From the magnificence of Caldwell to the minimalism of Mies (say that fives times fast), it’s a big week in Chicago architecture. YoChicago’s architecture journal, City spaces, city places, has you covered.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation will sponsor “Passionate Nature: Alfred Caldwell’s Chicago Parks” at 6 p.m. Tuesday April 25 at the Archicenter’s John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery, 224 S Michigan Ave. The talk is $10 for the public and free for CAF and Lincoln Park Conservancy members. Caldwell’s Lily pond, in Lincoln Park, has been nominated for designation as a National Historic Landmark. You can RSVP at 312-922-3432, x. 224 or by e-mailing LSmith@Architecture.org.
The Illinois Institute of Technology is celebrating the 50th anniversary of S.R. Crown Hall with “Looking Back, Looking Ahead,” a reading series that explores the influence of Miesian minimalism on various fields. All lectures are at 6 p.m. at IIT’s Crown Hall, 3360 S State St, 312-567-5014. They are free and open to the public. Chef Elaine Sikorski will speak tonight, April 24. Architect David Chipperfield will speak on Wednesday April 26. Opera and experimental theater maven Robert Wilson will speak on Friday April 28.