Plan now to make Show 'n Tell '24 the best ever! 

We are looking for Slide-Show presentations, 8-minutes max, with an architectural theme. Tell us about your travels, or pet projects. Call Judy Freeman to volunteer.

Here are details about Show 'n Tell '23 to serve as a reference

Like many small residential practices Cohen & Hacker Architects have made a career of doing house additions.

Lecture and Book Signing (and book sales)

Thursday, September 26, 5:45pm

St. James Commons bldg 65 E. Huron St.
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Free event, but reservations are REQUIRED 

In a practice spanning almost forty years they have evolved strategies for making additions that represent both a theoretical and philosophical position about altering older buildings. They believe that recycling existing houses, retrofitting them to meet new energy standards, preserving their embodied energy as well as their cultural significance is the most sustainable way to practice architecture.  

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June 22, 2014

24 of us braved the heat to enjoy a curated tour of the new Pullman National Monument and Historic Park! We learned about the place, the people, their products, and their community. Click to see more about this experience!

Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Join leading architects and urban designers for the 2024 Global Walking Tour, "Vertical Villages." Participants will have the opportunity to see the diversity of vertical housing in Chicago and participate in engaging discussions with other professionals.

The tour will start at 5:00 pm at the ground floor of 167 N. Green Street, and the route will explore how people live in tall buildings and the kinds of amenities that sky-high residential "villages" offer. The tour will end at the Gin Alley located on 114 N. Green Street.