Valentine’s week (yes, it is a full week for some of us) is chock full of architecture events. YoChicago’s architecture journal City Spaces, City Places fills you in:
Sustainable Architecture Lunchtime Lecture: “Chicago’s Green Permit Program” gets a rundown by Erik Olsen, Green Projects Administrator, Chicago Department of Construction and Permits. 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the ArchiCenter, 224 S Michigan Ave. Free.
Richard Cahan and Michael Williams talk about their book Richard Nickel’s Chicago: Photographs of a Lost City. Noon, Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Barnes & Noble, Depaul Center, 1 E Jackson. Free.
Chicago Architecture Foundation Lunchtime Lecture: Mark Sexton of Kruek & Sexton Architects weighs in on “The Spertus Institute’s New Glass House.” 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the ArchiCenter, 224 S Michigan Ave. Free.
Preservation Snapshots: Richard Cahan and Michael Williams discuss Richard Nickel’s Chicago: Photographs of a Lost City. 12:15, Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E Washington. Free.
Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin gives a lecture on “Extreme Architecture: Disaster, spectacle and signs of hope for the post-9/11 world.” 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, Lake Forest College, Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel, 555 N Sheridan Road, Lake Forest. Free.
Please feel free to add events for the week of Feb. 12 in the comments section below.