Rethinking Typologies: Architecture and Design from the Permanent Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan, through July 29, 2012

Loop Value: The How Much Does It Cost Shop at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, opening February 17

Bus Rapid Transit: Next Stop, Chicago at the Chicago Architecture Foundation

The Outdoor Office: Jonathan Olivares Design Research at the Art Institute of Chicago, ,through July 15, 2012

Alfred Browning Parker: Miami's Maverick Modernist at ArchiTech Gallery, through August 25, 2012

LaFayette Park: The Settlement Shape an exhibition of Mies van der Rohe's Detroit-based urban renewal project, at Crown Hall, ITT through July 29, 2012

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Out of the Ashes: The Warsaw Story

6:30 p.m., - Copernicus Center, 5216 West LAwrence
No RSVP required; arrive early to guarantee a good seat.

Narrated by actor Simon Callow, this 50-minute documentary from Academy-Award nominated director Peter Beveridge recounts the reconstruction of the capital of Poland after its near-total devestation during World War II, demonstrating key characteristics of the Polish character: vitality, endurance, courage, determination, spirituality and high moral and ethical standards.

First Tuesday Happy Hour

6:00 - 9:00 p.m., - Farmhouse, 228 West Chicago
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum
Free event

This month we are meeting at the Farmhouse, a “Midwestern craft tavern” with a slightly different vibe, slightly different food and drinks - and slightly different design, as all the parts and pieces are reclaimed “rare and wonderful found items”

Register at the Meetup page. Information online.

Pecha Kucha Chicago Volume22

8:20 - 10:29 p.m. - Martyrs, 3855 N. Lincoln Avenue
Sponsor: Pecha Kucha Night Chicago
$10.00 (21 and over only)

IVolume 22 will feature 6 minutes and 40 seconds each of footwork fashionista Annie Mohaupt, the world’s nicest architect Pete Landon, intellectual heavy metal band ARRIVER, returning PK’er and map maker Joseph Altshuler, school founder Tabitha Ponte, purple-loving Dean Lisa Wainwright, the Elmidae clothed Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, artist and Cranbrook grad Travis Roozee, Rockfordian Nancy Kalchbrenner, and communications + technology stategist Andy Swindler.

The officially fantastic poster of Volume 22 is designed by Jamie Gannon.

PechaKucha Chicago organizers Peter Exley and Jackie Rush will emcee. .

Charge by phone: 800.585.8499. Tickets can be purchased on-line. Information on-line.

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Lunch Talks@CAF: Land! Transforming Land Use for a 24-Hour Downtown

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - Lecture Hall Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event - arrive early, seating is limited. Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES: 1

Presentation by Jean L. Guarino, Ph.D. candidate and architectural historian

The Loop has changed dramatically over the past 20 years, from an office district that was largely abandoned at 5pm, into a mixed-use community with a growing residential population. From the demalling of State Street to the conversion of office buildings to dormitories and luxury condos, Guarino will examine the key public and private initiatives that have transformed land use and brought new life to the Loop since 1990.

Information: 312/922.3432 or on-line.

Ticket to Ride: Bus Rapid Transit--Cleveland, San Francisco, New York, and Chicago

6:00 p.m. - Lecture Hall Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
$5.00 CAF members, $10.00 non-members. Advance registration required

Join transportation leaders from across the country to explore issues of livability and connectivity through existing bus rapid transit projects in cities such as Cleveland, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Joseph Calabrese, Director of Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority; Michael Schwartz, Transportation Planner, San Francisco County Transportation Authority; Ted Orosz, Director, Long Range Bus Planning MTA New York City Transit; together with Gabe Klein, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Transportation will compare and contrast how bus rapid transit relates to issues of economic development, urban revitalization, sustainability, and livability. Peter Skosey, Vice President, Metropolitan Planning Council will moderate the conversation. Opening remarks will be made by Forrest Claypool, President of Chicago Transit Authority. A reception precedes the panel discussion.

Register on-line. Information: 312/922.3432 or on-line.

Commission on Chicago Landmarks - Program Committee Meeting

11:00 a.m., 33 North LaSalle, Room 1600

This meeting, open to the public, will review the nominations to the National Register of Historic Places of the West Loop - LaSalle Street Historic District and Auburn Gresham Bungalow Historic District, as well as receive suggestions from the public for possible Chicago landmark designations.

Information on-line

The Wrigley Building: Vintage Rehab of Chicago's Architectural Icon

12:15 - Millennium Room, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington
Sponsor: Friends of Downtown
Free event

Presenters: Jan Goldsmith, President, Zeller Development and Leonard Koroski, Partner, Goettsch Partners

The Wrigley Building was recently acquired by a consortium of investors who are seeking landmark status for the iconic structure and launching a significant renovation. Plans call for transforming the plaza into a gateway for upscale Michigan Avenue shopping and dining on the first and second floors of both towers. Inside, the renovation will bring Class A standards to all common areas, office space the Wrigley Company is vacating, and the building’s mechanical, electrical, and life safety systems.

Zeller Development Group, part of the ownership team, will oversee the renovation as well as the building’s management and leasing. Zeller Development President Jan Goldsmith and Leonard Koroski, a partner with project architect Goettsch Partners, will give an overview of the vision for the Wrigley Building.

Information: on-line.

Commission on Chicago Landmarks

12:45 p.m., City Hall, 121 North LaSalle, Room 201-A.

Monthly meeting, open to the public. Immediately following the meeting, the Permit Review Committee will hold is regular meeting in Room 1600, 33 North LaSalle.

Information and agenda on-line

Gallery Talk: Rethinking Typologies: Architecture and Design from the Permanent Collection

2:00 - 300 p.m.., Art Institute of Chicago,111 South Michigan. Meet in Griffin Court
Sponsor: Art Institute of Chicago
Free with admission

Join Alison Fischer, assistant curator, Architecture and Design, on an exhibition overview of Rethinking Typologies, to learn more in this gallery talk.

Information on-line

Opening Party, Lecture - Lafayette Park: The Settlement Shape

5:30 - 7:30 p.m., lecture at 6:00 - IIT, S.R.Crown Hall, 3360 South State Street
Sponsor: The Mies van der Rohe Society, Dipartimento di Progettazione dell’Architettura Politecnico di Milano.
Free event

Opening evening for an exhibition on Mies van der Rohe's Detroit-based urban renewal project, which runs through July 29, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,Monday through Friday.

Detroit’s Lafayette Park was the first urban renewal project in the United States and remains a model of efficient, community-minded living. It was designed for car owners, but parking spaces are discreet. It was built across the street from an elementary school, but children don’t need to cross the street to get there.

Mies’ inventive living space was the product of a collaboration with Alfred Caldwell, landscape designer and longtime Mies collaborator, and Ludwig Hilberseimer, who handled the urban design. The result is a space-effective and cost-effective dwelling designed to keep the middle class in the city in the 1960s. People live in Lafayette Park today to enjoy its elegant views, layouts, and amenities.

At 6:00 p.m., Noah Resnick (ARCH '00), associate professor of architecture at University of Detroit Mercy and resident of Lafayette Park, will lecture on A Bustle in the Hedgerow—Urban Living in the Prairie Landscape.

Information online.

ARE Review Course: Building Design & Construction Systems - Part II

6:00 - 8:45 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago
$30.00.

The tutorial session for Building Design I and II will be on Monday, June 4.

Information and registration online.

2012 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards Banquet

6:30 - 11:30 p.m.,Harold L. Washington Library, 400 South State (enter at 401 South Plymouth)
Sponsor: Structural Engineers Association of Illinois,

This design competition takes place each year to recognize excellence in structural engineering. Categories include "Best Large Structure," "Best Medium Structure," "Best Small Structure," and "Most Innovative Structure."

Judges this year include William D. Bast, PE, SE, Principal, Thornton Tomasetti; Mohsen A. Issa, PhD, PE, SE, FACI, FASCE
Professor of Structural and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago; John Lahey, AIA, Chairman, Solomon Cordwell Buenz; Michael Merchant, Commissioner, Department of Buildings, City of Chicago; John Morley, Senior Vice President, Bovis Lend Lease; and David Roeder, Business Reporter/Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times.

Finalists include: 300 E. Randolph Vertical Expansion, Chicago, Illinois, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Astellas North American Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, Klein and Hoffman, Inc.; Calgary Eaton Centre Glass Bridge, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Halcrow Yolles; Escala, Seattle, Washington, Cary Kopczynski & Company, Inc. PS; Hidden Oaks Nature Center, Bolingbrook, Illinois, Larson Engineering, Inc.; Kendeda Canopy Walkway at Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia, Halvorson and Partners, P.C.;
Madina Community Cente, Lombard, Illinois, Dome Structural Engineers; Mundelein Center, Chicago, Illinois, Klein and Hoffman, Inc.; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP; World Voices Sculpture, Burj Khalifa Lobby, Dubai, UAE, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP; and Zifeng Tower, Nanjing, China, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP.

Information and registration on-line. For more information or reservations, please contact us at office@seaoi.org or call
(312) 726-4165 x 200.

Soiled/Unearthed

7:00 - 10:00 p.m., - Gallery at Living Room Realty, 1530 West Superior
Sponsor: Soiled Magazine
Free event, open to the public.

A cultural event marking the launch of the magazine's 3rd issue, Soiled/Unearth The issue and exhibition Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer, Joseph Altshuler, Annie Lambla, Thomas Hillier, Greg Corso, Kyle Andrew Sturgeon, Eylül Kethüda Wintermeyer, Francesco Vedovato, and Katherine Darnstadt.

Soiled is an architectural periodical. It investigates latent issues in the built environment and the politics of space.

Information and registration online.

Tele Vision - SAIC AIADO Exhibition Opening Reception, Panel Discussion

3:30 p.m., panel discussion, 6:00 - to 8:00 p.m., Sullivan Galleries, 33 North State, 7th floor
Sponsor: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Free event

Opening reception for Tele Vision, this year's graduate thesis exhibition of the work of its emerging designers in the fields of architecture, interior architecture and designed objects. Tele Vision, interpreted through its Greek and Latin roots, means "seeing from a distance." The projects in the 2012 graduate design show share a long-view perspective, far-reaching in speculation, appplication or duration.

The reception will be preceded by a panel discussion at 3:30, also in the Sullivan Galleries, which will "summarize and expand upon the themes that emerged during a day of critiques of the work the students included in the exhibition. The panel will include Lisa Norton, moderator, Professor of Sculpture and Designed Objects at SAIC; Obi Nwazota, architect, designer, and co-founder of Orange Skin; Martin Klaeshen, Adjunct Associate Professor at IIT and Principal in the architecture practice “HouseHaus” based in Chicago and Germany; Gillion Carrara, teacher of History of Fashion at SAIC and a highly regarded metalsmith exploring the relationship between materials, design, and function; and Pierina Benvenuto Giorgetti, an architect with roots in Chile, Argentina, and Europe, the editor of Revista Ciudad y Arquitectura, and the first prize winner in the recent North Lawndale Urban Agriculture Park Competition. From the student side, there will be 2012 graduates Sia Khorrami from Architecture and Shelley Getzendanner from Designed Objects

Information on-line

Chicago Community Development Commission

1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 121 North LaSalle
Open to the public

Monthly meeting.

Meeting schedules and agenda's on-line

NeoCon keynote: Ian Schrager, boutique hotel creator

12:00 - 1:00 p.m., - Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 West Mart Center Drive, Sauganash ballroo
Sponsor: AIA Chicago. NeoCon
Learning units: 1 LU
Free event - Register at NeoCon

Ian Schrager has achieved international recognition for concepts that have revolutionized both the entertainment and hospitality industries. His passionate commitment to the modern lifestyle has been expressed through a series of pioneering concepts: The hotel as home away from home, the hotel as a theater, cheap chic, lobby socializing, the indoor/outdoor lobby, the urban resort, and the urban spa. He is currently working on launching two new hotel brands in various 24 hour gateway cities around the world.

PUBLIC Chicago is the first of these new brands. With the transformation of the former Ambassador East Hotel and its legendary Pump Room restaurant, this endeavor will be more than just a rebirth of a Chicago institution: it may well represent the revitalization of the hotel concept itself and another worldwide wakeup call for the entire industry.

Information and registration online.

Lunch Talks@CAF: Land! Landscape History and Design

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - Lecture Hall Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event - arrive early, seating is limited. Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES: 1

Presentation by Christopher Vernon, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia

Christopher Vernon author of Graceland Cemetery: A Design History (2011), will summarize the largely forgotten history of the landscape design of Chicago's Graceland Cemetery, and what O. C. Simonds, while Superintendent of and Landscape Gardener for Graceland Cemetery, accomplished that resulted in the international acclaim accorded to Graceland cemetery's landscape design 1900-1930. A book signing will follow the talk.

Information: 312/922.3432 or on-line.

Bringing BIM and IPD into Your Practice

5:30 - 7:00 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Practice Management KC
Learning units: 1.5 LU
Free event for members; $15.00 non-members

Integrated project delivery, the open sharing of ideas from the start between team members who will design and construct a project, is the only way to exploit the power of building information modeling. Changing our industry's competitive behavior is very difficult but necessary. Learning to work effectively in BIM and IPD involves unlearning past ways of working that are at once familiar and comfortable—but detrimental to your work, progress, and ultimately your indispensability. We all say that we cooperate, but what does it mean to truly collaborate?

Randy Deutsch, AIA, LEED AP (Deutsch Insights, Inc.), author of BIM and Integrated Design: Strategies for Architectural Practice (2011), will discuss the people side of the change equation. He will explain the most common barriers to collaboration; why teams make better decisions than individuals; how we’re preparing for technology but not for collaboration; and how – working in BIM and IPD – we can collaborate and integrate to transform ourselves, our teams, organizations and profession into leadership roles and learn how to get owners to move toward IPD.

Randy will close with a large-scaled, highly complex case study BIM project that stretches the architect’s role in the process, ultimately leading to increased leadership opportunities and project scope.

Information and registration online.

Internal Air Pressures in High Rise Buildings: Understanding of Mechanisms, Impact, Mitigation and Opportunities

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., - Harris Bank Building, 115 South LaSalle Street, 3rd floor auditorium
Sponsor: AIA Chicago, Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings
Learning units: 3.5 LU/HSW/SD
$100.00 members, $125.00 non-members

The impact and continually changing interaction of air pressure within buildings and on building systems is complex; and when not properly managed, can create significant problems. For example, the continual increases in energy efficiency in recent years has resulted in tighter buildings, which can provide many benefits, but sometimes creates unanticipated consequences due in part to building pressures. The art and science of successfully managing building pressures is the confluence of many disciplines and building systems; including natural and mechanical ventilation; exterior envelope design and performance; fire and life safety; elevator operations in both normal and emergency modes; design of stairwell, shaft and elevator enclosures; and sustainability.

We will examine the dynamics of building air pressures within buildings. Although the focus will be on high-rise buildings (which is where the impact of building pressures approach extremes, including but not limited to stack effect and reverse stack effect), much of what will be reviewed is also applicable in varying degrees to mid-rise and low-rise buildings.

Information and registration online.

The City in the Garden: A Photographic History of Chicago’s Parks

5:30 p.m. - the Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 South Michigan, #22
Sponsor: Friends of the Parks
Free event

Author and historian Julia Bachrach will discuss the history of Chicago’s motto: Urbs in Horto through a narrative and photo documentary taken from her newly released book, The City in the Garden: A Photographic History of Chicago’s Parks. The audience will learn the fascinating history of Chicago’s historic lakefront, regional and neighborhood parks as well as some of the treasures that exist within them. Part of the 2012 Friends of the Parks' Walter Netsch Lecture Series.

Information: on-line.

Restoration Tour: Quinn Chapel AME Church

5:30 - 7:00 p.m., - 2401 South Wabash Avenue
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Historic Resources and IFRAA KCs
Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW
Free event.

Designed by prominent church architect Henry F. Starbuck and completed in 1892 to replace an earlier church building destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Quinn Chapel houses Chicago’s oldest African-American congregation. The church has a rich history and has hosted a number of nationally significant figures throughout its history including educators George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington, poet and literary genius Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and US presidents William B. McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Barack Obama (then an Illinois State Senator). Quinn Chapel’s historic significance is recognized with both City of Chicago Landmark status and with listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

For the past ten years, Reverend James M. Moody has been Senior Pastor at Quinn Chapel AME Church and has spearheaded the efforts to restore this landmark Gothic Revival structure. The architects leading the restoration project, John Gay of JAQ Corp. and Edward Torrez, AIA of Bauer Latoza Studio, will discuss the progress thus far, challenges faced throughout the restoration, and the work that still needs to be done.

Information and registration online.

Urban Design Practice: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

5:30 - 7:00 p.m., - Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, 111 West Monroe Street, Suite 2300. Please bring a photo ID to show at the building's security desk.
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Regional & Urban Design KC
Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW/SD
Free event for members, $15.00 non-members

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture offers urban design, city planning, infrastructure design and landscape architectural services to private and public clients. Recognizing that the most successful and livable places are the result of a collaborative effort, the firm seeks a complementary relationship between architecture, infrastructure and landscape to achieve enhanced economic and environmental outcomes for its clients. Peter Kindel, AIA, director of urban design, and Gail Borthwick, AIA, senior architect, will explain how the firm's urban design team creates sustainable master plans and urban infill projects that create exceptional outcomes for municipalities, developers and institutions.
Information and registration online.

Tour: Silver Cross Replacement Hospital and Cancer Center

6:00 - 7:30 p.m., - 1900 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox, IL
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Healthcare KC
Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW
Free event.

Tour this new hospital with Geoffrey Tryon, Vice President of Operations; Mary S. Bakken, Executive Vice President/COO; and Peggy Gricus, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer.

Planning began in 2006 to build a new Silver Cross Hospital. On July 1, 2007, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board gave Silver Cross approval to proceed with plans to construct a 289-bed facility taking award-winning care to the next level. Designed by RTKL and built by Mortenson Construction, the new hospital opened on February 26, 2012, with private, larger family-friendly rooms, advanced technology, and a more efficient environment improving access to services. The $400 million, 800,000 square foot, 76-acre campus ensures that Silver Cross will be able to continue the mission to provide high quality, personalized healthcare for future generations.

Mortenson is generaly providing resfrehsments for this event which is limited to 50 participants. The hospital is located at I-355 and Route 6. Parking: use entrance 2 / Parking C, B or A..

Information and registration online.

ARE Review Course: Site Planning & Design

6:00 - 8:45 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago
$30.00. Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes and tutorials.

AIA Chicago offers a review course for those preparing to take the Architectural Registration Exam (ARE) required for licensure. The course will cover each of the seven exam divisions with eleven lectures on Thursdays and nine optional tutorials on Mondays. Mike Newman (SHED Studio principal; Adjunct Associate Professor at IIT; Adjunct at SAIC) coordinates the course and teaches many of the sessions. Other architects and engineers will lead the remaining sessions.
Handouts for each lecture will be sent by e-mail to participants on morning of each Thursday class for printing. Sample problems and answer sheets will be distributed at the tutorial on Monday, June 18.

Information and registration online.

Chicago Center for Green Technology - 10th Anniversary Celebration

10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., - Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 North Sacramento Boulevard; after-celebration from 3:30 to 5:30 at Lake Street Landscape Supply, 1810 West Lake
Sponsor: Chicago Center for Green Technology
Free event

A day of activities including:

• A Build Smart Expo featuring 40 product/service vendors
• Mini education sessions featuring a bike clinic, electric vehicle presentation, and a native plant walking tour
• Games for everyone, including bag toss and a dunk tank (plus prizes for the kids)
• Food supplied by local organic vendors
• A solar-powered DJ system and sound stage
• Raffle drawings for prize including weatherization kits, rain barrels, and compost bins
• Special guests Alderman Walter Burnett and Chief Sustainability Officer Karen Weigert
• Appearances by Fleet & Facility Management Commissioner David Reynolds and the Chicago Department of Transportation.

Information and schedule on-line

Figure and Pattern—Mies, Hilberseimer and Caldwell at Lafayette Park

3:30 - 5:00 p.m., - IIT, S.R.Crown Hall, 3360 South State Street
Sponsor: The Mies van der Rohe Society, Dipartimento di Progettazione dell’Architettura Politecnico di Milano.
Free event

Lecture by Kevin Harrington, IIT professor emeritus who has written and lectured widely on Mies and his colleagues. Presented in conjuction with the exhibition, Lafayette Park, The Settlement Shape, an exhibition of Mies van der Rohe's Detroit-Based urban renewal project.

Information online.

2012 International Energy Conservation Code: Upcoming Changes to Chapter 4

6:00 - 7:30 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Environment KC/COTE
Free for members; $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW/SD

The International Energy Conservation Code is currently the State of Illinois energy code for residential and commercial construction. The 2012 code will represent approximately a 10 to 15% improvement in energy efficiency over the 2009 code. The new code also incorporates a number of other important changes in commissioning, post-construction testing, and other requirements. Join us for an overview of the changes and a discussion on what these mean to building professionals. This information is particularly important for building professionals in Illinois, as the State will be adopting the 2012 IECC as law in July.

Isaac Elnecave, Senior Policy Manager for Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, will cover: the differences in the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code as compared to the 2009 IECC; how the changes will effect residential and commercial building construction; new requirements for commissioning and post-construction testing; how the IECC relates to the Chicago Building Code.

Information and registration online.

Lunch Talks@CAF: Land! Reading and Writing the Landscape

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - Lecture Hall Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event - arrive early, seating is limited. Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES: 1

Presentation by Robert Grese, Professor of Landscape Architecture, School of Natural Resources & Environment, Director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, The University of Michigan

Robert Grese, editor of The Native Landscape Reader (2011), will describe his favorite selection of writings on nature-based landscape design and conservation by some of the country’s most significant practitioners, horticulturists, botanists, and conservationists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These essays often originally appeared in obscure, short-lived publications and are difficult to locate today, comprising a rich but hidden literature related to issues of sustainability, horticulture, and gardening. A book signing will immediately follow the talk.

Information: 312/922.3432 or on-line.

New Members Reception

5:30 - 7:30 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago
Free event - please register by Wednesday, June 13th

New members are invited to join the Board of Directors and leaders of our Knowledge Communities as we honor those who joined the chapter over the past year. Learn more about AIA on chapter, state, and national levels. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served.

Information and registration online.

Innovations in Steel

12:00 - 1:00 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Technical Issues KC
Free for members; $15.00 non-members
1 LU/HSW

Fabricated structural steel is the material of choice for building construction. With recent steel industry innovations, architects can express their design concepts and overcome client serviceability criteria. Steel framing systems can achieve many design challenges, including low floor-to-floor heights and long spans, in a cost- and time-efficient manner. Monica Shripka, PE, LEED AP, from the American Institute of Steel Construction, will explain how manufacturers and distributors can serve as partners in the procurement and delivery process to reap cost and schedule benefits for your next project. Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

Information and registration online.

The Ross House: A Laboratory for Green Building Technology

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - Chicago Cultural Center, 77 West Randolph, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd floor
Sponsor: Landmarks Illinois
Free event

Presentation by John Eifler, architect, Eifler & Associates

The 1915 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ross House in Glencoe languished on the real estate market, unoccupied for years. Broken plumbing, roof replacement, interior restoration, mold, and rot were some of the challenges facing a new owner. Architect John Eifler, Eifler & Associates, purchased the property and will discuss how he is transforming the house into a poster child for sustainability and green building. Eifler decided to pursue the rehabilitation primarily because it could serve as a laboratory for testing the application of green building techniques and developing practical methods of restoration for the future. Listen to his story of modern transformation coupled with sensitivity to original design.

Information: on-line.

Chicago Plan Commission

Time and place tentative: 1:00 P.M., City Council Chambers 121 N. LaSalle Street
Open to the public

Commission meeting and schedule and agenda's on-line

Tour: UNO Charter School Network Soccer Academy

6:00 - 7:30 p.m., - 5050 South Homan Avenue
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Design KC
Free for members; $15.00 non-members
1.5 LU/HSW

Juan Moreno, AIA (JGMA), design architect for the UNO Soccer Academy, will lead a tour of this elementary school on the city’s Southwest Side. The Soccer Academy is part of the charter school system of the United Neighborhood Organization which focuses on education as a cornerstone of community. This project is part of a master plan for its neighborhood and was an innovative undertaking for its programming, form, materials, and light within an extremely fast-paced schedule and tight budget constraints.

The award-winning project was completed in September of 2011 and is currently seeking LEED Silver Certification. The larger project team included Ghafari Associates as Architect of Record and General Contractor, Primera Engineers, Ltd., and landscape architect Terry Guen Design Associates.

Limted to 25 participants. Read about the school in the March/April issue of Chicago Architect.

Information and registration online.

ARE Review Course: Programming, Planning & Practice

6:00 - 8:45 p.m., - AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker, #250
Sponsor: AIA Chicago
$30.00.

AIA Chicago offers a review course for those preparing to take the Architectural Registration Exam (ARE) required for licensure. The course will cover each of the seven exam divisions with eleven lectures on Thursdays and nine optional tutorials on Mondays. Mike Newman (SHED Studio principal; Adjunct Associate Professor at IIT; Adjunct at SAIC) coordinates the course and teaches many of the sessions. Other architects and engineers will lead the remaining sessions.
Handouts for each lecture will be sent by e-mail to participants on morning of each Thursday class for printing. Sample problems and answer sheets will be distributed at the tutorial on Monday, June 25.

Beverages and snacks will be provided at all classes and tutorials.

Information and registration online.

Chandigarh's Identity Crises: Garden City to Urban Juggernaut?

12:30 p.m. - Lower Core, Crown Hall, 3360 South State
Sponsor: College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
Free event

Lecture by Rajnish Wattas

Information: on-line.

Lunch Talks@CAF: Vacant Lots: Farm or Famine - Open Space in Woodlawn and Englewood

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - Lecture Hall Gallery, Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan
Sponsor: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Free event - arrive early, seating is limited. Guests are welcome to bring a bag lunch.
AIA/CES: 1

Presentation by Kathleen Dickhut, Deputy Commissioner of Sustainable Development Division, City of Chicago

The City of Chicago, in partnership with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Chicago and three local community organizations, are engaging community stakeholders in a year-long process to create the Green Healthy Neighborhoods land use plan for the communities of Greater Englewood, Greater Grand Crossing, Washington Park and Woodlawn and New City. There is a large inventory of available land in these communities and this lively discussion will explore a range of ideas for housing, retail, green infrastructure, food policy and arts and culture for the landscape.

Information: 312/922.3432 or on-line.

Trees as a Legacy in Design & Development

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., - Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe - Alsdorf Auditorium
Sponsor: AIA Chicago, Bartlett Tree Experts and Chicago Botanic Garden
$60.00 for members, $75.00 for non-members
5.5 LU/HSW/SD

Trees are integral to landscape design and help create an enduring sense of place.
How can we ensure their legacy? Join keynote speaker Peter Walker, FASLA, senior partner of PWP Landscape Architecture and co-designer of the National September 11 Memorial, along with professionally diverse, nationally recognized experts at a daylong symposium on legacy trees.

Explore trees as engines of economic development with research social scientist Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D., how pests affect the sustainability of the urban forest with entomologist Michael Raupp, Ph.D., legacy trees in historic Chicago parks with preservationist Julia Bachrach, and the challenges of urban soils with tree researcher Kelby Fite, Ph.D. Network with landscape architects, architects, planners, parks professionals, grounds managers and more.

Advance registration is required. AIA members will receive the same 20% discount offered to members of the Chicago Botanic Garden. In order to receive this discount, follow these steps:

Call 847.835.8261 to register. Information online.

Redefining the Refurbishment Process through Strategic Engagement and Lean Processes

5:30 - 7:00 p.m., - 11 East Madison, 3rd Floor
Sponsor: AIA Chicago Healthcare KC
Free for members, $15.00 for non-members
1.5 LU/HSW

Sarah Bader, RID, EDAC (principal, Gensler); Carol Simpson, AIA (project manager, Northwestern Memorial Hospital); and Mark Bussey (senior superintendant, Skender Construction)will describe the challenges Northwestern Memorial Hospital faced in updating its ten-year-old bed tower to reflect a new patient care model.

Included in the project goals were: (1) establishing a standardized finish selection to better align interiors to brand and level capital expenditures over a twenty-year improvement cycle; and (2) creating a clear method of conveying this information so that all architectural firms employed by NMH will follow the new standards. Three million square feet were evaluated based on criteria established by contributors across patient, clinical, facilities and staff communities.

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