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This calendar of Chicago architectural events is jointly sponsored by Repeat and the Chicago Architectural Club. Send listings, corrections, comments, complaints and limericks to: webmaster First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers Darrel Babuk, principal, Babuk & Associates, Ltd. Information: http://www.architecture.org/lectures
312/922-3432, ext. 266.
Commission on Chicago Landmarks Monthly meeting.
12:45 P.M., 33 N. LaSalle, Room 1600 Chicago Community Development Commission Monthly meeting.
1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers Young Architects Networking Happy Hour 5:30 PM–7:30
PM - Monk’s Pub, 205 W. Lake St Network and meet other young architectural professionals. Talk about studying for the ARE, community service projects, charrettes and design competitions, tours of firms and buildings, and other events around town. Learn about our plans, get involved with community service projects, or just come by chat. AIA membership not required. Information: Jeff Missad New Homes for the Region: Implementing an Executive Order on Housing 12:00 PM - AIA Chicago Robin Snyderman, housing director for the Metropolitan Planning Council, will present an overview of the 2003 Executive Order on Housing in 2003, its legislative outcome, and its implications for local planning, construction and government expenditures. Bring lunch; beverages provided. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Making the Case for Landmark Districts Jonathan Fine, president, Preservation Chicago 6 Information: http://www.architecture.org/lectures
312/922-3432, ext. 266.
Walking the fine line; reconciling aesthetics, consumerism and green design Nathan Kipnis, AIA, will present a lecture of his sustainable design practice and the influences that shaped it. Specific themes encompass why architects should embrace green design opportunities, challenges facing both the architect and client, how sustainable design can be a generator of form, and the importance of how design decisions impact not only the project specifically but also society generally. Information:archeworks RSVP online or call 312/867.7254 x13.
Historic Preservation in Cuba - Three Case Studies in Old Havana 12:00 PM - AIA Chicago What do you know about the practice of architecture and historic preservation in Cuba? These three case studies will introduce the subject: renovation of the San Isidro neighborhood; San Ignacio 368 in Plaza Vieja; and restoration of Adath Israel, an International Style synagogue. Speaker Jorge Ramos Herrera, Assoc. AIA is a Cuban-born and -trained architect who has worked for Gensler-Chicago since 2000. Bring lunch; beverages provided. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Clean Air Counts! 12:00 PM - AIA Chicago Michelle Halle Stern, AIA, PE, LEED AP, from the Delta Institute, will discuss the Clean Air Counts, a Northeastern Illinois regional initiative to reduce ozone-causing emissions, thereby improving air quality and enabling economic development. A collaboration between the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, City of Chicago, U.S. EPA Region V, Illinois EPA, and Delta Institute, this initiative seeks to achieve significant reductions in smog-forming pollutants and major reductions in energy consumption. Preview the subject at www.cleanaircounts.org. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 Fireside Chat with Vincent James 6:30 P.M., I Space Gallery, 230 West Superior, 2nd Floor Current studio work and practice. An Adjunct Professor at the Harvard Graduate Schoo of Design, Vincent James is president of Vincent James Associates Architects. He has won four consecutive Progressive Architecture awards, and is currently working with Jennifer Yoos researching and writing on the topic of multilevel cities, studying the impact of skyway/subway pedestrian networks on contemporary cities. Information: Chicago Architectural Club McHugh Construction Headquarters: Rehab on Motor Row Laura Jimenez, senior associate, De Stefano + Partners Information: http://www.architecture.org/lectures
312/922-3432, ext. 266.
Voice and Data Network Cabling: Workflow and Coordinator for Project Success 12:00 PM - Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth What are the roles of the project team members in designing and building tele/data systems? Telecom Rooms, Voice over IP (VoIP), Power over Ethernet (PoE), and wireless networking will also be discussed. Speakers: Bill Baxter, RCDD, OWP/P; Bruce Harris, Continental Electrical Construction Company; and Jarred Baker, SYSTIMAX Solutions. Bring lunch or buy at CBA cafeteria (purchase lunch ticket in first floor shop). Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keeper of Culture 12:15 - 1:00 PM - Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph Street Information: Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois; 312/922.1742 Monthly meeting.
1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers Art vs. Architecture: Competing for Creativity in the Art Museum Some critics complain that artworks get lost in Frank Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenheim and other formally exuberant museums. Should a museum building defer to the art within or act as an artwork in its own right? Chicago architect Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch recently tackled the question in his design for the new Racine Art Museum (RAM). Join Lynch, CAF Curator Ned Cramer, and RAM Director Bruce Pepich, as they debate the options for housing creativity. Information: http://www.architecture.org/lectures
or contact Bart Schultz, Special Programs Coordinator at the Graham School, 773/702.8821. Design Exposed: John Ronan Architect 6:00 PM - 320 W. Ohio, Suite 3E Contemporary design practices and technologies will be explored through a office tour and lecture by John Ronan, AIA. He will discuss his firm's design philosophy and current work including the winning competition entry for the $84 million Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey. Register for this event. Information: 312/670.7770 
Ludwig Hilberseimer and Mies van der Rohe - LaFayette Park, Detroit Information:Prairie Avenue Bookshop,
312/922-8311.
Money, Religion and Art Mark C. Taylor, Professor of Humanities at Williams College, author of the book, The Moment of Complexity, addresses how the process of globalization is reating a new network culture whose complex logic and dynamics we are only beginning to understand. Register for tickets on-line, at the MCA box office, or by calling 312/397.4010 Re-Emergence Lecture by Mark C. Taylor, Professor of Humanities at Williams College, author of the book, The Moment of Complexity Information at: arc-pro-seminar@iit.edu,
The Chicago Façade Ordinance and Its Implications for Historic Preservation Ujjval Vyas, attorney, Foran Glennon Palandech & Ponzi, and former professor of architectural history; and Thomas Gentry, College of Architecture at IIT Information: http://www.architecture.org/lectures
312/922-3432, ext. 266.
New Federal Architecture: The Face of a Nation 5:30 - 7:30 P.M. Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Opening reception for new show, running through May 2, 2005 Information:http://www.architecture.org/exhibits.html
312/922-3432, ext. 266.
Gaetano Pesce: Contemporary Architecture and Design 6:00 P.M. - Fullerton Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan 'Lecture by Gaetano Pesce, an architect-artist-designer based in New York City, who has undertaken diverse commissions in architecture, urban planning, interior and exhibition design, industrial design and publishing. In more than forty years of practice, Pesce has conceived public and private projects in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, from residences to gardens and corporate offices. Information: Architecture and Design Society of the Art Institute 312/443.4751 Total Environments 6:00 P.M.- Crown Hall, 3360 S. State Street Morgenstern lecture by Nathalie de Vries, Principal, MVRDV, Rotterdam Information: ellis@iit.edu. 312/567.3279
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