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Archeworks is an alternative design school with a difference. In place of a traditional curriculum, students work in multidisciplinary teams with nonprofit partners to create design solutions for social needs. Founded in 1993 by internationally known architect Stanley Tigerman, FAIA ,and award winning designer Eva Maddox, FIIDA, Archeworks is located in the heart of Chicago's River North community area in a 1997 building designed by Tigerman.
Partner Category: Civic and Non-Profit Organization
Centennial Activities
Thursday, November 5, 2009 9:00am to 5:00pm
Infrastructures for Change Workshop
Archeworks
Keynote speaker Dr. Eric W. Sanderson — Senior Conservation Ecologist, Wildlife Conservation Society and author of The Mannahatta Project — kicks off a day-long workshop examining the process of change in our collective environments. [MORE]
Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:00am
Wellsprings Eternal: Imagination and Innovation for Oil and Water
Archeworks
The challenges we face ahead in managing oil and water resources can be daunting.
What are the imaginative and creative solutions being developed? Can technology and design really solve the problems we face or will we need to consider much more significant changes and sacrifices at the individual, community, and global level?
Panelists: [MORE]
Website: http://www.archeworks.org/
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Archeworks
625 North Kingsbury St
Chicago, IL 60610-6932
312.867.7254
312.867.7260 (fax)
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