The opening of the Chicago Architecture Center is an exciting moment for the entire city.
We spoke with some of our partners to ask them what their hopes are for the Center and how they believe CAF can continue to grow as a leader in building a better Chicago.
Steel and mining company ArcelorMittal is among the early lead donors who are truly paving the way to make the Chicago Architecture Center a reality.
In late 2017, longtime CAF docent Barry Sears generously pledged to fund the docent and volunteer library at the new Chicago Architecture Center.
Joan and Gary Gand are making a generous gift to CAF to sponsor the audio-visual and acoustical elements in the new Chicago Architecture Center, including the Gand Lecture Hall.
An architecture center may be a new concept in Chicago, but it isn’t in other parts of the world. Here’s a look at a few other centers that served as inspiration for the Chicago Architecture Center.
To some, it’s considered the heart of Chicago: the spot where Michigan Avenue intersects with Wacker Drive, where the Chicago River flows under the DuSable Bridge, where Fort Dearborn spurred the city’s early growth.
One of Mies van der Rohe’s final designs rises above a former rail yard that many years earlier was the site of Fort Dearborn.
After more than 25 years at the Railway Exchange Building, the Chicago Architecture Foundation is moving to a new location in the heart of the city, where it will establish the Chicago Architecture Center.