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Shanghai Transforming explores the vast changes taking place in China's most populous city. With photos and graphs, the exhibition provides a portrait of a city that offers unprecedented opportunities to architects and urban planners.

In contrast to new construction in the established cities of Europe and America, Shanghai's new architecture and infrastructure challenges traditional spatial and social relationships. The exhibition asks us to consider the future of China—and of our rapidly urbanizing planet.

Architect and urban planner Iker Gil is curator of the exhibition. Photography is the work of Juan de Dios Pérez.

The companion book, Shanghai Transforming, will be available at the Chicago Architecture Foundation shop.

In the second half of the 20th century Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was the biggest and busiest facility of its kind in the world. Designed by a team of architects led by C.F. Murphy Associates, O’Hare remains one of the largest architectural commissions in Chicago’s history.

Soon after opening, O’Hare emerged as the industry standard. Design strategies such as the central parking garage, movable jetway bridge, and two-tiered entryway separating arrivals and departures made O’Hare an international model for jet-age airport design.

OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, January 15, 5:30-7:30pm

Guest curator Charles Waldheim presents a brief overview of the exhibition. Waldheim is Principal and Founder of Urban Agency, Toronto.

COST Free and open to the public
LOCATION The John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery
RSVP rsvp@architecture.org or 312.922.3432 x224


Robert Burley Light Ladders Leading Plane Into R4 (1984) Courtesy Robert Burley	Hedrich Blessing Entryway Drive Upper Level and Terminal Buildings, Chicago O’Hare International Airport (1963) Chicago History Museum, HB-25500-B2

ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport presents a selection of architectural photographs that portray O’Hare. Hedrich Blessing’s iconic black and white images capture the Miesian-influenced modernism of Chicago’s largest public works project. Robert Burley’s color photographs show O’Hare’s operational airfield as a complex managed landscape. The work of both photographers illustrates the design legacy at O’Hare International Airport.

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Chicago: You Are Here
Chicago: You Are Here provides a tour of the spaces, places, and structures that define Chicago. It highlights the people who built the city, from the Sears Tower to the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

Explore Chicago’s architecture, infrastructure, and environment. Whether you’re a first time visitor or a long time resident, Chicago: You Are Here is your starting point for understanding Chicago.

• Learn how to find the “zero point” on Chicago’s street grid using a scale model
• Watch a video of an L ride
• Examine an original image of the packing house at the Union Stock Yards
• Explore Chicago’s image through the World’s Columbian Exposition
• Listen to the crowds at Wrigley Field or the wolves howling at Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago: You Are Here includes sounds from around Chicagoland recorded by Chicago Public Radio station producers and listeners as part of the Sonic Soundscapes project. Find out more information at www.chicagopublicradio.org

Chicago: You Are Here is a permanent exhibition located in the ArcelorMittal CitySpace Gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public daily from 9:30am to 5pm.

Chicago: You Are Here was made possible by the support of ArcelorMittal and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

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