The Chicago Parks Foundation today announced that the first phase of the new AIDS Garden Chicago will be complete this Fall with the unveiling of a specially-commissioned 30-foot-high sculpture, Self-Portrait, by iconic HIV/AIDS activist and artist, the late Keith Haring. (Precise installation date to be announced). AIDS Garden Chicago will be the city’s first public monument to memorialize the early days of Chicago’s HIV epidemic and to honor those who continue to fight against the disease today. As previously released, the new 2.5-acre public lakefront garden will be located along Lake Michigan just south of Belmont Harbor, at the original location of the ‘Belmont Rocks,’ a space where the local gay community gathered between the 1960s and 1990s.
Read MoreIllinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture is proud to announce the publication of "Prometheus: Journal of the Ph.D. Program in Architecture." The peer-reviewed journal offers a comprehensive overview of research-in-progress presented at the Ph.D. program’s annual student-run symposium, and features the work of IIT Architecture Ph.D. students and faculty—past and present—the world over.
Read MoreThe School of Architecture, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Alphawood Foundation Chicago present "Building Intervening Connecting: Recent work of Gong Dong,” a rare public presentation by award-winning architect and Plym Distinguished Professor Gong Dong at the Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist, 55 E. Wacker Drive, Monday evening, November 18. The multi-media program will examine current projects by Vector Architects, the Beijing-based architecture practice founded by Gong in 2008 and will include video clips emphasizing the craft of the construction process.
The November 18 event, free and open to the public, begins at 5:30pm with registration and a reception, followed by the 6:30pm presentation and Q&A. Seating is general admission; advance reservations are required by visiting https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-intervening-connecting-recent-work-of-gong-dong-vector-architects-tickets-66587032607
Read MoreThe Wright-designed landmark earned a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award
Read MoreBuenavista at ground level. Building such sites likely entailed hundreds of people digging and carrying baskets of dirt.“The mass of earth moved is unbelievable,” said Daniela Triadan, an anthropologist at the University of Arizona. “These people were doing some crazy stuff.”CreditTakeshi Inomata
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