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The Chicago Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and design. The Chicago Architecture Foundation pursues this mission through a comprehensive program of architecture tours, exhibitions, panel discussions, and youth and adult education programs. Home to the permanent exhibition: CHICAGO YOU ARE HERE, the Chicago Architecture Foundation is located at 224 South Michigan Avenue at Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

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A Parisienne Discovers Chicago: Impressions of the City and the World's Columbian Exposition

Jun. 16, 2010
Mary Beth Raycraft, Senior Lecturer in French at Vanderbilt University, speaks about the book she translated, A Parisienne Discovers Chicago.

Chicago's Sustainable Branch Libraries

May. 19, 2010
Lohan Anderson is leading a team including BauerLatoza Studio to design the building, site, and landscape for two new prototype libraries for the Chicago Public Library and the Public Building Commission of Chicago.

Transforming Systems

May. 12, 2010
Gordon Gill of Chicago's Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture discusses systems and strategies for reducing energy consumption and carbon within and between buildings and, ultimately, between city blocks.

Chicago Riverwalk

May. 5, 2010
Once completed, the Chicago Riverwalk will become a unique pedestrian waterfront that will be universally accessible and accommodate passive and active recreation.

Last Four Miles: Completing Chicago's Lakefront Parks

Mar. 24, 2010
Friends of the Parks launched the Last Four Miles Initiative to develop plans for closing the gaps in public access to lakefront parks on the south lakefront between Calumet Park and 71st Street; and on the north lakefront between Hollywood and the Evanston border. Peter J.

Great Chicago Planning Disasters

Jan. 28, 2010
Most urban planning works pretty much as intended. However, in some cases it misses the target or even backfires.

Greening New and Old: Two Chicago Examples of Sustainable Design

Jan. 20, 2010
This presentation explores two groundbreaking projects: The Yannell Net Zero Energy Residence and the Shaw Technology and Learning Center (STLC).

Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing

Jan. 13, 2010
What went wrong with public housing in Chicago? Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Social Science at Roosevelt University D. Bradford Hunt traces public housing's history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through current mayor Richard M.

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