Save the Date: SHIFT Opening Weekend in Chicago

Mark your calendars: The opening weekend of the 6th edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, is coming September 19–21.

Start your experience at the Chicago Cultural Center, then explore a citywide constellation of exhibitions and public programs hosted by dozens of leading cultural, program, and civic partners throughout Chicago.

This edition of the Biennial brings together over 100 projects by architects, artists, and designers from 30 countries — each engaging with the profound cultural, social, and environmental transformations shaping our world today. From housing and ecology to material innovation, SHIFT invites you to consider: How does architecture impact our world, and how might it help us imagine new possibilities?

Full schedule and locations coming soon.

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This year’s Biennial is made possible thanks to many generous donors and partners. 

Lead support is provided by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Good Chaos, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Polk Bros. Foundation.

Lead support for Learning programs is provided by the Zell Family Foundation. Additional support by the Crown Family Philanthropies. Generous support is provided by Cari and Michael J. Sacks, Jack and Sandra Guthman, Anne L. Kaplan, Donna C. King Estate, Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Mansueto Foundation, Pritzker Traubert Foundation, Susan and Bob Wislow, Illinois Arts Council, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Neisser Family Foundation, Segal Family Foundation, and Scan Design Foundation.