1st Chicago Architecture Biennial

October 1, 2015 – January 3, 2016

Event Hub: Chicago Cultural Center

The Biennial will bring the world’s leading architectural talent together in Chicago to explore the ideas, ambitions, and challenges facing the contemporary city in an age of accelerated change. Featuring the work of both established and emerging architects, the Biennial will address the major concerns of our time: the social, environmental, aesthetic, technological, and economic issues that shape the world we live in.

“Together with the City of Chicago, we will create a significant international forum for the exploration of new ideas in architecture,” said Sarah Herda, Director of the Graham Foundation and Co-Artistic Director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Joining Herda as Co-Artistic Director will be architect, writer, and curator Joseph Grima. “The Chicago Architecture Biennial is an extraordinary opportunity to learn from Chicago and radically reconsider the challenges and opportunities facing contemporary architecture on a global stage,” said Grima.

The inaugural Biennial will take place from October 1, 2015 through January 3, 2016, with the historic Chicago Cultural Center serving as the event hub, and other projects taking place throughout the city.