The Art Institute of Chicago
Past Events

2008–2009

Corporate Office Tour at Hyatt Headquarters and Sidley Austin (Upper-level member event)
Burnham Pavilion Panel Discussion featuring Ben van Berkel, UNStudio, Thomas Vietzke, Zaha Hadid Architects, Donna Robertson, Illinois Institute of Technology, Robert Sumel, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Joseph Rosa, Art Institute of Chicago
Phyllis Ross, "Gilbert Rohde: Innovations for Modern Living"
Monica Ponce de Leon, "Disciplinary Transgressions"
The Modern Ball in the Modern Wing
Kengo Kuma Lecture
Architectural Boat Tour with guest moderator Geoffrey Baer (Upper level member event)

2007–2008

Xefirotarch Opening Reception
Design By Living (Upper level member event)
Hernán Díaz Alonso Lecture
Joseph Rosa and Zoë Ryan in Conversation (at Wright)
Figuration in Contemporary Design Opening Reception
The Spertus Institute: A Private Reception and Tour (Upper level member event)
Graphic Thought Facility Opening Reception
Sulan Kolatan lecture
Richard Rogers Lecture, Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Lecture/The Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture
Montgomery Apartment Tour (Upper level member event)

2006–2007

Julius Shulman Lecture
Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Prizker Architecture Prize Laureate Lecture/The Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture
Young Chicago Opening Reception
Winka Dubbeldam, “From HardWare to SoftForm”
Greg Lynn, Richard Solomon Lectureship Annual Lecture
Edward Mazria, “Resuscitating A Dying World”
Yves Béhar Lecture
Andrew Rebori and the Gold Coast House Tour (Upper level member event)
Avi Lotham House Tour (Upper level member event)
Lincoln Schatz Studio Tour (Upper level member event)

2005–2006

Edgar Miller and His Influence in Old Town Home Tour (Upper level member event)
Bernard Tschumi Lecture
Brad Cloepfil Lecture
James Cuno and Joseph Rosa, “New Vision for Architecture and Design”
Steven Holl, “Urbanisms”
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, “Facing in Opposite Directions”
Thom Mayne, Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Lecture
Roberta Feldman, “Innovation by Necessity: The Mid-20th Century Factory Home”
Ralph Johnson/Contemporaine Home Tour (Upper level member event)

2003–2005

Barbara Barry, “Design Inspiration”
Charlie Rose, Ada Louise Huxtable, Frank Gehry, and Renzo Piano “Museum Architecture in the 21st Century” Panel
Carma Gorman Lecture
Antoine Predock, The Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture
Marion Weiss, “Constructed Sites”
Robert Ivy, “Focus on Chicago Architecture: Ten Visions”
James Cuno, new president of the Art Institute of Chicago, “Meet and Greet” (Upper level member event)
Gaetano Pesce, “Gaetano Pesce: Contemporary Architecture and Design”
Neil Harris, “The Burnham Plan, Built and Unbuilt”
Helmut Jahn, 2004 Auxiliary Board Legacy Lecture
Belmont Freeman, Cuban Architecture Lecture
Zaha Hadid Lecture
Daniel Libeskind Lecture