Archinect - News2024-11-23T04:44:19-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150304695/chicago-architectural-biennial-opens-new-exhibition-space-at-the-chicago-cultural-center
Chicago Architectural Biennial opens new exhibition space at the Chicago Cultural Center Nathaniel Bahadursingh2022-03-29T17:41:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/24/246cbf2dd6568c3addafb8a2c72fe854.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/465082/chicago-architecture-biennial" target="_blank">Chicago Architecture Biennial</a> has announced the opening of the CAB Studio, a new, year-round exhibition space located on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. The studio will be a space to explore design and present innovative ideas. It will host exhibitions, programs, and events, along with youth and family activities. </p>
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CAB Studio will open with the exhibition, <em>Architecture of Reparations</em>, by New York-based collaborative Riff Studio, including designers Isabel Strauss, Rekha Auguste-Nelson, and Farnoosh Rafaie. It incorporates a study of public policy, architectural history, and reparations to tell the story of the erasure in Bronzeville, a historic Black neighborhood in the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/596198/south-side" target="_blank">South Side</a> of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4611/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a>. This is the focus and outcome of a thesis project by Strauss while studying at the <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard Graduate School of Design</a>. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/de8393bfd91a709e4ebc54045400b8b5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/de8393bfd91a709e4ebc54045400b8b5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150281789/check-out-the-first-installation-images-of-the-now-open-chicago-architecture-biennial" target="_blank">Check out the first installation images of the now open Chicago Architecture Biennial</a></figcaption></figure><p>The exhibition uncovers the history and tells t...</p>