The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams

Calendar & Projects

ALL CALENDAR ITEMS ARE FROM 2009. PLEASE CHECK WITH PROGRAM PARTNERS FOR CURRENT COSTS AND DATES.

Burnham Memorial Competition Exhibit

Burnham Memorial Competition Exhibit

Exhibit :

This exhibit features David Woodhouse Architects' winning design and three-dimensional scale model for a proposed Burnham Memorial at a site on the Museum Campus just north of the Field Museum. DWA's design was one of 19 entries submitted by architectural firms throughout the country in the two-phase competition. Other firms represented include Hoerr Shaudt, Chicago (Finalist & Second-Place Winner), Sasaki Associates Inc., Watertown, MA (Finalist & Third-Place Winner), John Ronan Architects, Chicago (Honorable Mention), Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge Inc., Chicago (Honorable Mention), and Peter Walker & Partnes, Berkely, CA (Honorable Mention).
 
To view DWA's winning entries and the other entries listed above, click here.

Program Partners

AIA Chicago

The American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, is the largest organization of licensed architects, architectural interns, and allied professionals within Illinois. It is the second largest AIA chapter in the country. Of the 83,000 AIA members across the country, over 3,000 belong to the ...[MORE]

Field Museum

The Field Museum was founded in 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with its purpose the "accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history." In 1905, the Museum's name ...[MORE]


This program was offered on these dates:
Exhibit : Friday, August 21, 2009 to Sunday, November 1, 2009

AIA Chicago

Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE with Museum admission

Website: http://www.aiachicago.org/burnham

Location:
The Field Museum, Brooker Gallery
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605
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