Jack Schroeder honored to receive the AIA Illinois John Wellborn Root Award
Last Friday evening, Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum hosted the AIA Illinois Honor Awards, where Jack Schroeder received the John Wellborn Root Award. Named after one of the founders of the Chicago School style of architecture known for his work with Daniel Burnham, the award recognizes the exemplary noteworthy service and design talent of an architect who has been licensed in Illinois for ten years or less. Congratulations Jack!
The ACE Mentor Program Chicago
Victor with Team 1
It’s spring time, and for Victor that means it’s the end of the season for the ACE Mentor Program. Victor joined the ACE (which stands for Architecture, Construction, and Engineering) Mentor Program back in 2007. The program connects high school students (mostly from Chicago Public Schools) with Architecture, Construction, and Engineering industry professionals, dividing the students into teams that include mentors from each industry profession. Students gain overall knowledge, experience, and advice from their mentors that can apply to a future career.
“The ACE Mentor Program is exceptional for the amazing learning environment it fosters between mentors and students,” says Victor, who credits mentorship as a big part of his professional development. Toward the end of the season, students decide which profession most interests them, and focus more directly on one of the three careers. In addition, the ACE program provides the opportunity for internships and financial support through scholarships and grants that are awarded at the end of each season. To check out exactly what the ACE mentor program has been up to for the past 5 months, check out their blog.
Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards- LBBA honored to receive first place award
The 18th annual LISC Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards were celebrated this past Tuesday at Chicago Hilton and Towers. The event marked the 15th Anniversary of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural excellence in Community Design, an annual celebration of community achievement that focuses on good design amongst Chicago’s neighborhoods that “inspire people and celebrate community.” LBBA is really excited to have received the Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence, first place, this year for the Roseland Senior Campus project. Read more about the Driehaus award here.
Congratulations to Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago for achieving the Outstanding Non Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project for Roseland Place, and to Sol Flores, Executive Director of La Casa Norte for winning the Private Bank Norman Bobins Leadership Award.
Jeff Bone, Landon Bone Baker Architects, Richard H. Driehaus, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Sunny Fischer, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Debbie Dixon, Past Associate Director, NHS Redevelopment Corporation, and Ed Jacob, NHS of Chicago.
Far From Family, Alone, Homeless and Still Just 18
John Konstantaras/Chicago News Cooperative
Check out this great article about La Casa Norte posted in this past weekend’s New York Times.
LBBA hosts an IIT Boeing Scholar
This past Monday, LBBA’s Terran Wilson and Victor Jimenez welcomed Jonnathan, an Amundsen High School Senior who plans to study architecture in college next year. Jonnathan met the staff, received some college advice, and learned all about LBBA through IIT Boeing Scholars Academy’s first job shadow day. Boeing Scholars Academy is a free academic enrichment program that provides high achieving high school students the opportunity to explore and experience careers related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
CAF Launches Web-Based Curriculum for high school students
The Chicago Architecture Foundation recently launched Discover Design: A Student Design Experience, a free web-based learning tool for teens. The interactive website provides high school students with the opportunity to choose from a series of actual design challenges. Students work through the architectural design process to propose solutions through uploaded sketches, drawings, and digital models. The work can then be admired and critiqued by a pool of professionals, teachers, and other students from all over.
Modeled after The Architecture Handbook, Discover Design is CAF’s next step in high school architectural education. LBBA was proud to be a (small) part of the planning & testing of the web-based curriculum. It has been a blast to interact with excited and interested kids from around the country!
Community Convenes for 92nd Street planning
Claretian Associates hosted 30 enthusiastic residents and other stakeholders at Loncar’s last week to plan for the future of the east 92nd Street corridor.
Attendees toured surrounding blocks and shared their vision for future development that could include affordable rental housing, green space, arts space and many other possibilities.
Landon Bone Baker Architects facilitated the workshop. If you’d like to be included in future planning discussions, please email Tasha Baker.
Viceroy SRO Under (de)construction
The Viceroy SRO’s makeover is underway! Environmental remediation is complete and demolition has started. Last week started the extensive process of gutting and clearing the site.
Roseland Senior Campus included in the AIA Design for Aging Review 10
Roseland Senior Campus, one of LBBA’s projects completed just this past year, is featured in the AIA’s Design for Aging Reveiw 10. The Campus consists of Roseland Place, a 60-unit independent living facility with a Senior Satellite Center, and Village Apartments, a 10-unit grand-family housing facility.
In its sixth year as a biannually printed publication, the Review highlights 36 outstanding designs for an aging population, including assisting living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and nursing homes. Published by the AIA Design for Aging Knowledge Community (DFA), the book is part of a broader mission to educate professionals in architecture, clients, and related industries in order to improve facilities for aging adults.
Tribune discusses the Viceroy and the Near West Side’s Continued plan for Revitalization
The majestic Viceroy Hotel that overlooks Chicago’s Union Park used to get attention for all of the wrong reasons, but with a plan that includes a rehabilitation and exterior restoration of the historic landmark, it’s sure to turn some heads for the right reasons. The Tribune discusses the hotel’s former history and details of one of LBBA’s latest projects, The Viceroy SRO, and how the city is meeting the Near West Side’s need for helpful, affordable housing.