The SAH Chicago Chapter hosts engaging events, tours and lectures throughout the year.
The Chicago Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians is a membership organization open to scholars, professionals and amateur architecture buffs alike. The Society's 3,500 members include architectural historians, architects, preservationists, students, professionals in allied fields and the interested public. Founded in 1940, membership in SAH is open to everyone, regardless of professi
06/06/2014
Thank you to lecturers Pascal Laurent and Keith Bringe as well as Alliance Francaise, Society of Architectural Historians Chicago Chapter, and Chicago Art Deco Society for such an educational and fun night!
Photo Credits: Elizabeth Blasius, Todd Protzman-Davis, and Conrad Miczko, Ruth Dearborn
06/06/2014
The Fiery Career of Architecture Critic Ada Louis Huxtable|The Getty Iris The Iris is the Getty's online magazine. Launched in April 2010, it is written by the staff, volunteers, scholars, interns, and others at the Getty's two Los Angeles campuses—the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu—and around the world.
03/08/2014
Mark your calendars for three great SAHCC events! The premiere of "William LeBaron Jenney: In His Own Words" on April 8th, Our popular Downtown Chicago 'Building Tops' tour on May 14th, and an Art Deco Symposium with Pascal Laurent and SAHCC's own Keith Bringe on May 23rd.
Society of Architectural Historians - Chicago Chapter: 3 GREAT PROGRAMS FOR SPRING: JENNEY... The Chicago Chapter of the international non-profit Society of Architectural Historians is a membership organization that is open to scholars, professionals and amateur architecture buffs. The SAH Chicago Chapter hosts events, tours, lectures and publishes a newsletter.
03/05/2014
Elevators have allowed Chicago architects to build tall, taller and tallest since the late 19th century to dazzling effect. P.S. Happy 177th Birthday, Windy City!
How the elevator transformed America - The Boston Globe For most city-dwellers, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the passion that Americans afford trains, jets, and bicycles. But a small group of elevator experts consider this a travesty. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or resident...
02/25/2014
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright is this week's featured building on SAH Archipedia, SAH's online encyclopedia of American architecture and landscapes. Learn more at http://sah-archipedia.org.
Photo credit: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
01/31/2014
Built in 1912, the Beaux-Arts Cook County Hospital played an important role in keeping Chicagoans healthy for almost a hundred years. Will the redevelopment of the West Side Medical Center breathe new life into this iconic structure?
It was reported yesterday that President Preckwinkle has directed county officials to hire a manager to oversee redevelopment of its West Side Medical Center campus that would include reuse of Old Cook County Hospital: http://tinyurl.com/kyn6l32
Since 2001 Landmarks Illinois has been campaigning for reuse of the former Beaux-Arts hospital building. We commend President Preckwinkle for her leadership on this matter and we continue to offer our assistance. See background on this long-time advocacy campaign and information on Landmarks Illinois’ reuse study for the hospital that was presented to county commissioners in 2003: http://tinyurl.com/c8mhz8a Photos: Antunovich Associates Inc.
12/12/2013
Sick of shopping State Street? Treat yourself to a great movie on Architecture! The Gene Siskel Film Center will be showing Hiroshi Teshigahara's Antonio Gaudi from Friday, December 20th thru Thursday, December 26th. http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/gaudi-2013
ANTONIO GAUDÍ | siskelfilmcenter.org Our holiday tradition, we bring back the ever-popular cult film by Hiroshi Teshigahara (WOMAN OF THE DUNES), inspired by the wild, undulating, joyously erupting forms of Barcelona architect Antonio Gaud�.
12/12/2013
SAH Announces Architecture Tours for Annual Conference in Austin The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has announced the architectural tours slated for its 2014 Annual Conference that takes place April 9-13, in Austin, Texas. The tours are an important part of the conference, which brings art and architectural historians, city planners, preservationists, ...
12/05/2013
This is a collection of absolutely stunning images of Eero Saarinen's work, from scale models to construction photographs to the masterful reality these buildings created across the country.
The 20th-Century Architecture of Eero Saarinen In America's postwar years, architects and builders were redefining modernism, taking advantage of new construction techniques and materials to create a visual language for the 20th century
11/14/2013
The Society of Architectural Historians presented four Awards for Architectural Excellence at the 2013 Awards Gala on November 9. Honorees included Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Judith Paine McBrien, Blair Kamin and Art Institute of Chicago curators Zoë Ryan, Alison Fisher and Karen Kice. Photos by Anne Evans.
Join Historian and Preservationist Heather Plaza-Manning at the Uptown Library as she leads a lecture on Egyptian Revival Architecture tonight at 7 p.m.
Romancing the Sphinx: American Egyptian Revival Architecture - Events and Programs - Chicago... About this event:If you want to know why the facade at Nick's Uptown on Sheridan Road is important, come and hear Heather Plaza-Manning, a preservationist and historian, speak on Egyptian architecture in America.You will learn about this movement and how it fits into Chicago architecture. This fas...
11/12/2013
Could Pullman become Chicago's first National Park?
Making Pullman national park would fuel economy, supporters say The neighborhood that could become Chicago's first entry in the national park system bears little semblance to Yosemite .