A Home for Chicago Architecture

Move over, Tribune Tower. The Chicago Architecture Foundation is organizing an ideas competition for a 241,000-square-foot Center for Architecture, Design, and Education, on a prominent downtown site near Millennium Park. David Adjaye, Hon. FAIA, Monica Ponce de Leon, AIA, Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, Billie Tsien, AIA, and ARCHITECT editor-in-chief Ned Cramer, Assoc. AIA, will serve as jurors. The top prize is $10,000, and Chicago Public Schools students will award a special $1,000 prize. During the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the foundation will exhibit as many as 100 shortlisted entries at its current facility on Michigan Avenue. Visit chidesigncompetition.org for a detailed brief, deadlines, and other information.