News, Lectures and Publications
2011
Discussion: “Design on the Edge, Disussion with Chicago's Leading Visionary
Architects,” Fienberg Theater, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Tuesday October 04, 2011, 6-7:30pm.
Exhibition: “Design on the Edge, Chicago Architects Reimagine Neighborhoods,” Chicago Architecture Foundation, 7 days a week from 9am-6:30pm.
Radio Interview: “Heavy rains put extra pressure on the Deep Tunnel,” Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ, Eight Forty-Eight, June 21, 2011.
Podcast: “Using the Grid to Get Off the Grid,” AIA Podnet, Architecture Knowledge Review, May 12, 2011.
Presentation: “Using the Grid to Get Off the Grid,” AIA National Convention, New Orleans, May 12, 2011.
Lecture: “Recent Work,” Washington University, Sam Fox School, April 25, 2011.
Lecture: “UrbanLab,” University of Kansas, April 08, 2011.
Lecture: “Growing Water,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 06, 2011.
Lecture: “Ecological Infrastructure in/around CH/IL,” Judson University, March 18, 2011.
Presentation/Exhibition: “Critical Infrastructures: New American Approaches,” The Architecture Foundation, London, March 16, 2011.
Lecture: "Civic Space Through Ecological Urbanism," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, March 10, 2011.
Presentation: “Chicago Infra,” Where Do You Stand Conference, 2011 ACSA Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 03-06, 2011.
Lecture: “UrbanLab,” Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, February 16, 2011.
Citation: Beatley, Timothy. “Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning,” Island Press, October 25, 2010.
Lecture: “Workshopping Chicago,” with Jonathan Solomon, Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, February 07, 2011.
Presentation: “Growing Water,” Fourth Natures: Mediated Landscapes Conference, University of Waterloo, School of Architecture, Canada, February 04-05, 2011.
2010
Lecture: “Green Infrastructure,” Princeton University, School of Architecture, November 29, 2010.
Publication: “Growing Water,” in Infrastructure as Architecture: Designing Composite Networks, K. Stoll and S. Lloyd, eds., Jovis Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 2010.
Lecture: “BlueBuild,” GreenBuild @ Chicago Architecture Foundation, November 18, 2010.
Citation: Seward, Aaron. “Hustle & Flow,” Architects Newspaper, Issue 07, November 10, 2010.
Publication: “Green Infrastructure,” in Infrastructure and the Future: Assessing the Architect’s Role,” A. Lawrence and E. Christoforetti, eds., NEU Conference Series, Northeastern University, 2010.
Citation: Kamin, Blair. “Eco-Toupees and Plastic Alleys,” Green Source, November, 2010.
Presentation: “Policy, Pedagogy, and the Public Interest: Studio as Agency,” 2010 ACSA Administrators Conference, Design, Leadership & the Public Imagination, Washington DC, November 10-13, 2010.
Award: AIA Chicago, 2010 Honor Award, Interior Architecture: Hennepin House.
Presentation/Publication: “Too Big to Fail,” UIC, School of Architecture, Flip Your Field: 2010 ACSA West Central Fall Conference, October 21-23, 2010.
Lecture: “Thick Urbanism,” University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, Design, October 14, 2010.
Exhibition: Eco-Boulevards and Free Water Districts, World Design Capital, Seoul, 2010: International Design House Exhibition, Cities Reborn, at the City Design Pavilion, Olympic Stadium, Seoul, Korea, September 7 – October 7, 2010.
Presentation: “Case Study: UrbanLab,” Architect Magazine R+D Symposium, Trump Int'l Hotel & Tower, Chicago, IL, September 23, 2010.
Lecture: “Infra Urbanism,” National Building Museum: Spotlight on Design, Washington, D.C., July 22, 2010.
Citation: Brake, Alan. “Farming Out Design,” Architects Newspaper, Issue 03, June 9, 2010.
Publication: “Growing Water,” in Water / Craft, G. Torgalkar and T. Schwarz, eds., Urban Infill, Volume 3, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Kent State University, 2010, pg 42-51.
Lecture: “Growing Energy/Water,” AIA National Convention: Design for the New Decade, Miami, June 11, 2010.
Lecture: “Great Lakes Models Initiative,” Infrastructures for Change, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, June 03, 2010.
Presentation: “Eco-Boulevards,” The Buckminster Fuller Challenger, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., June 03, 2010.
Citation: Ryan, Zoe. “Fluid Dynamics: Building with Water,” in Building with Water, Birkhauser, Basel, 2010, pg. 12-15.
Lecture: "Free Water Districts," Infrastructures For Change, Chicago, June 3, 2010.
Presentation: 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction, “Re-Inventing Construction,” Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, April 14–17, 2010.
Citation: Love, Tim. “Paper Architecture, Emerging Urbanism,” Places: Design Observer, April 13, 2010.
Exhibition: Presentation: Working Public Architecture 2.0 – Chicago Edition, “Free Water Districts,” Archeworks, April 6, 2010.
Presentation: Emerging Voices Lecturer, sponsored by the Architectural League. “Infrastructural Urbanism” talk delivered at the New Museum,
New York, March 17, 2010.
Citation: Iovine, Julie. “What’s Holding Us Up,” Architects Newspaper, Issue 06, April 7, 2010.
Citation: Iovine, Julie. “Emerging Voices 2010,” Architects Newspaper, Issue 03, March 3, 2010.
Exhibition: Panelist: “UrbanLab Today,” For Better or Worse moderated conversation, Chicago Architecture Foundation, February 2, 2010.
Citation: Levinson, Nancy. “The Public Works,” Places: Design Observer, January 18, 2010.
Citation: Samuels, Linda. “Working Public Architecture,” Places: Design Observer, January 10, 2010.
2009
Citation: Ireland, Corydon. “Landscapes of Energy: A Harvard Journal Investigates Energy’s Spatial Dimensions, Harvard Gazette, November 24, 2009.
Panelist: “Green Infrastructure,” Infrastructure and the Future: Assessing the Architect’s Role Symposium, Northeastern University, Boston, November 21, 2009.
Panelist: “Landscapes of Energy,” New Geographies round table discussion, Harvard Graduate School of Design, November 20, 2009.
Presentation: “Free Water Districts,” WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture Symposium, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2009.
Lecture: “Thick Urbanism,” ETH, Zurich, Swizterland, November 9, 2009.
Lecture: Conference Organizer and Moderator: Infrastructures for Change Workshop, Archeworks Conference, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), Chicago, IL, November 5, 2009.
Publication: Blitstein, Ryan. “New Grass Roots: Hennepin House,” Dwell Magazine, November 2009, p 94–101.
Publication: Meyers, Tiffany, “Infrastructure Activism,” Metropolis Magazine,
November, 2009.
Publication: Bey, Lee. “Design Excellence Awards,” Chicago Architect, November/December 2009, p 28 & 37.
Exhibition: Free Water Districts, National Building Museum, WPA 2.0Exhibit organized by cityLAB/UCLA, Washington, D.C., November 2009.
Presentation: “One Billion,” cityLAB, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), October 26, 2009.
Presentation: “Growing Water,” Wellsprings Eternal: Imagination and Innovation for Oil and Water, Illinois Humanities Council, Archeworks, Chicago, IL, October 24, 2009.
Keynote Lecture: “Ecological Infrastructure,” Design for Livability: Sustainable Cities Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, October 15, 2009.
Exhibition: UrbanLab Plan, Big, Bold, Visionary- Chicago Considers the Next Century Exhibit organized by Burnham Plan Centennial Committee and City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL, September–October 2009.
Panelist: “Chicago Visionaries: From Burnham to Today and Beyond,” presented in partnership with the Newberry Library, Chicago Matters, and the Burnham Plan Centennial, August 4, 2009.
Interview: re: Global Visionaries, Beyond Burnham, WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago Public Radio, June 22, 2009.
Speaker: World Future Society International Conference, Chicago, July 19, 2009.
Publication: Ho, Sally. “For today’s futurists, tomorrow never lies,” Chicago Tribune,
July 16, 2009, p 18.
Panelist: The Future of the Campus Planning Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, June 7–10, 2009.
Named: “Global Visionary” by Chicago Public Radio and Chicago Community Trust Foundation, Broadcast on WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Public Radio FM, June 2009.
Lecture: “Blue/Green Olympic Games,” Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), Forum Day on Water Sustainability, Chicago O’Hare Airport, IL, May 21, 2009.
Exhibition: Visitor Information Center, Selections from the Architecture and Design Collection (inaugural exhibition of the new Architecture and Design gallery) Curator: Joseph Rosa, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 2009–March 2010.
Workshop Presentation: “The 21st Century Learning Environment: Fresh Ideas, New Contexts,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2009.
Presentation: “Cities of the Future,” American Planning Association (APA) National Convention, Minneapolis, MN, April 28, 2009.
Keynote Speaker: AIA Professional Development Conference,
Chicago, April 20, 2008.
Lecture: “Growing Water,” Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, IL, April 15, 2009.
Exhibition: “Growing Water,” 10 x 10 Cities: Green Facts, Challenges, Future, American Institute of Architects and California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, April–May 2009.
Panelist: “Building Design Partnerships,” Converge/Exchange: What Communities, Activists and Practitioners can Teach Each Other, DePaul Egan Urban Center, Chicago, IL, March 19, 2009.
Lecture: “UrbanLab Works,” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, March 16, 2009.
Publication: Pickering, Sarah, “The eco-friendly UrbanLab designs our future,”Chicago Weekly, March 2009.
Exhibition: UrbanLab Work in Progress, School of Architecture Gallery, Northeastern University, March 2009.
Lecture: “Recent Work,” School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 16, 2009.
Lecture: “Got Water,” Social Enterprise Collaborative and Net Impact, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, February 12, 2009.
Award: Grow Energy/Water: Using the Grid to Get Off the Grid, Latrobe Prize Research Grant from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows, February 2009.
Publication: Balmond, Cecil. “UrbanLab,” 60: Innovators Shaping Our Creative Future, Luca Dietrich, ed., Thames and Hudson, London, 2009, p 98–101.
Publication: WORKS: Infrastructure for Change, Volume 1.
Award: AIA Chicago: Distinguished Building Award 2009 for Hennepin House, Hennepin, IL.
Award: AIA Chicago: Urban Design Award 2009 for Growing Water Toolbox, Chicago, IL.
Award: Latrobe Prize, “Grow Energy/Water: Using the Grid to Get Off the Grid,” American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows, 2009.
Award: WPA 2.0 Competition, Second Stage Finalist, “Free Water Districts,” 2009, Sponsored by cityLAB and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Award: Pamphlet Architecture 30: Infrastructure Competition. Runner up, 2009. Sponsored by Princeton Architectural Press.
2008
Exhibition: Urbanopolis, Musee De La Civilisation, Quebec, exhibited: Growing Water, December 01, 2007–December 31, 2008
Lecture: “Recent Work,” School of Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 3, 2008.
Publication: Manaugh, Geoff. “Chicago, IL, Considers Options to Expand Its Future Water Resources,” Cities and Water, A Handbook for Planning, Roger Kemp, Editor, McFarland, December 12, 2008, p 66–67.
Exhibition: Flip-a-Strip Competition Exhibition, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, October 5, 2008–January 18, 2009.
Panelist: “Water, It’s in You,” Greentown Conference: The Future of Community, Aurora, IL, October 2, 2008.
Award: Unbuilt Design, AIA Chicago, for Growing Water project, October 2008.
Lecture: Aurora, Illinois, Greentown Conference, October 2008.
Lecture: Professional Development Conference, AIA Chicago, September 11–12, 2008.
Publication: Sokol, David, “Momentum Grows for Futuristic Scheme,” Architectural Record, September 2008.
Publication: Keyser, Ashley, "Water Isn't the New 'Oil'," Streetwise, June 18, 2008.
Conference Presentation: “Growing Water,” 4th Seminario Urbanismo Internacional, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico, June 16–20, 2008.
Keynote Speaker: “Growing Water,” NeoCon, Chicago, Illinois, June 11, 2008.
Publication: “Researching Growing Water,” in Implications, Volume 6, Issue 6, University of Minnesota, June 2008, by Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen.
Publication: Weinberg, Lauren, “Bold School,” Time Out Chicago, May, 2008
Interview: re: Contemporary Architecture in Chicago, WGN News Radio, April 25, 2008.
Lecture: “Recent Work,” School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, April 11, 2008.
Speaker: “Recent Work,” School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, April 11, 2008.
Publication: Keegan, Edward. “Midcareer Choices,” Architect, April 2008.
Publication: Vedral, Valerie. “Chicago’s Tall Tales, Urban Planners: the Sky’s the Limit for the Future,” Chicago Tribune, April 24, 2008.
Publication: Petersen, Laurie. “Changes in the works at Archeworks,”Chicago Architect, March–April, 2008, p 48–49.
Panelist: “Seeking the City,” ACSA Annual Meeting, Teaching Teachers to Teach Panel, Houston, March 28, 2008.
Speaker: “Interior Urbanism,” ASID National Conference on Design, Interiors 08, New Orleans, LA, March 14, 2008.
Respondent: “Synthetic Sublime,” with David Ruy & Paul Preissner, Pro-seminar, IIT, Chicago, February 21, 2008.
Presentation: “Models, 306090,” with Eric Ellingsen & Julie Flohr, Chicago Architecture Club, Chicago, February 20, 2008.
Lecture: “Map This, Envisioning a Global City,” Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, February 6, 2008.
Publication: Ng, Henry. “Whose Vision of a Future City Will Prevail,”Architectural Record, February 2008. Architecture Competition Annual (Urban Planning Issue).
Lecture: “Beyond the Deep Tunnel,” University of Chicago, Graham School, Civic Knowledge Project Workshop, Chicago, January 24, 2008.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. “Alternative Design School to Name Team Co-Directors,” Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2008.
Panelist: “Passing the Baton: New Generation of Design Leadership in Chicago,” Archeworks, Chicago, January 16, 2008.
Lecture: “Global Chicago,” Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL, January 16, 2008
Publication: Albert, Melissa. “Orientation is in the Eye of the Beholder,” Chicago Journal, January 16, 2008.
Exhibition: Map This, Envisioning a Global City, an exhibition about the Chicago Megalopolis, designed and executed with IIT and UIC collaborators/students, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, January 10–March 21, 2008.
Publication: “Live + Work,” in 1000x: Architecture of the Americas, Michelle Galindo, ed., Verlagshaus Braun, Berlin, Germany, 2008, p 192.
Publication: “The Rules Are: No Rules,” in aX, Nothing Says Architecture Like Condiments, Volume 1+2, David Brown, Sarah Dunn, Ellen Grimes editors, 2008.
Publication: “Growing Water,” in Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, Volume 20, Number 2, 2008, by Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen.
Publication: “City of the Future,” Archiworld Co., 2008.
Award: AIA Chicago: Unbuilt Design Award, 2008,
for: Growing Water, Chicago, IL
Award: (Martin Felsen) Excellence in Education Award 2008,
American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS).
2007
Workshop Presentation: “The Next Generation of Integrated Delivery, Emerging Technology, and Practice Management,” ACSA/AIA Conference, Washington, D.C., December 2007.
Conference Presentation: “Growing Water,” Just Add Water, ACSA Southwest Conference, Austin, Texas, October 4–6, 2007.
Lecture: “City of the Future at the MSI,” Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, October 1, 2007.
Publication: Rothblatt, Amy. “Bridgeport Firm Creates Water Recycling Plan, ”Chicago Near West Gazette, October 5, 2007.
Presentation: “Procedural Modeling of Natural and Urban Activity,” Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago, IL, October 2007.
Award: October 2007, Growing Water: 31st Street Eco-Boulevard Demonstration Project, Growing Water TCF Bank Student Scholarship Fund.
Publication: Babowice, Hope. “Firms Develop an Ecological Vision of a Future Chicago,” Daily Herald, September 12, 2007.
Publication: Knott, Anna. “Green House Effect, UrbanLab,”Time Out Chicago, Issue No. 129, August 16–22, 2007.
Publication: Manaugh, Geoff. “Water, the New Oil,” The Next American City Magazine, Issue No.15, Summer 2007.
Interview: re: Growing Water Project, WBEZ 91.5 FM, Chicago Public Radio, July 17, 2007.
Speaker: 2007 Transportation Research Board Major Cities Committee (Sustainability Conference), Chicago, IL, July 9, 2007.
Conference Presentation: “Practice, Criticism, Research and Design in Architectural Education,” Integrated Practice and the Twenty-First Century Curriculum, ACSA Cranbrook Teachers Seminar and AIA Educator Practitioner Network Institute, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, June 28–July 1, 2007.
Presentation: “Design Exposed: UrbanLab,” AIA Chicago Tour of UrbanLab, June 14, 2007.
Lecture: “Future Plans for Chicago,” Directors Meeting, Chicago Central Area Committee, Chicago, June 12, 2007.
Exhibition: City of the Future, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, exhibited: Growing Water, June 8–October 7, 2007.
Speaker: Great Lakes Biennial Meeting and Conference, Chicago, IL, June 8, 2007.
Publication: “Looking for a Restaurant,” Metropolis Magazine, June 5, 2007.
Publication: “City of the Future Competition Results,” l’ARCA (Italy), no.226,
June 2007, p 86.
Conference Presentation: “Sustainable Architecture: A New Era of Design,” Energy Day, Sustainability in Action, Northwestern University, May 19, 2007.
Conference Presentation: “Growing Water,” World Water Crisis Forum, DePaul University, Chicago, May 17, 2007.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. “Competing Visions, Planning the Future of Cities,” Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2007.
Publication: Libeskind, Daniel. “The City of the Future Competition,”Archiworld Magazine (Korea), Volume 143, 2007.
Publication: Henderson, Harold. “Close Deep Tunnel, UrbanLab has a Better Plan” Chicago Reader, May 11, 2007.
Conference Presentation: “Growing Water,” Richard J. Daley Urban Forum 2007, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 2, 2007.
Publication: Public Works Staff: “Floating Toward the Future,” Public Works Magazine, May 1, 2007.
Publication: Amadei, Gian Luca. “Reinventing a Legacy,” Blueprint (UK), May 2007, p 68–72.
Keynote Speaker: “Growing Water throughout Chicago,” Southeast Environmental Taskforce, Chicago, April 27, 2007.
Lecture: “UrbanLab Recent Work,” AIAS: Urban Renewal Conference, Chicago, April 14, 2007.
Lecture: “Process the City of the Future,” Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, March 20, 2007.
Publication: Demir, Dace. “Zala Arhitektura Cikaga,” Dizaina Studdija (Latvia), Nr. 2 (6), March–April, 2007.
Publication: Skolnik, Lisa. “The Mad Scientists,” i4design Magazine, Vol.2 No.1, Spring 2007.
Publication: Lopez, Ruth. “Loop the Loop,” Interior Design Magazine, Vol.75, March 2007, p 421.
Publication: Ranallo, Anne Brooks. “22nd Century Chicago a City of Canals?,” UIC News, Volume 25/No.23, March 7, 2007.
Publication: Rollens, Patrick. “A Vision of Chicago in 2107,” Midwest Real Estate News, February 22, 2007.
Publication: Skolnik, Lisa. “Rethinking the Bungalow,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, February 18, 2007.
Lecture: “20 Competitions,” Talk20 at IIT, Chicago, February 16, 2007.
Publication: Boehm, Mike. “Architect’s L.A. Plan Places Third,” Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2007.
Publication: Pogrepin, Robin. “Chicago Firm Urban Design Winner,” The New York Times, February 9, 2007.
Publication: Nance, Kevin. “Venice of the Midwest?,” Chicago Sun-Times, February 8, 2007, p 29, 32.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. “Water Precious for Future Chicago,” Chicago Tribune, February 8, 2007.
Publication: Topol, Samantha. “UrbanLab Voted Winner,” Architect’s Newspaper, February 2007.
Publication: Bemis, Mary. “At Home” Interview, Organic Spa Magazine, Winter 2007.
Publication: Keegan, Edward. “City of the Future,” Architect Magazine, February 2007, p 68-71.
Publication: Rollens, Patrick. “Designers Envision Chicago in 2107,” Conscious Choice, February 2007.
Publication: Becker, Lynn. “The City of the Future Competition,” Repeat, February 2007.
Publication: Smith, Nancy Ganiard. “Build Like It’s 2106,” Palisadian-Post, January 31, 2007.
Interview: re: City of the Future Competition, PRI Open Source, January 22, 2007.
Exhibition: Sustainable Architecture in Chicago: Works in Progress, Curator: Elizabeth Smith, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, September 9, 2006 - January 6, 2007.
Exhibition: Growing Water, exhibited as a Future City Model during the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 24–28, 2007.
Publication: David Sokol. “Prepare to Vote for ‘City of the Future’,” Architectural Record, January 2007.
Publication: Gelder, Austin. “Architecture and Art: Going Green in Chicago,” World Ark Magazine, January 2007.
Publication: Wilk, Deborah. “What They’re Reading,” Interior Design Magazine, Vol.75, January 2007.
Publication: “Field Theory, Netsch’s Design Methodology,” in Walter A. Netsch: Sourcebook & Bibliography, Russ Clement, editor, Northwestern University Press, 2007, by Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn.
Publication: “Growing Water,” in Just Add Water (Austin, Texas: University of Texas, 2007 ACSA Southwest Conference Proceedings), by Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn, p 161-169.
Juror: (Martin Felsen) Emerging Visions Competition, Sponsored by AIA Chicago + Knoll, Chicago, IL, 2007.
Award: Dubin Family Young Architect Award, 2007. AIA Chicago.
Award: AIA Chicago: Divine Detail Award, 2007 for: Hannah’s Bretzel, 233 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL.
Award: City of the Future Competition, 2006-7, Sponsored by The History Channel, IBM, Infiniti, Chicago Winner (2006) and National Grand Prize Winner of The City of the Future: A Design and Engineering Challenge (2007)
Award: (Sarah Dunn) AIAS Excellence in Education Award. Sponsored by the American Institute of Architecture Students, 2007.
Juror: (Martin Felsen) AIA Houston 2007 design awards.
2006
Publication: Rosa, Joseph. “Young Chicago: Contemporary Ideologies,” A+D Series, The Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Press, 2006.
Publication: Nance, Kevin. “Building the Future,” Chicago Sun-Times, December 31, 2006.
Publication: Nance, Kevin. “The Year of the Picture,” Chicago Sun-Times, December 24, 2006.
Interview: re: City of the Future Competition, DnA Design and Architecture, December 19, 2006.
Publication: Fritz, Tanya. “Hannah’s Bretzel Inspires More than Just Lunch in the Loop,” Conscious Choice, December 2006.
Publication: Nance, Kevin. “Chicago’s Designing Minds,” Chicago Sun-Times, November 30, 2006.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. “What Connects a Tiny Cell Phone and Skyscraper?,” Chicago Tribune, November 29, 2006.
Interview: re: City of the Future Competition, WBEZ - 91.5 FM, Chicago Public Radio, November 24, 2006.
Publication: Rollens, Patrick. “City of the Future,” World Changing News Service, November 21, 2006.
Publication: Brandon Glenn. “UrbanLab Wins ‘Slam’,” Crain’s Chicago Business, November 17, 2006.
Interview: re: City of the Future Competition, WMAQ, NBC 5, Chicago, WBBM, CBS 2 Chicago, WLS, ABC 7 Chicago, November 17, 2006.
Interview: re: City of the Future Competition, WGN 720 AM, Chicago, November 17, 2006.
Interview: re: City of the Future Competition, WBBM, CBS All News 780, Chicago, November 17, 2006.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. “’Works in Progress’ Exhibit Gives Rise to a Greener Chicago,” Chicago Tribune, November 17, 2006.
Publication: Lopez, Ruth. “Building a Design Community,” Time Out Chicago, Issue 90: November 16-22, 2006.
Publication: Brandon Glenn. “Architecture ‘Slam’ to Imagine 22nd Century Chicago,” Crain’s Chicago Business, November 16, 2006.
Publication: Skolnick, Lisa. “Urban Visionaries,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, November 12, 2006, p 20.
Exhibition: Young Chicago, Curator: Joseph Rosa, The Art Institute of Chicago, exhibited: Visitor Info Center, November 18, 2006–April 29, 2007.
Publication: Lincoln, Bradley. “Lab Partners,” Chicago Magazine, November 2006, p 19-20.
Publication: Topol, Samantha. “UrbanLab Takes Chicago,” Architect’s Newspaper, November 2006.
Conference Presentation: "Urban Complexity + Emergence: Procedural Modeling of City Activity and Form," Surfacing Urbanisms, Recent Approaches to Metropolitan Design, ACSA West Conference at Woodbury University, Pasadena, California, October 12–15, 2006.
Publication: Becker, Lynn. “Refreshingly Grounded in the Here and Now,” Chicago Reader, October 13, 2006.
Publication: Salles, Andre. “Vision of Aurora Exhibit comes to Aurora,” Fox Valley Villages Sun, October 12, 2006.
Publication:"Research: Building from the Web Up," Illinois Institute of Technology Magazine, Fall 2006, p 12.
Publication: Salles, Andre. “Seeing a Beautiful Future of Aurora,” Beacon News, October 06, 2006.
Publication: Peregrin, Tony. “The Radar Culture,” Chicago Social Magazine, October 2006.
Publication: Presto, Greg and Andre Salles. “View of Aurora’s Future,” Beacon News, September 16, 2006.
Publication: Skolnik, Lisa and Barbara Ballinger. “What’s Next Right Now,” i4design Magazine, September 2006.
Publication: Griffin, Jake. “Form and Function: Museum to Display Renderings of Aurora Revitalization Efforts”, Daily Herald, September 20, 2006.
Publication: Nance, Kevin. “Green Ideas Ready to Bloom: Sustainable Architecture in Chicago, Works in Progress,” Chicago Sun Times, September 7, 2006.
Publication: Adler, Tony. “Young Chicago: Architecture and Design Showcased at the Art Institute of Chicago,” i4design Magazine, September 2006.
Presentation: “Morgan Street Live + Work,” College of Arts and Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, April 18, 2006.
Publication: Ostberg, Kristin. "Morgan Street Modern," Chicago Journal, Volume 6, No.16, February 2, 2006, p 1.
Exhibition: New Schools: 30 Selected Projects from the Perth Amboy High School and Robbins Elementary School Competitions, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, February 2006, collaborative project with Robertson/McAnulty.
Publication: "Urban Complexity + Emergence: Procedural Modeling of City Activity and Form," in Surfacing Urbanisms: Recent Approaches to Metropolitan Design (Pasadena, California: Woodbury University, 2006 ACSA West Conference Proceedings), by Martin Felsen, Ben Watson, Uri Wilensky, p 261-265.
Publication: “UrbanLab: Visitor Information Center” in Young Chicago, Joseph Rosa, ed., Yale University Press, 2006, p 28–33, by Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn.
Publication: “Procedural Modeling of Urban Land Use,” ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 conference, co-authors: Lechner, T., Watson, B., Ren, P., Wilensky, U. and Tisue, S.
2005
Conference Presentation: “Urban-Ecosystem of Aurora, Illinois,”Mayor’s Institute on City Design, Big Picture: New Architecture for Metropolitan Transportation, Chicago, IL, December 1–3, 2005.
Publication: Keegan, Edward. “The 20 Coolest Houses: A Steely Mix of Work and Play,” Crain’s Chicago, September 26, 2005.
Lecture: “Architectural Research,” University of Illinois @ Chicago, School of Architecture, March 9, 2005.
Lecture: “Greener Actions,” School of Architecture, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, January 31, 2005.
Juror: Emerging Visions Competition, Sponsored by AIA Chicago + Knoll, Chicago, IL, 2005.
Publication: "Modeling of Urban Activity and Form," Annual Research Report from the Illinois Institute of Technology (2005), by Martin Felsen.
Publication: "Walter Netsch: Field Theory," in Charles Waldheim, ed., Chicago Architecture: Histories, Revisions, Alternatives, University of Chicago Press, 2005, p 253-261, by Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn.
2004
Lecture: “Recent Speculations,” School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, November 18, 2004.
Lecture: “Recent Research and Work,” Chicago Architecture Foundation, November 3, 2004.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. "Century of Progress World’s Fair Planners Dreamed in Color," Chicago Tribune, Arts and Entertainment, October 7, 2004, p 1.
Publication: “Ford Calumet Environmental Center,”Competitions Magazine, Volume 14 Number 2, Fall 2004.
Lecture: “Unsolicited Actions,” College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, September 22, 2004.
Keynote Speaker: “A Culture Where People Care about Architecture,” AIA Tennessee Convention, August 6, 2004.
Lecture: “Recent Research and Work,” AIA National Convention, Young Architects Forum, New Voices: Remarks on Design in the 21st Century, June 9, 2004.
Publication: Czarnecki, John. "Young Firms Bring a Breath of Fresh Air to the Windy City" Architectural Record, May 2004, p 90–93.
Exhibition: Big & Green/Chicago Green, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL, May, 2004
Lecture: “chil.us,” Archeworks, Chicago’s Alternative Design School, April 14, 2004.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. "Ones to Watch: These fresh-faced architects are sketching tomorrow's Chicago, and the view looks great," Chicago Tribune, Arts and Entertainment, March 28, 2004, p 6.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. "Environmental Center Site Finalists Named," Chicago Tribune, Arts and Entertainment, February 24, 2004, p 2.
Award: Ford Calumet Environmental Center Competition, Chicago, IL, 2004, Second Phase Finalist.
Award: aX, Publication Grant from the Graham Foundation, 2004.
2003
Award: October 2003, Procedural Modeling of Urban Activity and Form, Research Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with Ben Watson and Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University.
Publication:"chil.us," in Open Dialogue: Thoughts on Chicago Architecture, Brian Hammersley, editor, Fall 2003, by Martin Felsen.
Juror: Year End Show, University of Illinois @ Chicago, School of Architecture and the Arts, May 9, 2003.
Presentation: “Digital Parametric Technology in Architecture,” Chicago Architecture Club, I-Space, April 24, 2003.
Lecture: “Urban Land + Lab + Build,” University of Illinois @ Chicago, School of Architecture and the Arts, April 8, 2002.
Panelist: Discussion of Speculative Chicago Exhibition, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, March 27, 2003.
Publication: Kamin, Blair. “Exhibits Draw on Different Images for City’s Future,” Chicago Tribune, March 26, 2003.
Exhibition: Domystique: An Exhibition Exploring Technology, Space and Craft, A+D 11th Street Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, exhibited Morgan Street Facade, March 21, 2003.
Exhibition: Speculative Chicago, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, exhibited chil.us and Figuring the Ground, Co-curator and exhibitor, February 26, 2003.
Interview: re: Contemporary Architecture in Chicago, WBEZ - 91.5 FM Chicago PublicRadio, February 23, 2003.
Exhibition: Emerging Visiosn Competition, 2003, Knoll, Chicago, Presented by the Chicago Architecture Club, Chicago AIA Young Architects Committee and Knoll International.
Publication: “Procedural City Modeling,” 1st Midwestern Graphics Conference (St. Louis, MO), 2003, co-authors: T. Lechner, B.A. Watson, U. Wilensky.
Award: Perth Amboy Public High School Competition, Perth Amboy, NJ, 2003,
Second Alternate Selection, collaboration w/ Robertson/McAnulty.
Award: Emerging Visions Competition, 2003, Sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Club, AIA Chicago and Knoll. First Place Winner
2002
Exhibition: Blackpool Swiveling Wind Shelters Competition Entries, Gallery at the Globe, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, England, July 2002
Lecture: “UrbanLab Recent Work,” University of Nebraska, College of Architecture, March 12, 2002.
2001
Conference Presentation: “Figuring the Ground: Re-urbanize the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Plaza,” Architecture: Landscape, ACSA Conference, Lawrence KA, September 2001.
Publication: “Figuring the Ground: Re-urbanize the Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza,” Architecture: Landscape, ACSA Conference, Lawrence, KA. September 2001, by Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn.
Exhibition: Green Homes, AIA Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2001
2000
Publication: Brock, Tom. “Resurrecting the Anti-Building: Three Projects by UrbanLab” Ten By Ten, Space for Visual Culture, “Plastic,” Volume 1 Number 2 Fall/Winter 2000.
Exhibition: Emerging Visions, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL, March 2000.
Gallery Talk: “Transit Stop,” Material Evidence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, February 2000.
Publication: Transit Stop,” in Cynthia C. Davidson, ed., Material Evidence: Chicago Architecture at 2000, (Chicago, IL: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999), by Martin Felsen and Sarah Dunn.
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