Our Work

Beyond the City: The South American Hinterland in the Soils of the 21st Century, Somatic Collaborative | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Tom Harris, 2019

Tribune Tower, 6a architects | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Tom Harris, 2017

We Know How to Order, Bryony Roberts in collaboration with South Shore Drill Team | © Chicago Architecture Biennial / Andrew Bruah, 2015

The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism. It produces year-round programs and a biennial exposition of city-wide activations for a diverse audience of designers, educators, advocates, and students. CAB’s mission is to engage and inspire professional and public audiences, highlight the transformative power of architecture and envision a future for the field that is equitable and sustainable.

The signature program of the Chicago Architecture Biennial stands as North America’s largest international survey of contemporary architecture and takes place every two years at the Chicago Cultural Center and sites across the city. CAB has hosted three editions since its founding: ...and other such stories (2019); Make New History (2017); The State of the Art of Architecture (2015). The fourth edition, which will open in 2021, is titled The Available City. CAB programming throughout the year engages global audiences in conversations exploring critical ideas and questions facing the field, and beyond.

Over the course of its first three internationally heralded editions, which hosted 1.5 million visitors, CAB has presented projects created by more than 350 architects, designers, and artists from over 40 countries.