The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) has announced the list of international architecture firms and artists who will participate in its second edition, entitled ''Make New History,'' to take place September 16, 2017–January 7, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. Over 100 firms and artists representing countries around the world were selected by the 2017 Biennial Artistic Directors, Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, of the Los Angeles–based firm Johnston Marklee. 

The participants will present their architectural work at the Chicago Cultural Center, as well as additional sites across the city.

James Welling, 8554, 2006/17, from the series Chicago, 2016-2017, Courtesy the Artist and David Zwirner, New York/London

''Our goal for the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial is to continue to build on the themes and ideas presented in the first edition,'' said Lee.

''We hope to examine, through the work of the chosen participants, the continuous engagement with questions of history and architecture as an evolutionary practice.''

James Welling, 8482, 2016, from the series Chicago, 2016-2017, Courtesy the Artist and David Zwirner, New York/London 

The Biennial’s return is based on the first edition’s success. In 2015, more than 530,000 Chicago residents and visitors took part in CAB, which—as the largest international exhibition of contemporary architecture ever to have taken place in North America—was unprecedented, featuring the ideas of more than 100 architecture and design firms from more than 30 countries. 

Based on the diverse representation of today’s lineup announcement, as well as the recent announcement of CAB’s new artistic leadership team, the second edition is poised to build on the success of the first. The Chicago Cultural Center, operated by Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, will once again serve as the anchor of the exhibition, with additional sites across the city.

James Welling, 8729, 2016, from the series Chicago, 2016-2017, Courtesy the Artist and David Zwirner, New York/London 

''This year’s list of participants was carefully chosen to showcase the future of architecture and design rooted in history,'' said Todd Palmer, Executive Director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. 

''Through presenting a variety of work, we aim to give visitors of all kinds, from leaders across the global architecture community to the interested traveler, an in-depth look at architecture as we know it today, and the chance to be inspired by how architecture is making new history in cities around the world.''

The opening of the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial will align with the sixth annual Expo Chicago, the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, which will run September 13–17, 2017 at Navy Pier.

51N4E's Budafabriek Culture Centre. Image © 51N4E, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial  

See the full list of the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial Participants below:

51N4E (Brussels, Belgium; Tirana, Albania)
6A Architects (London, UK)
Ábalos+Sentkiewicz (Madrid, Spain; Cambridge, USA; Shanghai, China)
Adamo-Faiden (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
AGENdA agencia de arquitectura (Medellin, Colombia)
Aires Mateus (Lisbon, Portugal)
Ana Prvacki and SO-IL (Los Angeles, USA; New York, USA)
Andrew Kovacs (Los Angeles, USA)
Angela Deuber Architect (Chur, Switzerland)
Ania Jaworska (Chicago, USA)
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson (New York, USA; Tucson, USA)

Aires Mateus' Nursing Home in Alcácer do Sal- Portugal, 2010. Image © Aires Mateus, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial  

Archi-Union (Shanghai, China)
Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu (Ghent, Belgium)
Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth (Berlin, Germany)
Atelier Manferdini (Venice, USA)
AWP office for territorial reconfiguration (Paris, France; London, UK)
Bak Gordon Arquitectos (Lisbon, Portugal)
Barbas Lopes (Lisbon, Portugal)

Angela Deuber Architect-House on the Hebridean Island of Harris, Scotland, UK, 2013 – 2015. Image © Angela Deuber Architect, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial  

Barkow Leibinger (Berlin, Germany)
baukuh (Milan, Italy)
Besler & Sons LLC (Los Angeles, USA)
BLESS (Berlin, Germany)
BUREAU SPECTACULAR (Los Angeles, USA)
Caruso St John (London, UK)
Charlap Hyman & Herrero (Los Angeles, USA; New York, USA)
Charles Waldheim (Cambridge, USA)
Christ & Gantenbein (Basel, Switzerland)
Daniel Everett (Chicago, USA; Salt Lake City, USA)
David Schalliol (Chicago, USA)

AWP office for territorial reconfiguration- Poissy Galore: Observatory Tower. Image © Julien Lanoo, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial  

Dellekamp Arquitectos (Mexico City, Mexico)
Design With Company (Chicago, USA)
Diego Arraigada Arquitectos (Rosario, Argentina)
DOGMA (Brussels, Belgium)
DRDH (London, UK)
ENSAMBLE STUDIO (Madrid, Spain; Boston, USA)
Éric Lapierre Architecture (Paris, France)
Estudio Barozzi Veiga (Barcelona, Spain)

Ensamble Studio-Structure of Landscape for Tippet Rise Art Center. Image © Ensamble Studio, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial  

fala atelier (Porto, Portugal)
Filip Dujardin (Ghent, Belgium)
Fiona Connor and Erin Besler (Los Angeles, USA; Auckland, New Zealand)
First Office (Los Angeles, USA)
formlessfinder (New York, USA)
Frida Escobedo (Mexico City, Mexico)
Gerard and Kelly (Los Angeles, USA; New York, USA)
Go Hasegawa (Tokyo, Japan)
HHF Architects (Basel, Switzerland)
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (Chicago, USA)
J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten and Philip Ursprung (Berlin, Germany)
James Welling (New York, USA)

HHF Architects- Ruta Del Pedegrino, Espinazo Del Diablo, Jalisco, Mexico, 2008-2010. Image © HHF Architects, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial  

Jesús Vassallo (Houston, USA)
Jorge Otero-Pailos (New York, USA)
June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff (New York, USA; Berlin, Germany)
Karamuk * Kuo Architects (New York, USA; Zurich, Switzerland)
Keith Krumwiede (New York, USA)
Kéré Architecture (Berlin, Germany)
Kuehn Malvezzi (Berlin, Germany)
Luisa Lambri (Milan, Italy)
Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten (Zurich, Switzerland)
Made In (Geneva, Switzerland; Zurich, Switzerland)
MAIO (Barcelona, Spain)

Kéré Architecture-Burkina Faso National Assembly & Memorial Park (in planning). Image © Kéré Architecture, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial

Marianne Mueller (Zurich, Switzerland)
Marshall Brown (Chicago, USA)
MG&Co. (Houston, USA)
MONADNOCK (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
MOS (New York, USA)
Norman Kelley (Chicago, USA; New York, USA)
Nuno brandåo costa arquitectos Ida (Porto, Portugal)
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen (Brussels, Belgium)
PASCAL FLAMMER (Zurich, Switzerland)
Patrick Braouezec (Paris, France)
Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner (Chicago, USA; Denver, USA)
Pezo Von Ellrichshausen (Concepción, Chile)

Nuno brandåo costa arquitectos Ida-Melgaço, Portugal, 2010 - 2016. Image © Nuno brandåo costa arquitectos Ida, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial

Philipp Schaerer (Zurich, Switzerland)
PRODUCTORA (Mexico City, Mexico)
REAL Foundation (London, UK)
Robert Somol (Chicago, USA)
SADAR+VUGA (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Sam Jacob Studio (London, UK)
SAMI-arquitectos (Setubal, Portugal)
SANAA (Tokyo, Japan)
Sauter von Moos (Basel, Switzerland)
Sergison Bates (London, UK; Zurich, Switzerland)
Serie Architects (London, UK; Zurich, Switzerland)
SHINGO MASUDA+KATSUHISA OTSUBO Architects (Tokyo, Japan)

Serie Architects-The Tote, Mumbai, India-2011. Image © Serie Architects, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial

Stan Allen Architect (New York, USA)
Studio Anne Holtrop (Muharraq, Bahrain; Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Studiomumbai (Mumbai, India)
Sylvia Lavin (Los Angeles, USA)
T+E+A+M (Ann Arbor, USA)
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio (Mexico City, Mexico)
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Empire (Verona, Italy)
The Living (New York, USA)
The Los Angeles Design Group (Los Angeles, USA)
Thomas Baecker Bettina Kraus (Berlin, Germany)
Tigerman McCurry Architects (Chicago, USA)

T+E+A+M, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, Meredith Miller). Image © T+E+A+M, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial 

Toshiko Mori Architect (New York, USA)
UrbanLab (Chicago, USA; Los Angeles, USA)
Urbanus (Shenzhen, China; Beijing, China)
Veronika Kellndorfer (Berlin, Germany)
WELCOMEPROJECTS (Los Angeles, USA)
Work Architecture Company (New York, USA)
Zago Architecture (Los Angeles, USA)
ZAO/standardarchitecture (Shanghai, China)

Tham & Videgård Arkitekter's Kalmar Museum of ArtKalmar, Sweden, 2004-2008. Image © Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, courtesy  of  Chicago  Architecture  Biennial

The 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial will be open to the public and on view from September 16, 2017 through January 7, 2018. Press and professional previews will take place September 14 and 15. 

The opening of the 2017 Biennial will align with the sixth annual Expo Chicago, the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, which will run September 13–17 at Navy Pier. The hub of the 2017 Biennial will once again be the Chicago Cultural Center, located in downtown Chicago.

The Chicago-based artist Marc Fischer had issued a statement, rejecting invitation to participate to the 2015 edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial. Fischer had criticised Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's vision calling for the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history as well as the BP's sponsorship for having enormous environmental distraction throughout its history.  

Top image: James Welling, 8183, 2016 from the series Chicago, 2016-2017, Courtesy the Artist and David Zwirner, New York/London

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