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The Chicago Architecture Biennial has named Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee<\/a> the art directors of the next event, which will run from September 16 to December 31, 2017. They take over this position from Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima, who led the widely praised inaugural event<\/a> in 2015. Also announced was the appointment of Todd Palmer, formerly the director of the National Public Housing Museum<\/a>, as the new Executive Director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.<\/p>\n

The theme of the upcoming event is \u201cMake New History\u201d and will explore the respective intersections of history and modernity and art and architecture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first is more inwardly focused within the discipline [of architecture] and the second one is more outwardly focused,\u201d explains Mark Lee. \u201cRather than showing the latest forms or the newest aesthetics, we will be focusing on the most innovative approaches that are deeply rooted in the history of architecture. We hope the biennial will be a platform and breeding ground for architects who embrace the continuity of the profession and believe in an evolutionary approach towards buildings and cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Johnston Marklee; image via Architect Magazine<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

This is familiar turf for the Los Angeles\u2013based architects, whose work has continually explored the relationship between design tradition and building technology. One such example is their Grid Is a Grid Is a Grid Is a Grid Is a Grid<\/i><\/a> installation at Chicago\u2019s Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a>, which was completed to coincide with last year\u2019s biennial. The piece was a sneak peek into the renovations they are leading at the MCA \u2014 a professional relationship that has brought them to Chicago on a near-monthly basis for the past two years.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Johnston Marklee often collaborates with artists, graphic designers and writers, crafting an interdisciplinary professional approach that they see as analogous to the Chicago cultural landscape. \u201c[The intersection of art and architecture] has been a longstanding interest in our own practice, but one that we see more and more converging nationally and internationally,\u201d says Sharon Johnston. \u201cIt\u2019s particularly relevant to embed these ideas in the next biennial given that the city of Chicago has been shaped in many ways by these relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Chicago Cultural Center \u2014 seen here during the 2015 Biennial \u2014 will once again become a hotbed of architectural ideas; image via Architecture Chicago Plus<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

This relationship will be emphasized by the fact that next year\u2019s biennial is timed to align with EXPO CHICAGO<\/a>, the International Exhibition of Contemporary and Modern Art. \u201cChicago will put art, design, planning and architecture at the center of discussion as people from around the world come here,\u201d said Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a key visionary in CAB\u2019s establishment. If last year\u2019s event is anything to go by, this is no exaggeration. Not only did participants in last year\u2019s event hail from over 30 countries, but the event also drew crowds of more than half a million people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to really reiterate the sense honor we feel building on the tradition of the first biennial and the excellent work that Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima did expanding the discourse about contemporary architecture in a global way to the city of Chicago,\u201d said Sharon Johnston. \u201cThis city was so ripe and ready to bring this conversation to America. So we look forward to continuing their work and hope to build up the standards that were set last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

CAB is again supported by sponsors SC Johnson and BP; top image via <\/i>Chicago magazine<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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