Northwestern's interdisciplinary strength
Through the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Northwestern's strengths in interdisciplinary study, global research and collaboration are on full display. From a large-scale art installation to lectures by faculty and internationally-renowned guest artists, all programs focus on the Biennial’s theme, “Make New History.” Watch as Block Museum director Lisa Corrin explains.
Open through Jan. 7, 2018, the Chicago Architecture Biennial features a range of performances, talks, forums and films at locations throughout Chicago, including Northwestern's Evanston campus.
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Professor Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle will be featured in an exhibition that explores the idea that engineers, architects and artists alike practice a poetry of inquiry, experimentation and ingenuity.
Sept. 10 to Jan. 7, 2018
Art historian Hannah B Higgins and MacArthur Award-winning artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle discuss the use and implications of the grid in Manglano-Ovalle’s practice and among related artists.
6:30 p.m. Oct. 3
Professor David Van Zanten will deliver a presentation on Chicago architect Marion Mahony, sponsored by the Beverly Willis Foundation, a New York philanthropy organization supporting women in architecture.
6 p.m. Oct. 23
Cruzvillegas, one of the top conceptual artists of his generation to come out of Mexico, will speak about a new series of work “The Water Trilogy.”
6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25
Jean-Louis Cohen, the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU, will speak on “Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture.”
5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 1
Professor David Van Zanten will chair the Nov. 18 presentation at the second International Graduate School Symposium.
6:30 p.m. Nov. 17
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 18
Dean Sally Blount of the Kellogg School of Management with Design Partner Bruce Kuwabara of KPMB Architects invite you for a discussion and tour of the new Global Hub.
1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 19
We have a tradition of architectural historians on the faculty who have contributed significant scholarship on the built environment of Chicago and the impact of Chicago design in the U.S. and beyond.”
Jesús Escobar
Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Chair, Department of Art History
The Chicago Architecture Biennial provides a platform for groundbreaking architectural projects and spatial experiments that demonstrate how creativity and innovation can transform the lived experience. Through exhibitions, installations and programming, the Biennial invites the public to engage with architecture in new and unexpected ways, and to take part in a global discussion on the future of the field.
Published: September 29, 2017. Updated: September 29, 2017.
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