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Join us for a lecture by Minsuk Cho, founder of MASS Studies in Seoul. As the Commissioner of the Korean Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition—la Biennale di Venezia, he was awarded the Golden Lion for the Best National Participation in June 2014.

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Free
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Auditorium, 111 S. Michigan Ave.

This lecture is presented by the SAIC Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects with the Chicago Architecture Foundation and made possible by the William Bronson and Grayce Slovet Mitchell Lectureship and with support from AIA Chicago. This lecture is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

Minsuk Cho was born in Seoul and graduated from the Architectural Engineering Department of Yonsei University (Seoul) and the Graduate School of Architecture at Columbia University (New York). After working in various firms, including OMA Rotterdam, he established Cho Slade Architecture in 1998 in New York City with partner James Slade. In 2003, he returned to Korea to open his own firm, Mass Studies, which has been recognized with numerous awards. The Korea Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai was awarded the Silver Medal in the category of Architectural Design by the Bureau of International Expositions and also earned Cho a Presidential Citation from the government of Korea. In March 2013, Minsuk Cho was the Commissioner of the Korean Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition—la Biennale di Venezia, and was awarded the Golden Lion for the Best National Participation in June 2014.