Two days after announcing that Chicago will host its own architecture biennial in 2015, Mayor Rahm Emanuel opened the 2014 AIA Convention here this morning, where he called both the convention and the field of architecture essential to the future of all cities, and Chicago in particular. “In the same way that one hundred years ago Chicago was the epicenter of modern architecture, Chicago is now at the center of rethinking livable, sustainable, and beautiful cities,” Emanuel said. “Your effort is essential to that.”
He also called it fitting that the convention is being held in Chicago, a city that had long-standing and deep connections with the architectural profession. “This is a city that not only has the home of the first skyscraper, but also has three separate architecture schools and three separate architectural awards,” Emanuel said. “No other city has that deep history with architecture.”
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