The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects, is proud to host "reForm()" -- A conference that explores how architects, engineers, artists and designers are using new HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and MIDDLEWARE technologies to transform the ways in which buildings and spaces perform, act and operate.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust presents Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago—a new bus tour featuring exterior interpretations and interior tours of the world-renowned architect’s most famous Chicago designs. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago begins Saturday, October 29 and will operate every Saturday through November 19. The three hour tour begins at 9 a.m. and starts and ends at the historic JW Marriott (151 West Adams St., Chicago). Led by architectural historian Jean L. Guarino, the bus tour includes nearly two decades of Wright’s work in downtown Chicago, Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and Oak Park, IL.
The JW Marriott is offering a special Frank Lloyd Wright package with discounted room rates, the bus tour, complimentary cocktails for two and discounts at Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust museum shops. Tickets are $50 for Preservation Trust members and $55 for non-members.
More than 40,000 trade professionals are expected to attend the 2012 National Exhibition of Contract Furnishings, which takes place in Chicago June 11th through 13th. NeoCon features the latest design trends, products, and concepts in office, healthcare, hospitality, residential, institutional and government interior environments from more than 700 showrooms and exhibitors. In addition to the latest designs, NeoCon offers the most comprehensive conference schedule in the industry with more than 120 CEU-accredited seminars, industry association forums, and keynote presentations, and is North America’s largest exhibition of contract furnishings for the design and management of the built environment. Registration begins in March.
Craig Dykers is co-founder and principal of Snøhetta, an integrated architecture, landscape, and interior design practice based in Oslo and New York. In recent years, the firm has won numerous international competitions for important American projects including an expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the redesign of Times Square, and the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion at the site of the World Trade Center. The firm’s many awards include the 2009 European Mies van der Rohe Prize and Global Award for Sustainable Architecture for their Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, and the 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.
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