Chicago Architecture Center

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! Today we are grateful for our Teen Fellows. Teen Fellows participate in a 15-month long program focused on the architecture, engineering, and design fields. They are the future of the built environment and we are thankful for their enthusiasm, passion, and dedication to addressing real-world issues like affordable housing, public spaces, and sustainability. 🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Chicago Architecture Center! 🍂 Together, we can shape a more equitable, sustainable, and vibrant Chicago. Help support the Teen Fellows program today: architecture.org/donate #Thanksgiving #Chicago #architecture #teenfellows #design #engineering

DOH has launched Rebuild 2.0, a program aimed at rehabilitating vacant buildings in historically disinvested communities. The program will identify abandoned buildings and acquire, rehabilitate, and sell them for homeownership. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g5SMWGZU #ChicagoHousing

This promises to be a powerful and enlightening film and discussion! The trauma of 2013's mass school closure is still raw in many Chicago neighborhoods. A handful have converted to residential buildings, but the vast majority sit vacant more than a decade later. Schools are anchors not easily replaced, but community leaders are determined to find creative reuses. We're looking forward to hearing more about redevelopment of the Emmet, Woods, and Overton schools on the South and West sides. All three projects have great momentum, guided by coalitions of community organizers. Borderless Studio MAS Context #ClosedSchools #AdaptiveReuse #Development #BeyondClosure

✨ CAC's Teen Fellows application is open! ✨ Know a Chicago teen interested in architecture, engineering, design or construction? Teen Fellows is a 15-month program that provides Chicago youth with a unique opportunity to explore architecture and design careers, earn college credit and work alongside industry professionals. Applications for the summer 2025 - summer 2026 program are now open. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/g3Kc68uC #Chicago #architecture #design #engineering #teenfellows 📸: Anna Munzesheimer

🎄 What a way to begin the holiday season! ⭐ On Saturday, CAC Members gathered to kick off the 2024 holiday season! The Member Lounge event included a sneak preview of the Art Deco Nutcracker by A&A Ballet and prime viewing of the Magnificent Mile Lights Parade and fireworks show. Members also enjoyed a 20% discount at the CAC Design Store. Thank you to everyone who joined us. What a spectacular evening! Interested in becoming a CAC Member and participating in special events like this? Get more information: https://lnkd.in/gUmEp__q #Chicago #architecture #memberbenefits #holidayseason #2024holidays #MagMile #MagMileLightsFestival #Chicagoholidays

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, we invite you to attend a very special holiday gathering with the seven architecture member-based organizations in Chicago: AIA Chicago, the AIA Chicago Foundation, Arquitectos, Arquitina, Chicago Women in Architecture (CWA), the Illinois Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (I-NOMA), and Chicago Architecture Center. Part 1: Building Together Awards Ceremony (6:00 – 7:15 PM) Part 2: Holiday Open House (6:30 – 8:30 PM) Location: CAC (111 E. Wacker Drive) All are welcome! Enjoy holiday cookies and hot cocoa, complete your holiday gift-giving at the CAC Design Store, and mingle with other professionals from across the industry. Visit the DISRUPTERS exhibit, celebrating 50 Years of Chicago Women in Architecture, and more. If you’d like to use additional photos from last year for promotion, please visit AIA Chicago's photo bank (please make sure to credit Anna Munzesheimer): https://bit.ly/3Z0l1yf   Here are the links to register (Note: there are two separate registrations for each portion of the event):  https://lnkd.in/dtEQ4N3r https://lnkd.in/dYVXMwu7

Northwestern University shed new light on its $850 million Ryan Field rebuild on Monday. The football stadium is an outlier in several ways: - It dispenses with the traditional bowl design in favor of a more compact footprint that improves sightlines and amplifies home crowd noise advantage. - With just 35,000 seats, it's 30% smaller than the old Ryan Field. - It is the most expensive in NCAA history, and also 100% privately funded. - A 15-year, $157 million community benefits agreement pays into Evanston's Good Neighbor Fund, increases financial aid for high schoolers. and supports local civic, community, and faith-based groups. Construction began in June and is expected to complete in 2026. View the new renderings: https://lnkd.in/gMPSCfJV Perkins&Will Rockwell Group Turner Construction Company The Walsh Group - Walsh Construction & Archer Western #stadiums #architecture #football #Northwestern #Evanston #Wildcats 📸: Ryan Sports Ventures

Great topic and a valuable cultural comparison! We're looking forward to this event hosted by our friends at the Alliance Française de Chicago. Tickets here: https://lnkd.in/g_gQ5f8U #preservation #architecture #France #Chicago

Our President and CEO Eleanor Esser Gorski has been named one of this year’s Women of Influence by the Chicago Business Journal. This well-deserved recognition reflects her exceptional leadership and dedication to advancing the Chicago Architecture Center’s mission of inspiring and educating the public about the power of design. Under Eleanor’s guidance, we all strive to create meaningful change in our city’s built environment and foster a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and civic engagement. Congratulations, Eleanor! https://lnkd.in/gYeswnBX

Yesterday, the Community Development Commission approved up to $98 million in TIF support for the planned mixed-use conversion of 135 S. LaSalle St. in the Loop. Led by Riverside Investment & Development, AmTrust RE and DL3 Realty, the $241 million adaptive reuse project would repurpose more than 430,000 square feet of office space in the building as 386 mixed-income residential units. Plans also include 92,000 square feet of commercial space for neighborhood-oriented amenities such as a grocery store, health center and medical office. 135 S. LaSalle St. is the fifth Loop office-to-residential project proposed to receive City financial support this year, part of an initiative intended to address rising vacancy rates, generate affordable housing and create a more modern, sustainable mix of uses in the area.