There are only 28 days in February this year, and they're crammed with nearly 40 great items on the
February Calendar of Chicago Architectural EventsIt starts out with a bang this week on Tuesday the 4th, beginning with a gallery talk on
Gone but Not Forgotten - Architectural Fragments, lunchtime at the
Art Institute, while in the evening, this month's
SEAOI dinner meeting at the Cliff Dwellers takes on the new
Torrence and 130th Bridge, And the same evening at the
Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism in Highland Park,
Alexander Gorlin will be discussing his new book
Kabbalah in Art and Architecture.
Later in February it's
National Engineers Week, and
CAF starts off the festivities with their a lunchtime lecture this Wednesday the 5th on
SOM's Timber Tower Research Project. Also this Wednesday, Apple follows up on last month's lecture by Katherine Darnstadt at their Lincoln Park store with
Bryan Howard of
Jahn Architects discussing
Designing the Whole at the
Apple Store on Michigan Avenue.
Thursday the 6th sees
Friends of the Parks 39th Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon at the Cultural Center with Cook County Board President
Toni Preckwinkle as keynote speaker, while Thursday evening,
Judy Ledgerwood is at the
Graham discussing her new exhibition,
Chromatic Patterns.
Friday sees the opening at the
Music Box of
If You Build It, a documentary of what happened when two architects arrived in Bertie County, North Carolina to teach a high school design-build glass. Then on Saturday the 8th,
AIA Chicago and many others sponsor a day-long conference,
Wisdom from the Field: Public Interest Architecture in Practice.
And that's just February's first week. Highlights across the rest of the month include
Michael Lykoudis talking about
Neoclassical Architecture in Greece: Architecture and Urbanism in an Age of Political Turmoil and Economic Austerity at the
Driehaus Museum,
Steven M. Nilles of
Goettsch Partners talking about his firm's award winning
Sowwah Square project in Abu Dhabi
. Zak Kyes exploring the publishing of architecture and design books at the
Graham, an evening panel at
CAF considering
Shared Waters: Chicago, Gary, Milwaukee and St. Louis, while another lunchtime lecture features
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick discussing the engineering of
Chicago's Big Tunnel project
More?
John Waters talks about
Henry Hobson Richardson's Chicago Legacy for
Landmarks Illinois,
UIC's Great Cities Institute takes on
Casinos as Tools for Economic Development in Suburban Chicago, and
AIA Chicago features Gensler's
Brian Vitale leading a tour of Fourth Presbyterian's new
Gratz Center. Oh, and
Tim Samuelson has a new exhibition on
Mecca Flat Blues opening at the Cultural Center.
And that's still just a drop in the bucket. Power up your calendars and check out all the great items on the
February Calendar of Chicago Architectural Events.
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