The Chicago Cultural Center

The main hub of the Biennial was the Chicago Cultural Center, a five-story Beaux-Arts building located in the heart of downtown Chicago. Formerly home to the city’s public library, the building now functions as a thriving public institution. Frequently called the “People’s Palace,” it regularly hosts cultural events and exhibitions. The Chicago Architecture Biennial utilized all of the Chicago Cultural Center’s galleries and public spaces for exhibitions and newly commissioned installations—the first time that the entire building was dedicated to a single curatorial project.

The Chicago Cultural Center also housed BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for ChicagoArchitect Iker Gil of MAS Studio organized the exhibition of Chicago-based architects that showcased new ideas and alternative development scenarios for Chicago. BOLD featured speculative proposals that re-imagined the design potential of the city’s waterways, roadways, vacant lots and public space, as well as new projects that explored the present conditions of the city through film, photography and mapping. 

The Chicago Architecture Biennial at the Chicago Cultural Center was open October 3, 2015—January 3, 2016. Admission to the exhibition was free.

Address

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street Chicago, IL 60602

Opening Times

  • Sunday
    10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Monday
    10:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Tuesday
    10:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Wednesday
    10:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Thursday
    10:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • Friday
    10:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Saturday
    10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Biennial Participants at this Venue

Al Borde
Quito, Ecuador
all(zone)
Bangkok, Thailand
Andreas Angelidakis
Athens, Greece
Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation
Madrid, Spain; New York, USA
Anne Lacaton & Jean-Phillipe Vassal + Frédéric Druot
Paris, France
Aranda\Lasch
Tucson and New York, United States
Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu
Gent, Belgium
Assemble
London, United Kingdom
Atelier Bow-Wow
Tokyo, Japan
Baukuh + Stefano Graziani + YellowOffice
Milan, Italy
Besler & Sons + ATLV
Los Angeles, United States
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Copenhagen, Denmark; New York, United States
Bureau Spectacular
Los Angeles, United States
Counterspace
Johannesburg, South Africa
Csutoras & Liando
Jakarta, Indonesia; London, United Kingdom
DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency)
Beit Sahour, Palestinian Territories
Deane Simpson
Copenhagen, Denmark
Didier Faustino
Paris, France
El Equipo de Mazzanti + Nicolás Paris
Bogotá, Colombia
Fake Industries Architectural Agonism + University of Technology Sydney
New York, United States; Sydney, Australia
Fala Atelier
Porto, Portugal
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zürich + Self Assembly Lab, MIT
Zürich, Switzerland; Cambridge, United States
Iwan Baan
Amsterdam, Netherlands
John Ronan Architects
Chicago, United States
Johnston Marklee
Los Angeles, United States
junya.ishigami +associates
Tokyo, Japan
Kéré Architecture
Berlin, Germany
Kuehn Malvezzi + Armin Linke + Marko Lulić
Berlin, Germany; Milan, Italy; Vienna, Austria
Lateral Office
Toronto, Canada
lclaoffice / Luis Callejas with Charlotte Hansson
Cambridge, United States; Medellín, Colombia
LIST
Paris, France
MAIO
Barcelona, Spain
Makeka Design Lab
Cape Town, South Africa
Mark Wasiuta, Marcos Sanchez, Adam Bandler + GSAPP Exhibitions
Los Angeles and New York, United States
Mass Studies + Hyun-Suk SEO
Seoul, Korea
Moon Hoon
Seoul, Korea
MOS Architects
New York, United States
New-Territories / M4
Paris, France; Bangkok, Thailand
Nikolaus Hirsch/Michel Müller
Frankfurt, Germany
Noero Architects
Cape Town, South Africa
Norman Kelley
Chicago and New York, United States
OFFICE Kersten Geers David van Severen + Bas Princen
Brussels, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands
onishimaki + hyakudayuki architects
Tokyo, Japan
OPEN Architecture + Spirit of Space
Beijing, China; Chicago, United States
otherothers
Sydney, Australia
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S with Casey Rehm
Los Angeles, United States
Pedro&Juana
Mexico City, Mexico
PIOVENEFABI + Stefano Graziani + YellowOffice
Milan, Italy
Plan:b Arquitectos
Medellín, Colombia
Point Supreme
Athens, Greece
PRODUCTORA
Mexico City, Mexico
RAAAF [Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ramak Fazel
Los Angeles, United States
RUA Arquitetos
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rural Urban Framework
Hong Kong
selgascano + helloeverything
Madrid, Spain
Smout Allen + Geoff Manaugh
London, United Kingdom
SO-IL
New York, United States
Sou Fujimoto Architects
Tokyo, Japan
Stefano Boeri Architetti
Milan, Italy
Studio Albori
Milan, Italy
Studio Gang
Chicago, United States
Studio [D] Tale
Harare, Zimbabwe; Cape Town, South Africa; London, United Kingdom
Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Mexico City, Mexico
TOMA
Santiago, Chile
Tomás Saraceno
Berlin, Germany
URBZ
Mumbai, India
Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
WAI Architecture Think Tank
Beijing, China
Wolff Architects
Cape Town, South Africa
WORKac + Ant Farm
New York, United States
Yasmeen Lari + Heritage Foundation of Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan

BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago

3D Design Studio
Chicago, United States
Ania Jaworska
Chicago, United States
Central Standard Office of Design
Chicago, United States
David Brown
Chicago, United States
David Schalliol
Chicago, United States
Design With Company
Chicago, United States
Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape
Chicago, United States
JAHN
Chicago, United States
JGMA
Chicago, United States
Krueck + Sexton
Chicago, United States
Landon Bone Baker
Chicago, United States
Margaret McCurry
Chicago, United States
Michael Pecirno
London, United Kingdom
PORT Urbanism
Chicago, United States
SOM + CAMESgibson
Chicago, United States
Stanley Tigerman
Chicago, United States
UrbanLab
Chicago, United States
Weathers
Chicago, United States