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    Oct 20, 2025–Oct 26, 2025

    Mon, Oct 20, 2025

    Partner

    salazarsequeromedina: Small Adaptations

    at Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
    Lectures & Talks

    Tue, Oct 21, 2025

    STUDIO VISIT: Perkins&Will | Book Event

    Fri, Oct 24, 2025

    Exhibition Venues

    archKIDecture: Learning Lab Artist-in-Residence

    at Chicago Cultural Center
    Workshops

    Exhibition Venues

    Designing for Dignity 03: Friday Programming

    at Stony Island Arts Bank

    Exhibition Venues

    Welcome Pre-Party, hosted by Chicago Architecture Biennial

    at Stony Island Arts Bank

    Sat, Oct 25, 2025

    Partner

    Designing for Dignity 03: A Convening of Possibilities

    at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT Chicago Cultural Center Public Tour

    at Chicago Cultural Center

    Exhibition Venues

    archKIDecture: Learning Lab Artist-in-Residence

    at Chicago Cultural Center
    Workshops

    Partner

    Wabash Arts Corridor Guided Walking Tour

    at Community Engagement Hub at Columbia College Chicago
    Tours

    Sun, Oct 26, 2025

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT Stony Island Arts Bank Public Tour

    at Stony Island Arts Bank

    Partner

    Wabash Arts Corridor Guided Walking Tour

    at Community Engagement Hub at Columbia College Chicago
    Tours

    Ongoing

    Columbia College Chicago’s Wabash Arts Corridor

    –

    at Wabash Arts Corridor
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Architecture and Design Collection Galleries

    –

    at The Art Institute of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Atrium Project: Edie Fake

    –

    at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Esther Stocker at The Diamond

    –

    at The Diamond
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Yasmine Spiro: Cornerstone

    –

    at Hyde Park Art Center
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    The Prize is the Beginning: Illuminating Architectural Excellence Through the Americas Prize

    –

    at Chicago Architecture Center
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Living in the Shade: Open Space and Public Housing

    –

    at National Public Housing Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Tuan Andrew Nguyen: We Were Lost in Our Country

    –

    at The Art Institute of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Shakkei: Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust

    –

    at Elmhurst Art Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    INHABIT: Edith Farnsworth House and Environs in Four Seasons

    –

    at Edith Farnsworth House
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing

    –

    at DePaul Art Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago

    –

    at DePaul Art Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Temitayo Ogunbiyi: You will have revelations along felled branches and longer roots/routes

    –

    at The Arts Club of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: Melting Solids

    –

    at Stony Island Arts Bank
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change

    –

    at Chicago Cultural Center
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: TRACES by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi and Giorgis Ortiz

    –

    at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: Fragmented Manifestos

    –

    at Graham Foundation
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Permission To… Permission Too

    –

    at Community Engagement Hub at Columbia College Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Eyes on the Future: Evolving Hotel Design at Populus

    –

    at Studio Gang
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Common Chicago

    –

    at MAS Context Reading Room
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Theaster Gates: Unto Thee

    –

    at Smart Museum of Art
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Don’t Mind If I Do

    –

    at UIC Gallery 400
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    The Disappointed Tourist

    –

    at Chicago Architecture Center
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory

    –

    at Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    code: KING ALFRED

    –

    at Blanc Gallery
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    A Mies Space for Senses

    –

    at Illinois Institute of Technology, Galvin Tower
    Exhibitions

    Oct 21, 2025

    Oct 21, 2025

    STUDIO VISIT: Perkins&Will | Book Event

    Ongoing

    Columbia College Chicago’s Wabash Arts Corridor

    –

    at Wabash Arts Corridor
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Architecture and Design Collection Galleries

    –

    at The Art Institute of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Atrium Project: Edie Fake

    –

    at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Esther Stocker at The Diamond

    –

    at The Diamond
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Yasmine Spiro: Cornerstone

    –

    at Hyde Park Art Center
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    The Prize is the Beginning: Illuminating Architectural Excellence Through the Americas Prize

    –

    at Chicago Architecture Center
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Living in the Shade: Open Space and Public Housing

    –

    at National Public Housing Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Tuan Andrew Nguyen: We Were Lost in Our Country

    –

    at The Art Institute of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Shakkei: Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust

    –

    at Elmhurst Art Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    INHABIT: Edith Farnsworth House and Environs in Four Seasons

    –

    at Edith Farnsworth House
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing

    –

    at DePaul Art Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago

    –

    at DePaul Art Museum
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Temitayo Ogunbiyi: You will have revelations along felled branches and longer roots/routes

    –

    at The Arts Club of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: Melting Solids

    –

    at Stony Island Arts Bank
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change

    –

    at Chicago Cultural Center
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: TRACES by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi and Giorgis Ortiz

    –

    at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
    Exhibitions

    Exhibition Venues

    SHIFT: Fragmented Manifestos

    –

    at Graham Foundation
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Permission To… Permission Too

    –

    at Community Engagement Hub at Columbia College Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Eyes on the Future: Evolving Hotel Design at Populus

    –

    at Studio Gang
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Common Chicago

    –

    at MAS Context Reading Room
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Theaster Gates: Unto Thee

    –

    at Smart Museum of Art
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Don’t Mind If I Do

    –

    at UIC Gallery 400
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    The Disappointed Tourist

    –

    at Chicago Architecture Center
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory

    –

    at Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    Chicago Sukkah Design Festival

    –

    at James Stone Freedom Square
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    code: KING ALFRED

    –

    at Blanc Gallery
    Exhibitions

    Partner

    A Mies Space for Senses

    –

    at Illinois Institute of Technology, Galvin Tower
    Exhibitions
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