Posts Tagged ‘dorchester art+housing collaborative’
Chicago Tribune: Equitable real estate development on Chicago’s South Side is possible. Artist Theaster Gates has shown the way.
Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative Featured in AIA Film Challenge
AIA recently launched the AIA Film Challenge 2020; a competition that encourages collaboration between architects and filmmakers to share architectural stories. This year’s prompt is to tell a story about architects partnering with communities and civic leaders to design a healthy, sustainable, just world that improves peoples’ lives. Thanks to filmmaker Brodie Kerst, the Dorchester…
Read MoreDA+HC Named One of AIA Illinois 200 Great Places
Woodlawn Park and DA+HC Receive AIA Illinois Honor Awards
On October 27th AIA Illinois honored Woodlawn Park with the Daniel Burnham Award for planning, which recognizes projects for their contribution to the enhancement of a community. Woodlawn Park is a community-initiated development of affordable, market-rate, and senior housing centered around reengaging its historic connection to the neighborhood of Woodlawn, the University of Chicago, Washington…
Read MoreTerrace 459 and DA+HC Receive Design Excellence Awards
Left: Parkside of Old Town, IIB. Photo: David Schalliol. Right: Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative. Photo: Barry Rustin parkside of old town 2b and dorchester art + housing collaborative were honored with distinguished building awards during aia chicago’s annual designight at navy pier’s grand ballroom on friday, october 14th. see the winners of the…
Read More8/1: AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award Webinar
Learn more about the AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards and the design and construction of the awarded projects during aia housing knowledge community’s webinar taking place this coming Monday at 1pm. Catherine will be presenting LBBA’s work on Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, which was recognized for its incorporation of housing within other community amenities for the purpose of…
Read MoreDA+HC Wins National AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award
Redevelopment of the former Dante Harper public housing into Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative (DA+HC). Barry Rustin Photography. “very visible and so empowering – this is part of something very large and momentous happening in chicago right now.” – jury comments The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Housing Knowledge Community, in conjunction with the…
Read Morenew photos of DA+HC on Designboom
See new photos of Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative in this recently published designboom article, “multi-disciplinary partnership transforms public housing to arts incubator.” Credit: Barry Rustin Photography.
Read Morelbba wins second place driehaus awards for excellence in community design
On February 18, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago presented the 22nd Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards (CNDA) to recognize and honor the top real estate development and architectural design projects in the city’s neighborhoods. Awarding the best of the year’s neighborhood-focused developments, CNDA is a time to celebrate as well as reflect on the…
Read MoreChicago Tribune: “Architecture Biennial’s outlying exhibits offer evidence of power of design”
The power of design to address social issues and improve people’s lives and their community is the focus of a recent Chicago Tribune article by Blair Kamin. Kamin encourages visitors to the biennial to tour peripheral sites, such as the newly-opened Stony Island Arts Bank– the latest in Rebuild Foundation’s pursuit to revitalize communities through art, culture, and engagement. Stony Island…
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