Sunday / October 04, 2015 / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Transcending Pragmatism: Searching for a New Chicago
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington Street, Preston Bradley Hall
Designer of the acclaimed Poetry Foundation building in Chicago, John Ronan, FAIA (John Ronan Architects) will discuss his views on Chicago architecture and practicing within its building culture. Ronan's presentation, "Transcending Pragmatism: Searching for a New Chicago," will be the fifth in the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust's annual Thinking Into the Future: The Robie House Series on Architecture, Design and Ideas.
To reserve a seat, visit flwright.org or call 312.994.4000.
John Ronan Architects’ Poetry Foundation building in Chicago, built in 2007, received one of the Chicago-based firm’s two AIA national Honor Awards. Ronan has been recognized by Chicago’s Graham Foundation, the Architectural League of New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and is the subject of a Princeton Architectural Press monograph. He is a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
Launched in 2011, Thinking into the Future: The Robie House Series on Architecture, Design and Ideas engages leading international, national and Chicago voices in architecture, design and contemporary culture. Taking Wright’s forward-thinking philosophy as expressed in the Frederick C. Robie House, the program explores current ideas and issues in architecture, design and society that stimulate debate about our world today.
