[Grad_history_students] Upcoming Programs at CAF: Burj Dubai and a Members Tour of Columbian Model

[CAF at architecture.orgLynnOsmond-PresidentoftheChicagoArchitectureFoundation]

SPECIAL PROGRAM 
  
 

Photo: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Dubai and the World's Tallest Building:
the Burj Dubai

George J. Efstathiou, FAIA, Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 
William F. Baker, S.E, C.E., P.E., FASCE, FIStructE, Structural and Civil Engineering Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 

Thursday, May 7, 6-7:30pm
 
Dubai has been the superlative of the decade: the biggest boom town with the biggest projects. Burj Dubai is the ultimate-a super tall building that defines the spirit of the culture, commerce, and people of Dubai. This project represents not only state-of-the-art tall building design, but also the successful collaboration between architecture and engineering with its pioneering "buttressed core" system and sophisticated aerodynamics. Once completed, it will be the tallest man-made structure ever created.

Efstathiou and Baker will address the unprecedented growth of Dubai over the past decade and explain how the global economic downturn has affected this booming city. They will highlight the innovative systems and technologies that made the Burj Dubai possible and discuss the project's current construction status as it nears completion during an economically uncertain time. 
 
COST $15; $10 CAF members/students
LOCATION The John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery, 224 South Michigan Avenue
RSVP Online or 312.922.3432 x224
AIA/CES 1.5


 


    BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR
 
 

Preview CAF's New Model of Chicago at Columbian Model & Exhibit Works, Ltd.

Saturday, May 2, 10-11:30am
 
Columbian Model & Exhibit Works, Ltd., one of the largest architectural model making firms in the Midwest, is developing a large-scale interpretive model of the city of Chicago for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. This model, which replicates the greater downtown area at a scale of 1 inch=50 feet, will be the first of its kind in the U.S. and will serve as the central component of a major public exhibition, Chicago Model City, which opens at CAF on June 11. On this special-access tour, members will learn about the complex process of creating CAF's model, and will have the chance to see how CAF's model compares to other models in the shop. This is an exciting opportunity to preview CAF's model before the finishing touches are put on and it is transported to the atrium of the Santa Fe Building for installation in early June.
 
COST $20 members
LOCATION Columbian Model & Exhibit Works, Ltd., 1528 West Adams Street, Chicago
RSVP Online or call 312.922.3432 x224
AIA/CES 1.5
 
Tour is limited to 30 participants; must be a CAF member to participate in this tour; one ticket per individual membership, 2 tickets per household membership.
 

Become a member today to enjoy all the benefits of a CAF membership.
 




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