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Join us for the Architecture and Design Film Festival! We will be open from 12pm-10pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 12pm-8pm on Sunday. Check out the schedule and buy tickets at architecture.org/filmfest

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ADFF features 15 stories of innovation and sustainability in architecture, design and fashion. Tickets are $20/film or $15 for CAC Members. February 1-5, 2023.

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Engineering Fest is February 25th!

Join us for a day of discovery, as children ages 8-14 are invited to build and learn, view the CAC's special exhibitions, meet engineers and explore how architecture and engineering partner to create the cities we know and love.

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City in a Snow Globe

Explore a series of imagined worlds where Chicago’s downtown lakefront is alive with activity in the winter months. November 17, 2022 through February 17, 2023.

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Newhouse Architecture & Design Competition

Newhouse 2023 asks Chicagoland high school students to consider how sustainable architecture intersects with biophilia. The call for entries is open now through April 23.

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BECOME A MEMBER & SAVE

Members get free CAC admission, 65+ free walking tours, a river cruise discount and much more!

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ADFF Chicago

CAC to host Architecture & Design Film Festival

This February, the CAC will host the popular festival’s 14th edition presenting 15 global films on design's impact on art, fashion, architecture, urban planning and housing.

Happy holidays from the CAC!

A special message from CEO Eleanor Esser Gorski

As we wrap up 2022, we reflect on the past year's accomplishments and look forward to what 2023 holds for the CAC.

Come Home Initiative

New INVEST South/West initiative with City of Chicago

This competition asks architects and developers to reimagine and redesign standard housing typologies with an emphasis on density, affordability and replicability.

Buildings of Chicago

Mid-Century Modern Skyscrapers

Explore Chicago’s remarkable buildings. View Our Building Directory

Inland Steel

30 W. Monroe St.

The Inland Steel Building shines in the loop like emeralds set in platinum.

Delta Greene, CAF Docent Class of 2008

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Marina City

300 N. State St.

Revolutionary for its time, Marina City dared to be different. Looking at this engineering marvel from any angle affords stunning views of its various geometric shapes playing off one another.

Linda E. Marcus, CAF Docent Class of 2001

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Aon Center

200 E. Randolph St.

It is both strong and elegant in its simplicity.

Pris Mims, CAF Docent Class of 2000

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