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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 On this night in 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began in the O’Leary barn. Cameras existed—but early ones were too slow to capture the chaos. What we have instead: Currier & Ives lithographs and a cry that still defines us “CHICAGO SHALL RISE AGAIN!” 💪 https://bit.ly/3ZIjjDI

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 4d

🏆 Chicago has been named the Best Big City in US for the 9th year in a row! 🏙️ From world-class architecture & cultural icons to award-winning dining & innovation, it’s no wonder we’ve topped the Condé Nast Traveler list once again. 👏
https://bit.ly/46HKvWc
@choosechicago.bsky.social

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 5d

🏗️ On World Architecture Day (yesterday 🫣) , we celebrate Chicago, the city that turned architecture into an art form. 💛

📸: @barrybutler9 via Instagram

#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofChicago #WorldArchitectureDay #ArchitectureDay

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for letting us know! Should be ok now.

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 5d

Ferris Bueller has been right the whole time.

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 8d

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 9d

On Wednesdays, we wear pink. 💅 Also Fridays. 😉

https://bit.ly/3WpHh3m

📸: Edgewater Beach Apartments, Architect: Marshall & Fox, Photographer: Eric Allix Rogers

#Chicago #architecture #OHC2025 #OpenHouseChicago #EdgewaterBeach #MeanGirlsDay

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 11d

Heading to the Chicago Marathon 🏃‍♂️? Whether you're running or cheering on the athletes 📣 , take a moment to take in the city. Here are a few buildings you'll see along the route.
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofChicago #Chicagomarathon #marathon #bankofamerica #Chicagohistory #historicChicago

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 Congrats to the National Public Housing Museum on winning the 2025 Driehaus Award for Adaptive Reuse AND the Driehaus Legacy Award! Their transformation of the last Jane Addams Homes into a civic & cultural destination honors history + imagines a more equitable future. https://bit.ly/4mJ8DMK

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 15d

😎 It’s official: Avondale is 1 of the world’s coolest neighborhoods (#1 in the U.S.). See why during Open House Chicago at 🎳 Avondale Bowl 🚂 Diversey House 🎵 Electrical Audio 🍻 Lake Effect Brewing 🥃 Judson & Moore Distillery. #allfortheloveofChicago #OHC2025 #Chicago #Avondale https://bit.ly/4nTW5Do

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 17d

🏗️ Before steel frames, 🧱 load-bearing walls held buildings up. The Monadnock shows both: massive brick walls on the north, steel frame on the south. A true milestone in Chicago architecture.
📸 Monadnock Building (Burnham & Root)
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofchicago
https://bit.ly/4gFh5ex

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 18d

🎉 NEW FOR #OHC2025! 🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation to this year’s #OpenHouseChicago lineup. Once the shuttered Emmet Elementary, this building now empowers the Austin community thru high-level workforce training & community-driven reuse. https://bit.ly/480tDee

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 20d

☀️🍂 The fall equinox doesn’t just mark the change of seasons, it also brings Chicagohenge, one of the city's best times to shine. ☀️🍂

📸: @nick.sinnott via Instagram

#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofChicago #Chicagohenge #FallEquinox

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 20d

📸 What a great turnout for Intro to Architectural Photography! Participants learned framing, lighting, and composition at the CAC studio, then hit the streets to put those skills into practice. Want to stay in the know about upcoming programs? Sign up for the CAC newsletter https://bit.ly/4dUy8qu

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 22d

😮 30 NEW sites are opening their doors for Open House Chicago 2025! From Chinatown to Edgewater & the Near West Side to Downtown, these sites are set to bring more magic to the city's largest architecture festival. 🪄 https://bit.ly/4nBbo3r 📷: Chicago Magic Lounge, Architect: Morris Architect

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 23d

🇵🇷🇲🇽 From vibrant murals to proud traditions, our tours of the #Pilsen neighborhood & the landscape of #HumboldtPark are a perfect way to honor #HispanicHeritageMonth.
https://bit.ly/4nzZuH4
📸: Hector Duarte's Studio, Photo: Eric Allix Rogers
#allfortheloveofChicago

Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 24d

190 South LaSalle blends in below and makes a Postmodern statement above. Why is this building topped with a dramatic green gable? https://bit.ly/41WTa4m
📸: 190 South LaSalle, Architect: Phillip Johnson and John Burgee, Photo: Eric Allix Rogers
#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofChicago

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 24d

🔎 Go beyond the skyline. CAC’s building tours spotlight:

📰 Rookery: 1893 library + atrium
🏗️ Inland Steel: mid-century icon
🪑 Merchandise Mart: once the largest building
🏙️ Willis Tower: Chicago's tallest building

architecture.org/city-tours

#Chicago #architecture #allfortheloveofChicago

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 25d

Is there some place you’d like to revisit that no longer exists? The Disappointed Tourist by Ellen Harvey opens 9/29 at the CAC. This exhibition features art of lost spaces & the stories of why they mattered.
https://bit.ly/41XcKNH
#allfortheloveofchicago #chicago #architecture #lostchicago

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 28d

Well, look at this all you architecture and history lovers! 💗 The #1 proposal spot in the world has just been named...and it is a major part of Chicago's architectural history. 💍 💞 https://bit.ly/3Ij0Dnp
#fortheloveofchicago #Chicago #proposals
📸: Courtesy CC/Wiki Commons/Steven Kevil

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 29d

🏙️ What's the Willis Tower's secret weapon? Bundled tube construction. 💪

🔗 Learn more about this engineering technique: https://bit.ly/46jZELI

#Chicago #architecture #fortheloveofChicago #WillisTower #SearsTower

📸: Soakologist via Wikimedia

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 29d

✨ THIS. WILL. SELL. OUT. ✨
🌉 Learn about Chicago bridges DURING an iconic bridge lift? Sounds like a perfect morning. Join us. October 15, 8:30 a.m. 🎟️ Link in bio. https://bit.ly/47ZKWwb

#Chicago #fortheloveofChicago #architecture #bridgelift #Chicagobridges

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Chicago Architecture Biennial is back! From 9/19-2/28 SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change features projects exploring housing, ecology & innovation to show architecture's role in our future. Join us at CAC on 9/18 for a free event. https://bit.ly/4mUHRBU 📸: JAG Studio

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · Sep 6

🙌 Join the team that makes Chicago’s biggest architecture festival possible! As an OHC volunteer, you’ll help visitors experience the magic of #OHC2025 at one of more than 200 sites. And you’ll receive volunteer benefits including an 🎟️ OHC Priority Access Pass & event tshirt! 👕https://bit.ly/3B2R8ow

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎂 Today is Daniel Burnham's birthday!

Learn more about Burnham: https://bit.ly/4lY53he

#Chicago #architecture #DanielBurnham #1893WorldsFair #historicChicago #Chicagohistory

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