Chicago Architecture Biennial / Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Artistic director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, and director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
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Sarah Herda
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FROM Sarah Herda
Design and Architecture
The State of the Art of Architecture Projects by 120 architects and artists, selected from over 30 countries on six continents are intended to reveal The State of the Art of Architecture at the first Chicago Architectural Biennial, closing early January. But don't expect headliner museums or showy building skins or ever higher skyscrapers. The artistic director explains that big change can happen to cities, at a small scale.
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