Rethinking Soup (on the Road): Designing Food Diversity in Chicago
In celebration of Food Day, which seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way, join us for delicious free soup...
View ArticleLunch Talks@CAF: Small World Big Projects - Perkins + Will
Join us for a look at and discussion of two large projects in Africa designed by Perkins + Will: the new campus for the Universidad Agostinho Neto in Luanda, Angola, completed in 2011 and the recipient...
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The technological improvements in glass over the last 20 years have had a dramatic effect on architectural design and engineering. Glass is among the most chameleon of materials because of its...
View ArticleMod Squad Chicago Chicago at Midcentury: Images by Lee Bey
Lee Bey has had a distinguished career in the built environment as an architecture critic, mayoral advisor, adjunct professor and civic leader. But he is also a published and exhibited architectural...
View ArticleLunch Talks@CAF: Make Plans! Pilsen Sprints Forward
Pilsen is a neighborhood located in the residential Lower West Side community in Chicago. In the late 19th century it was inhabited by Germans, Irish, Czech, Polish and Lithuanian immigrants. Mexican...
View ArticlePreservation and Adaptive Reuse of the Viceroy Hotel
For individuals confronting homelessness, a permanent home with supportive services works. Harvest Commons Apartments, formerly known as the Viceroy Hotel, is an affordable residential project and a...
View ArticleSakura in Chicago: 120 Years of US-Japan Relations
Since the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago has maintained The Garden of the Phoenix in Jackson Park as a place where visitors can learn about Japan and experience Japanese culture, opening the doors...
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