About this artwork
Following a passionate, yet unsuccessful campaign to save the Art Club of Chicago’s 1951 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe interior from demolition, Chicago architects were invited to submit proposals for a new, stand-alone building for the club. Ronald Krueck and John Vinci were chosen as finalists out of more than 40 submissions, amid a storm of press coverage. Both firms submitted multiple proposals, and while Krueck chose to work in a contemporary mode, Vinci’s winning scheme skillfully adapted the proportions, materials, and detailing of the earlier club space in a serene masonry building with a sensitive relationship to the street (shown here with an alternate scheme). Vinci has had a long career as a preservation architect and advocate, and he incorporated the club’s famous steel and travertine staircase as a permanent installation and centerpiece of the new gallery space.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Architecture and Design
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Artist
- John Vinci (Architect)
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Title
- Arts Club of Chicago Model
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- 1996
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Medium
- Balsa wood and cardboard
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Dimensions
- 10.2 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm (4 × 20 × 20 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Arts Club of Chicago
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Reference Number
- 2010.570
Extended information about this artwork
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