The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year, we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put Open House Chicago 2018 together.
On Oct. 13-14, join us for the eighth annual Open House Chicago (OHC)—sponsored by Wintrust—and access more than 250 architectural treasures across the city for free. Here are some of this year’s highlights!
The seventh-annual Open House Chicago (OHC) took place the weekend of Oct. 14–15, 2017. Despite record-setting October rainfall on Saturday, strong Sunday attendance helped set new records at OHC’s busiest sites.
Architecture lovers: planning a weekend of building-gazing? Get out of the city center and try these roads less traveled.
Hope Tate is a vice president for JLL and general manager of the iconic Civic Opera Building at 20 N. Wacker Drive. She oversees all capital, operational and financial responsibilities at the building and manages tenant and client relationships.
Jerzy S. Kenar is the owner and resident artist of Studio Kenar, which he opened in 1985. He specializes in monumental sculpture, painting and mixed media installations, including paintings with sound.
Myrna Coronado-Brookover, senior vice president and general manager at JLL, has managed 77 West Wacker Drive for 16 years.
Larry Cope is a freelance graphic designer and longtime member of Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church. He is the parish historian, member of the building and grounds committee and an alumnus of the church’s grammar school.
Join us October 14-15 as we offer free public access to more than 200 sites across the city. Open House Chicago, now one of the largest architecture events in the world, is entering its seventh year—and we want you there!
Héctor Duarte is one of Chicago’s most prolific muralists. Since moving to Pilsen from his native Michoacan, Mexico, in 1985, Duarte has participated in the creation of more than 50 murals. His work adorns schools, libraries and a CTA stop in Chicago.
Fr. Alexander Koranda is the new priest at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral, the oldest Orthodox parish in Chicago and returning Open House Chicago site that has drawn in more than 5,000 visitors. Al Walavich is a Chicago tour guide who has served as the primary docent at the 114-year-old church in Ukrainian Village for nearly four years.
John Edel and Carolee Kokola lead Bubbly Dynamics, LLC, a social enterprise that transforms derelict industrial buildings into collaborative small business communities. Their most ambitious project, The Plant, is a former meatpacking plant turned urban farm and business incubator in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Jim Rotche is the general manager/publisher of the Chicago Tribune’s suburban publications, including the Naperville Sun, Daily Southtown and Lake County News-Sun. Jim and his team welcomed thousands of visitors to Tribune Tower during Open House Chicago from 2011 to 2015.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year, we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put Open House Chicago 2017 together.
Open House Chicago is a free public festival that offers behind-the-scenes access to more than 200 buildings across Chicago. Since 2011, OHC has attracted more than 1.4 million visits to 520 unique sites of architectural interest.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year, we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put Open House Chicago 2016 together.
October 15–16, 2016, marks the sixth year of CAF’s Open House Chicago festival. Every year, OHC offers new ways for CAF members and people from all over the world to experience Chicago’s communities and architecture. Here’s what’s new for 2016.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year, we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put Open House Chicago 2016 together.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year, we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put Open House Chicago 2016 together.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year, we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put Open House Chicago 2016 together.
The Archdiocese recently announced plans to close St. Adalbert, an OHC site for the past four years, and scaffolding surrounds its towers. However, a surprise $3 million donation from a former parishioner may yet spare the church from demolition.
The Shrine of Christ the King, a popular OHC 2014 site, was devastated by fire just before OHC 2015. The Archdiocese has transferred ownership of the Woodlawn church to the resident religious order, which will work to rebuild it.
A weekend of free, behind-the-scenes access to more than 200 of Chicago's hidden gems and architectural treasures. Re-energized city pride and boosted neighborhood perceptions. A glimpse into parts of Chicago previously unseen…
To every #OHC2015 visitor, volunteer, community partner, generous sponsor, site host and beautiful building: Have we thanked you for once again making Open House Chicago the biggest and best architecture festival in the city? Because you did! We’ll have lots more to share about how the event went, but in the meantime, please enjoy some of the weekend’s memorable photographic moments.
In October 2015, Open House Chicago’s Garrett Karp had the pleasure of bringing WGN TV to the beautiful Sky-Line Club to talk all things OHC. Check out the interior of this sumptuous space and discover everything else OHC 2015 has to offer!
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put #OHC2015 together. Next up: Teyonda Wertz, Executive Director of South Shore Chamber, Inc.
At CAF, we’re as great as the sum of our parts, and we’d like to introduce you to someone who is making wonderful things happen during Open House Chicago. Meet OHC Interim Program Manager Eric Rogers.
With its cultural and architectural diversity, South Shore is a neighborhood that CAF looks forward to featuring during Open House Chicago each year. CAF friends Mary Steenson and Cheryl Cook can attest to the unique character of South Shore living.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’re introducing you to the enthusiastic people helping us put together #OHC2015. This Q&A features Diana Hickert-Hill of Kemper Corporation.
With so many amazing spaces and places opening their doors during OHC weekend, the people at Chicagoist have assembled a handy list of five that caught their eye. Check out all 200 sites at openhousechicago.org!
Chicago's Theaster Gates and his Rebuild Foundation have transformed a derelict bank into a South Side arts hub. Stony Island Arts Bank opens its doors on October 3, for the first time in almost three decades. On October 17-18, it will be among the 200 Open House Chicago sites you can visit for free.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put together #OHC2015. This Q&A features Sabrina Tadić of Alliance Française de Chicago.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put together #OHC2015. This Q&A features Julia S. Bachrach of Berger Park.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put together #OHC2015. This Q&A features Pooja Vukosavich of Studio V Design.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’re introducing you to the passionate, enthusiastic people helping us put together #OHC2015. This Q&A features Derrick James of Amtrak, the organization that owns Chicago’s historic Union Station.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’d like you to meet the passionate, enthusiastic people who help us host the city’s biggest annual architectural festival: Open House Chicago. We’re talking with Heather Becker of The Conservation Center to discover what makes that space so special.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’d like you to meet the passionate, enthusiastic people who help us host the city’s biggest annual architectural festival: Open House Chicago. This Q&A features Gordon Taylor of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’d like you to meet the passionate, enthusiastic people who help us host the city’s biggest annual architectural festival: Open House Chicago. This Q&A features Jerald Gary of the New Regal Theater.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’d like you to meet the passionate, enthusiastic people who help us host the city’s biggest annual architectural festival: Open House Chicago. This Q&A features Bernard Loyd of The Forum.
The doors to Chicago’s finest places and spaces don’t unlock themselves. This year we’d like you to meet the passionate, enthusiastic people who help us host the city’s biggest annual architectural festival: Open House Chicago. This Q&A features Kimberly Corrigan of the Blackstone Renaissance Hotel.