We’re up to a lot around here, and we’d like to start sharing the personal side of CAC.
Our work, the issues we care about, and our passion for architecture all inspire the culture of this organization.
Consider this section of our website a behind-the-scenes look at the people and events happening at CAC. Stop by from time to time to learn more about who we are and what we do.
Girls Build! is a year-round STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and leadership development program for female-identifying students in middle school to explore their interests in architecture, construction, engineering and design.
What will the future of transportation look like in Chicago? How has the COVID-19 pandemic shifted transportation priorities? These are just a few questions the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been grappling with the past few months.
The ever-changing roster of scale model skyscrapers in the Building Tall exhibit—located on the second floor of the CAC, in the Drake Family Skyscraper Gallery—introduces visitors to design and engineering marvels from around the world.
Logan Boulevard, with its flowering trees in bloom, is a green getaway to explore this summer. Among all Chicago’s historic boulevards, this two-and-a-half-mile stretch remains one of the most intact.
While CAC docents, staff members and volunteers practice safe spatial distancing, we’re busy listening to, viewing, and reading various media to rediscover why design matters. This week we’re highlighting women of color in architecture.
While CAC docents, staff members and volunteers practice safe spatial distancing, we’re busy listening to, viewing, and reading various media to rediscover why design matters.
Where is Galewood? From Lake Michigan, travel west along North Avenue for about eight miles and you’ll happen upon the southern border of a small neighborhood with big architecture.
This week, we’re taking a look at one of the things we do best at the CAC: lead tours focused on—and celebrating—Chicago’s fascinating architecture.
One of my favorite Chicago spaces is the Grand Ballroom on Navy Pier.
How do you move a 700+ ton home? Very carefully. Especially if it’s one of only eight remaining historic homes in Chicago’s Prairie Avenue Historic District.
Chicago has so many amazing stories to tell.
Chicago’s playscapes - parks, playgrounds and green spaces - bring Chicagoans and visitors outside to play.
Architectural innovations like the steel-frame skyscraper have reshaped the built world's look and function. And every day, new technologies enable architects to address the challenges of the future.
