ChiDesign: Designing a Center for Architecture, Design and Education

On July 9, 2015, the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) will launch the organization’s first ideas competition for a Center for Architecture, Design and Education (CADE). The competition will tackle an exciting new building typology, one with design as its central focus. Competitors will propose a facility that includes the new headquarters, visitor center and exhibition spaces of the Chicago Architecture Foundation; a new headquarters for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH); a design and allied arts high school; and flexible learning spaces for out-of-school-time youth programs.

The distinguished professionals who will jury the competition and identify the first, second and third place winners include:

• Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects
• David Adjaye, Adjaye Associates
• Monica Ponce De Leon, MPdL Studio
• Billie Tsien, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
• Ned Cramer, Editor-in-Chief of Architect magazine

The jury will award three cash prizes with minimum values of at least:

• First prize: $10,000
• Second prize: $5,000
• Third prize: $2,500

In conjunction with the competition, CAF will host a major exhibition featuring a shortlist of submissions, during the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. The exhibition will be open from October 1, 2015, to January 3, 2016. The aim of the exhibition is to spark discussion around the design of a Center for Architecture, Design and Education in Chicago, and highlight the city’s legacy of architectural leadership.

For complete rules, guidelines and project submission, visit chidesigncompetition.org