MEMBER MAGAZINE · SPRING 2019 TOURS, TOURS, TOURS USE YOUR RIVER CRUISE DISCOUNT & TAKE NEW FREE WALKING TOURS THIS SPRING PAGE 12 BAUHAUS TURNS 100 PAGE 4 INSPIRED BY VINCENT SCULLY: A NEW MASTERCLASS SERIES PAGE 6 GENERAL CAC VOLUNTEERS NAME TOUR AUDIO KIOSK INFORMATION 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 Chicago Architecture For visitors of the CAC, the person the end of 2018, as part of the AT THE CENTER 111 E. Wacker Drive 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, Illinois 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 Skyscraper 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); Marina City 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 minimalism— 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 AT THE CENTER He opened my eyes to a whole new world. WHY SCULLY MATTERS Furthermore, Scully didn't just chronicle the past. Instead, according That’s the sentiment most commonly People close to the CAC comment to Kroloff, he would turn to current expressed in hundreds of remembrances on why Scully mattered to them.