Tours
Prentice Women’s Hospital [TR1]
Date: Monday, June 14
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 PM
Credits: 0.2 CEUs
Fee: $25 Members; $45 Non-Members
Transportation Provided
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Prentice Women’s Hospital is a 17-story facility with one basement and a penthouse, totaling nearly one-million square feet. Designed in a VOA and OWPP collaborative, the hospital has the capacity for 13,600 deliveries annually and is the largest birthing center in Illinois. It provides space for an array of comprehensive women’s health services, the care of high-risk infants and cancer treatment through the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The facility includes inpatient units, outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services, ambulatory care, surgical services and administrative offices. The state-of-the-art, LEED Silver-certified facility also boasts the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Health Center, the largest comprehensive breast center in the region, and the Renée Schine Crown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the largest neonatal intensive care unit in Illinois. The hospital structure consists of steel floor framing and concrete elevator cores. The tunnel connects the new facility to the rest of the Northwestern medical campus. Detailed coordination was required to avoid disruption to surrounding hospital operations. The project is the first LEED certified hospital in the state of Illinois and the largest LEED certified hospital in the United States.
Speakers: Percy E. Roberts III, AIA, president and coo, VOA Mike Yoshimura, OWP/P Cannon Design Jocelyn Stroupe, OWP/P Cannon Desig
Modern Wing – Art Institute of Chicago [TR2]
Date: Monday June 14th
Time: 10 a.m. – noon
Credits: 1.5 LU
Fee: $15 Meet: CAF shop and Tour Center, 224 S. Michigan Ave.
(no transportation provided)
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In partnership with the Art Institute, we reveal the 21st Century addition to the museum's extensive campus. A theme of light and sustainability runs through the project, enhanced by the flying carpet and thermal glass walls. A dialogue with nature and our City is established by gallery windows and a soaring bridge way. This tour unveils architect Renzo Piano's vision within the context of historic buildings and landscapes that create the home of the museum's collection.
theWit Hotel [TR3]
Date: Monday, June 14
Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Credits: 0.2 CEUs
Fee: $25 Members; $45 Non-Members
Transportation Provided
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Chicago’s AAA Four Diamond Hotel - theWit Hotel is more than a hotel - it's a new experience. At the famed intersection of State & Lake, theWit is just footsteps away from the Magnificent Mile, Theatre District and Museum Campus, not to mention the infamous State Street. This downtown Chicago boutique hotel has become renowned for its jagged lightning-bolt motif creased on its 27-story glass façade of the building, and angular roof, a nod to the reputation of the Windy City. Home to ROOF, one of the Top 10 Roof Bars in the US and Chicago’s hottest destination, theWit is the first major building by architect Jackie Koo, 45, who previously worked for Chicago's DeStefano+Partners. Guests scintillate their taste buds in cibo matto, the Northern Italian fine dining experience, or State and Lake, the American Gastro Pub. Like the building, the interiors are a visual feast. Beverly Hills-based Cheryl Rowley Design (know for its work with Kimpton Hotels) took the lead on rooms and common areas while Atlanta-based The Johnson Studio was commissioned to create the interiors of the hotels two restaurants and roof top bar. Bringing guests the ultimate theater experience in our 40 seat SCREENing room or inviting them to unwind in a peaceful retreat in Spa@theWit, the space is marked by a sense of unconventional wisdom and subtle whimsy.
Speakers: Scott Greenberg, Creator of theWit Lou Carrier, Chief Operating Officer, theWit Jackie Koo, Owner, Koo and Associates Ltd Mark Shouger, General Manager, theWit Christina Santarelli, Media Marketing Manager, theWit
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House and Hyde Park [TR4]
Date: Tuesday, June 15th
Time: 9:15 a.m. – 1 p.m. Credits: 3 LU
Fee: $80 Includes box lunch and transportation via luxury motor coach
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Experience the eclectic Hyde Park neighborhood, home to President Obama and Frank Lloyd Wright’s famed Robie House. Sparking a revolution in residential architecture whose influence still reverberates today, the Robie House features gravity-defying overhangs and continuous bands of glorious art glass. One of the AIA 10 most significant structures of the 20th century, it exemplifies the modern home.
Green Building Walking Tour [TR5]
Date: Tuesday, June 15th
Time: 12-4 p.m.
Credits: 0.3 CEU, 3 LUs
Fee: $50 includes lunch
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USGBC-Chicago Chapter is pleased to offer a walking tour of some of the city's greenest spaces. This tour will include a visit to:
- Offices of the Chicago Chapter of the AIA (a LEED Gold commercial interior) - Designed to help facilitate communication, the AIA's offices were designed by a competition-winning team and incorporates a variety of sustainable principals and methods. More information about the Chicago AIA offices can be found here: http://www.architectmagazine.com/office-and-business/aia-chicago-offices.aspx
- 353 North Clark (a LEED Silver Core and Shell & LEED Gold commercial interior) - 353 North Clark is a LEED Silver core and shell structure and the corporate headquarters of Mesirow Financial is a LEED Gold Commercial Interiors project. Mesirow's offices features daylight harvesting, low mercury lamps and digitally addressable ballasts and diverted 80% of construction waste from landfill. More information about 353 North Clark can be found here: http://www.mesirowfinancial.com/company/socialresponsibility/353_nclark.jsp
- Rick Bayless' Xoco restaurant (a LEED registered commercial interior) - Xoco is Rick Bayless' new addition to the Chicago culinary scene and serves up a contemporary expression of Mexican street food. The restaurant itself features extensive use of day-lighting, high insulation values, regional materials and lowered water consumption. More information about Xoco can be found here: http://www.prlog.org/10335862-celebrity-top-chef-opens-new-green-restaurant.html
Please note that the tour will include 1.5 miles of walking in between the stops in addition to the building tours. Attendees are highly encouraged to wear sensible walking shoes and not bring extra bags with them on this tour. This tour will be held rain or shine. Attendees are responsible for bringing their own umbrellas or other weather protection.
The Clare at Water Tower [TR6]
Date: Tuesday, June 15
Time: 2 - 5 p.m.
Credits: 0.2 CEUs
Fee: $25 Members; $45 Non-Members Transportation Provided
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The Clare at Water Tower is the first-of-its-kind, high-rise senior living community in Chicago and is thereby one of the tallest residential buildings reserved for seniors anywhere in the world. It was designed Mr. Ralph Johnson, a principal at Perkins + Will, and is the result of a partnership between the Franciscan Sisters and Loyola University to maximize the use of an urban site on Loyola's downtown campus. Located just one block off of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, it is situated in the heart of Chicago’s prestigious Gold Coast. LEED Silver certified, the first three floors of the 56-story high-rise will house Loyola classrooms which allow Loyola to expand its academic facilities. Forty-one levels featuring 250 independent living units, 3 floors of skilled nursing and 3 floors with 52 units of assisted living are allowing the Franciscan Sisters to fulfill their mission of providing much-needed housing for senior citizens. Other levels include a spa and fitness center and public amenities such as dining, libraries, kitchens and administration space.
Speakers: Bonnie Manson, president, Interior Design Associates
Wrigley Global Innovation Center [TR7]
Date: Tuesday, June 15
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Credit: 0.2 CEUs
Fee: $25 Members; $45 Non-Members Transportation Provided
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With a design by HOK that supports creativity and collaboration, the Wrigley Global Innovation Center (GIC) is a critical part of accelerating the Wrigley vision of weaving products into the fabric of everyday life around the world. The three-story 193,000-square-foot laboratory and office building on Chicago's Goose Island opened its doors in May, 2005. This state-of-the-art LEED Gold certified facility helps in creating consumer-driven innovation in Wrigley's products, packaging and processes. Measures taken for certification by the Wrigley/Transwestern on-site team included fully implementing a building operations and maintenance plan which met the LEED requirements, maximizing the efficiency of the highly energy efficient heating and cooling system and utilization of the combination white and green roofs that were part of base building construction to reduce heat island effect and storm water runoff. In addition they increased outdoor air intake to insure high quality indoor air and reduced water use to 20% below industry standards. The building provides space and resources for the company's team of scientists, designers, technicians, and marketers to continue creating high-quality confectionery products. Flexible office space and laboratories designed with collaboration in mind provide modular furniture and equipment to facilitate communication and sharing among the disciplines.
Speakers: Colin Rohlfing, HOK Rick Walker, TRANSWESTERN
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park [TR8]
Date:Wednesday, June 16
Time: 9:15 am-1 pm
Credits: 3 LU
Fee:$80 Includes box lunch and transportation via luxury motor coach
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Take an architectural tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio and the surrounding historic district, home of the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world. A true living laboratory for the famed architect and the birthplace of the Prairie School of Architecture, Wright's first home and studio dramatically presents unique, revolutionary ideas throughout the museum complex in trademark designs.
All tours with the exception of [TR2] should meet at the South Lobby/Drive main entrance by the tour schedule sign.
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