Performance, October 2, 2015 at Federal Plaza 219, S Dearborn St Chicago.

The first Chicago Architecture Biennial brings the world's prominent architects and artist to the stage. 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial will start 3 October 2015 and will be running until 3 January 2016 with some major events, exhibitions, educational facilities, tours, workshiops,competitions, public performances and lectures/panels. The first project previews have dropped to social media by catching interesting projects from around the biennial. The artistic directors of the Chicago Biennial are Joseph Grima and Sarah Herda."I am interested in the exhibition as a test site," Herda says and "Architecture, whether good or bad, is where you live, where you go to school, where you work and where you play," coartistic director Sarah Herda.

Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zürich + Self Assembly Lab, MIT - Rock Printing - image © Tom Harris, Hedrich Blessing

More than 60 studios from 30 countries will be represented in the first North American architecture biennial and includes both new and commissioned works from 63 participating firms—including Bjarke Ingels Group, Sou Fujimoto, Studio Gang, 2015 Venice Golden Lion winner Mass Studies—from a total of 30 different countries based in cities as far flung as Bangkok to Rio de Janeiro.

RAAAF - The End of Sitting Cut Out - image © Tom Harris, Hedrich Blessing

Aranda/Lash -Budidesa-image © Tom Harris, Hedrich Blessing

''Our idea was to take this opportunity to step back and create an exhibition that was a roundtable of sorts that invites a number of divergent positions from many different backgrounds. By bringing them together and putting them in dialogue with one another, we can look as much for the points of divergence and tension as for the points of convergence or consensus.'' said Joseph Grima to Architectural Record in the interview.

Amanda Williams - Color(ed) Theory - image © Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing

''Everybody interacts with architecture every day, but often the public interacts with architectural ideas only once they’re actualized. We’re highlighting ideas that shape buildings, and we want to put people in contact with these ideas. We really worked with participants to explore the ways in which they represent their ideas, so a lot of the show is devoted to hand-drawing and experimenting with other mediums to express architectural ideas.'' added Sarah Herda

Large scale model of The House of One- a prayer center for Jews, Christians, and Muslims designed for the Center of Berlin. Conceived by Kuehn Malvezzi+Armin Linke+Marko Lulic.

''Casa A'' by Selgascano +Helloeverything. It's prototype for a house.

''Passage'' -an installation by SO-IL. The structure, installed over a ramp inside the Chicago Cultural Center, is made of off-the-shelf steel studs.

''Architecture is everywhere''- an installation by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Everyday objects, like potato chips, displayed on little tables.

 at the preview of the Chicago Architecture Biennial

MOS Architects house prototype and Sou Fujimoto models

''A Grid is a Grid is a Grid'' designed by Johnston Marklee

''Body Parts'' by Andreas Angelidakis

RAAAF - The End of Sitting Cut Out 

MOS Architects house prototype

Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zürich + Self Assembly Lab, MIT - Rock Printing

interior view from Chicago rchitecture Biennial.

with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and co-artistic director Sarah Herda-looking forward to welcoming everyone to Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Please see our previous media coverage on WA: We Picked Up Some Major Events And Exhibitions Of 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial