrise 5.36 am Sunset 7: 59 pm – 14 h 23 min daylight hours Av Temp. Min 9 Max 20 Consulate General of Australia Address: 123 N Upper Wacker Dr #1330, Chicago, IL 60606, United States Phone:+1 312-419-1480 Emergency Numbers Police, Fire & Ambulance - 911 New York City Sunrise 5.38am Sunset 8.07pm – 14.29 daylight hours Av Temp. Min 9 Max 18 Australian Consulate-General 150 East 42nd Street, 34th Floor, New York – Telephone: 212 351 6500 - Fax: 212 351 6501 Emergency Numbers Police, Fire & Ambulance - 911 V 01.05.14 2 TIME Saturday 10 May Melb/SYD/Chicago Notes Address / Details Contacts 6.45 am Meeting point Melb. Bernadette, Sarah, Suzannah and Ben to meet at the ANZ Bank, 54 in ANZ branch at the Melb International this Map Terminal Please check bags in prior to meeting up. You should be able to check-in on line prior, and just do a bag drop. We will go through passport control together. Please confirm at check-in if you have to collect bags at LAX or if we have to collect them. We do have to transfer terminals at LAX. 7.30 am Meeting Point Syd. Jenna and Cherry to meet at the ANZ Bank, 42 in this Map of the ANZ branch at the Sydney International Sydney International Terminal. Terminal Please check your bags in prior to meeting up. You should be able to check-in on line prior, and just do a bag drop. You can then go through passport control together. Please confirm at check-in if you have to collect bags at LAX or if we have to collect them. We do have to transfer terminals at LAX. 9.10 am DEPRT MELBOURNE QF 93 15 hours BW, SN, BM, SW 9.50 am DEPART SYDNEY QF 107 15 hours CW, JR 6.30 am Syd. flight arrives LAX Tom Bradley Terminal 6.35 am Melb flight Arrive LAX Tom Bradley Terminal Meet at immigration, or at Terminal 4. LAX terminal map https://www.airport-la.com/info/terminal_map.html It will be well signed keep our eyes out for each other 8. 55 am Depart LAX Terminal 4 Chicago QF 3013 Flying time 4 hours 1.20 pm MZ Depart SYD QF 7 MZ Flying time 15 hours 25 mins 2.55 pm BW, SN, BM, SW. CW, JR Arrive Chicago O'Hare O'HARE INTL Mapttp://www.flychicago.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/OHare/Ma p/ORD%20Terminals.pdf 1.55 pm MZ arrive Dallas Terminal 3 http://www.dfwairport.com/terminals/d.php 3.25 pm MZ depart DallasChicago QF 4445 Terminal 3 Flying time 2 hours 20 minutes V 01.05.14 3 3.30 pm Limo Car pick up 2 x SUVs 30 min in traffic Airport Limousine Call toll free number on arrival 1 866 251 5466 4.30 pm Arrive Public Hotel http://www.publichotels.com/chicago/rooms-and-suites/overview/ 1301 North State Parkway Chicago, Illinois, 60610 5.45 pm MZ Arrive Chicago O'Hare MZ to catch a taxi, keep receipt and BW will reimburse Taxi will be approx. $40 USD and 30 minutes. Taxi Fare Finder 7.00 pm Convene in the Hotel Library / Bar. http://www.publichotels.com/chicago/dining-and- Dinner nearby entertainment/library/about-library-coffee-bar/ Carmines Lou Malinattis Lux Bar Hash House A go A go Blog Post to be written by Ben V 01.05.14 4 TIME Sunday 11 May - Chicago Notes Address Contact 8.30 am Breakfast at Hotel BW call to confirm dinner booking for tomorrow night at LULA café 10.30 am Arrive at CAF Boat cruise pier 5 min drive from hotel, 15 Train, 30 min walk. BW to purchase 10 x travel cards 151 Bus, Red Line 11:00 am Chicago Architecture Foundation Boat 10 tickets purchased – Will Call collection 112 E Upper Wacker Dr Cruise Booking ref 49 – 36224/CH7 Chicago, IL 60601 12.30 pm CAF Boat Tour concludes 1.00 pm Lunch The Publican The Publican is also nearby 837 W Fulton Market The Publican Hotel http://thepublicanrestaurant.com/ Chicago, IL 60607 or 312.733.9555 Hugo’s Frog Bar Hugo’s is booked for 1pm…need to confirm prior. Or https://www.hugosfrogbar.com/ Hugo’s Frog Bar - Chicago 1024 NORTH RUSH STREET CHICAGO, IL 60611 Phone: 312.640.0999 3.00 pm Farnsworth House http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_syste m_map/bnsf/schedule.html?schedule-start=CUS&schedule- end=AURORA&schedule-day=bnsf_sunday-holiday&schedule- time=13%3A30&schedule-submit.x=52&schedule-submit.y=10#focus 6.30 pm John Hancock Observatory This is not a set time 875 N Michigan Ave Sunset…. There is a café at the top Chicago, IL, United States This time allows for a free afternoon +1 312-751-3680 Dinner tbc what happens in the afternoon http://www.360chicago.com/ 15 min south from the hotel Blog Post to be written by Cherry V 01.05.14 5 DAY 1 Monday 12 May - Chicago Notes Address Contact 7.00 am Breakfast at Hotel 8.00 am Depart Hotel for SOM RED LINE >> Clark Division >> South to Jackson Red - 17 minutes RED LINE 9.00 am Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is one of the largest and most 224 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000 influential architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban Chicago, IL 60604, USA planning firms in the world. Founded in 1936, we have completed toll free: 866.296.2688 more than 10,000 projects across 50-plus countries. We are t: 312.554.9090 renowned for our iconic buildings and our steadfast commitment to http://www.som.com/ design excellence, innovation, and sustainability Walking directions SOM >>PORT 11.00 am PORT Architecture and Urbanism PORT Architecture and Urbanism, LLC is a leading-edge design The Monadnock Building consultancy specializing in the analysis, visioning, design and 53 W. Jackson Blvd. #925 implementation of new forms of collective space, ranging in scale Chicago, IL 60604 from plazas and public waterfronts to institutional framework plans @port_arch_urban and regional planning strategies. The practice synthesizes http://portarchitects.com/ professional expertise in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, ecology and urban planning in order to provide the hybrid model of design services necessary to negotiate today’s complex public realm challenges. Walking Directions PORT >> Wheeler Kearns 1.00 pm Lunch This place is nearby Pazzos Italian Cucina http://pazzoschicago.com/restaurants.p hp?id=pazzos@23 2.30 pm Wheeler Kearns Our office is devoted to a critical pursuit and practice of architecture. 343 south Dearborn street We believe in the search for spaces which define a full, rich, and suite 200 Chicago Illinois 60604 dignified way of life. t 312 939 7787 f 312 939 5108 Kept purposefully small, our office endeavours to focus attention on [email protected] every detail throughout a project, no matter how small. Exercising http://wkarch.com/ this discipline is essential to the creation of Architecture. Metro Blue Line >> Division 15 mins Wheeler Kearns >> Studio Gang V 01.05.14 6 4.30 pm Studio Gang Founded by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang in 1997, Studio Gang 1212 N Ashland Ave. Architects is a Chicago-based collective of architects, designers, and Suite 212 thinkers whose work engages pressing contemporary issues and their Chicago, IL 60622 impact on human experience. Honoured with the 2013 National USA Design Award for Architecture from the Cooper-Hewitt, National http://studiogang.net/contact Design Museum, and the Studio acts as a laboratory—testing ideas on various scales, from cities and environments to material and physical properties. Cross-field research, collaboration, and iterative experimentation using both digital and analogue technologies are integral to the Studio’s process 7.30 pm Lula Café Farm dinner booked 7.30 pm set menu 2537 NORTH KEDZIE BLVD CHICAGO, IL Blue Line to Logan Square or Taxis 60647 773.489.9554 http://lulacafe.com/ Jade Blog Post to be written by Jenna V 01.05.14 7 DAY 2 Tuesday 13 May - Chicago Notes Address Contact 7.00 am Breakfast at hotel 8.30 am Depart for Ronan Architects 1.5 miles 15 train 20 walk 5 taxi 9.00 am RONAN ARCHITECTS Founded in 1999, John Ronan Architects is an internationally- John Ronan Architects recognized design firm based in Chicago and comprised of dedicated 420 W Huron Street design professionals committed to producing architecture of the Chicago Illinois 60654 highest quality, marked by conceptual innovation, exploration of t 312 951 6600 materiality, and a rigorous attention to detail. The firm has a studio http://www.jrarch.com/ culture and its working method is research-based and collaborative. Led by John Ronan FAIA, the firm pursues an iterative design Bus directions from hotel methodology to explore and test a wide range of design responses in LaSalle & Goethe order to find the appropriate response that feels intuitively correct 156towards Desplaines/Harrison for each individual situation. Each project is approached as a unique 4 min (7 stops) · Stop ID: 1414 challenge and the firm has gained a reputation for responding to project briefs in unexpected ways. In works ranging in scale from 15 min trip small residential to cultural and institutional to large and complex urban planning projects, there is a searching quality that aims to find the appropriate response that feels intuitively correct for each individual project or situation, based on its client, site, program and context—cultural, historical, economic, social and political. 9.45 am Depart Ronan 15 min walk >> Poetry Foundation 10.00 am Project Visit http://www.jrarch.com/#/projects/institutional/poetry_foundation Poetry Foundation 10 min walk poetry FDN >> K & S V 01.05.14 8 11.00 am Krueck & Sexton Krueck + Sexton is a Chicago-based, nationally recognized 221 W.