Opening September 2023
Free admission • Chicago Cultural Center & partner locations
Experience the future of architecture at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. This ground-breaking event, which is the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America, will feature projects created by contributors from around the globe at free exhibits and events throughout the city.
The Chicago Architecture Biennial is held at the Chicago Cultural Center with a selection of off-site projects, related exhibitions, and programming in neighborhoods all across the city. All events and exhibits are free and open to the public.
Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Biennial / Corey Dewald, 2019
What is the Chicago Architecture Biennial?
The Biennial is a bi-annual, city-wide architecture exhibition that showcases the latest innovations in design and architecture from across the globe. The Chicago-based collective Floating Museum will drive the event’s artistic vision, which is centered around the theme This is a Rehearsal. The exhibition will explore how contemporary issues are shared across the globe but are addressed differently through art, architecture, and infrastructure.
The diverse types of Biennial programs can include:
- Exhibitions
- Pop-ups
- Site activations
- Public lectures and talks
- Workshops or conferences
- Youth educational activities
- Community festivals
- Performance/film/video/media screenings
- Tours
- Open houses at a place of architectural significance
Summer Flowers, 2019, courtesy of Chicago Architecture Biennial /
Kendall McCaugherty
Where will the Biennial take place?
The Biennial events will be centered in the Chicago Cultural Center. There will also be more than partner sites and organizations across Chicago, both serving as host venues and producing independent exhibitions.
Check the Chicago Architecture Biennial website for more information and exhibit details.
Museum of Oil –The American Rooms, 2019, courtesy of Chicago Architecture Biennial /
Kendall McCaughtry
