Open House Chicago 2012: 150 Sites Offering Free, Behind-The-Scenes Access ...
On Saturday and Sunday, over 150 of the city's churches, museums, mansions and clubs have opened up their doors to the public -- free of charge -- as part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's second annual Open House Chicago. The citywide event ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Expanded Open House Chicago begins Saturday
Chicago is often said to be a city of neighborhoods. It's only logical, then, that for its second annual Open House Chicago—a free event that provides "backstage" access to more than 150 locations this Saturday and Sunday— the Chicago Architecture ...www.chicagotribune.com
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 10/13
The Chicago Architecture Foundation hosts its second annual open house, a two-day event where attendees can learn about notable local buildings, including the International Museum of Surgical Science in the Gold Coast, the Logan Center for the Arts in ...www.chicagoreader.com
building blocks
Chances are you've passed some building that made you wonder, "What's the story with that place?" The Chicago Architecture Foundation taps into that curiosity this weekend with Open House Chicago, a two-day event that offers free access to nearly 190 ...www.suntimes.com
Have you ever walked by a building and thought, I wish I could see what's ...
Now you can. This weekend, Oct. 13-14, the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is proud to present the second-annual Open House Chicago: a free, citywide event that offers behind-the-scenes access to more than 150 buildings across this great city.www.chicagotribune.com
Sofitel Water Tower To Host Student Architecture Competition
When it opened 10 years ago, the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower made a bold architectural statement right in the middle of the Gold Coast's skyline, and made just a dramatic one inside (in fact, that's one of the reasons we chose to get married there in ...chicagoist.com
Open House Tour Offers Behind The Scenes Peek At Chicago Architecture
CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez previews the Chicago Architecture Foundation's "Open House Chicago," which offers behind-the-scenes access to more than 150 buildings in the city.chicago.cbslocal.com
Impact Architectural Signs Produces One-of-a-Kind Memorial Bronze Plaques for ...
The plaques are the work of Impact Architectural Signs, a Chicago-based company that excels in custom metal plaques and other architectural signage (www.impactsigns.com). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121011/PH91540-a ) ...www.sacbee.com
Open House Chicago this weekend
Visit mansions, exclusive private clubs, executive offices, ornate theaters, significant architectural buildings and more this weekend (and all for free) as part of Open House Chicago, an architecture festival presented by the Chicago Architecture ...posttrib.suntimes.com
Logan Center bolsters arts and architecture at U. of C.
Interior and exterior shots of the new Logan Center for the Arts, designed by renowned architects Todd Williams and Billie Tsien, on the University of Chicago campus. The center opens officially Oct. 12-14, with a three-day arts festival. | Al ...www.suntimes.com
Prentice Hospital and the Difficult-to-Acquired Taste of Brutalism
Prentice northwestern. On WBEZ's Morning Shift, Lee Bey puts the battle of Prentice Hospital in the context of a greater debate: the future of "stark, cold" brutalist architecture, its divisive history in Chicago, and its implications for Prentice ...www.chicagomag.com
Visitors can get sneak peeks of Chicago sites
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Architecture Foundation is planning an event that will offer behind-the-scenes looks at some of the city's most popular places that are normally open "by invitation only.www.sacbee.com
Museums
Ongoing: "Stories Behind the Skylines" tours: Walking, boat and bus tours highlight Chicago's architectural landscape, including historic residencies, lakefront parks and modern skyscrapers.articles.chicagotribune.com
Go behind-the-scenes at Chicago restaurants
Get a look behind the scenes at some of Chicago's most distinctive restaurants Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, during the Chicago Architecture Foundation's second-annual Open House Chicago, when over 150 city buildings will open some ...diningchicago.com
A new dean promises to shake up IIT's architecture school
"I am about to live in one of Mies' buildings," Wiel Arets, new dean of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, says at the start of a recent interview.www.chicagobusiness.com
Open House Chicago: Explore the city's skyline at Kemper Building Observatory
But on Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14, it will open as an observatory for the public as part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's 'Open House Chicago.' "At the time in 1962 when it was opened, it was the tallest marble-clad building in the ...abclocal.go.com
Architecture AZ | 'J' is for Jahn, Jewell Hall and more
Architects from Chicago have made a considerable mark on Kansas City, from Daniel Burnham in the 19th century to Frank Lloyd Wright, Skidmore Owings & Merrill and the firm of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the 20th.www.kansascity.com
New Art Institute exhibit focuses on works of architect Jeanne Gang
Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, stands on a railway next to the former Hawthorne Works factory complex earlier this year.articles.chicagotribune.com
Richard Pare's Soviet Modernist Architecture Photography
"The Soviet Union sort of stuck in my mind as a place of certain mystery and drama," says Richard Pare, the architecture photographer who has spent the last 20 years snapping the radical Russian Modernist structures built in the decade following the ...www.chicagomag.com
Chicago Architecture Foundation Welcomes All To Open House Chicago
Architecture buffs will have the opportunity to peek inside 150 buildings that aren't normally open to the public as part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago Oct. 13 and 14. This amazing even is free to attend and no ...chicagoist.com
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