This past weekend marked the opening of the second Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB), making it, officially, a biennial. With the theme “Make New History,” CAB—the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America—looks both to architecture’s past and to what’s next. “The whole city is a canvas for a discussion to inform, influence, and imagine what the future will be,” said Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel at a press conference to kick off the months-long event.
In fact, much of the Biennial takes place within the Chicago Cultural Center, a labyrinthine former library building built in 1897. Artistic directors Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of the Los Angeles-based firm Johnston Marklee, who drew the title for this year’s edition from a work by artist Ed Ruscha, selected over 140 participants—architects as well as photographers, musicians, and performance artists—to consider the importance of historical material to their practice.
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