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2014 ANNUAL REPORT

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Stroll through a neighborhood. Bike a lakefront path. Walk past towering buildings. For centuries, design has influenced how we work and play. And for nearly 50 years, the Chicago Architecture Foundation has led Chicago and the world in a deeper understanding of why it all matters.

Throughout the city, the Chicago Architecture Foundation is inspiring people from here and abroad to look up, inside and around the corner. Through tours, festivals, programs and even scavenger hunts, we offer new and unexpected ways to connect people with the architecture that defines Chicago and impacts our daily lives.

We hope you’ll discover design with us.

WHAT WILL YOU DISCOVER?

DESIGN IS ALIVE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY

5The transformation of an old hospital

7Teens harnessing the power of design

11A pink building that anchors a neighborhood’s history

13Highlights of 2014

9The stories behind legendary Chicago buildings

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DEAR FRIENDS

What defines a great cultural organization?

It starts with an inspiring mission, thought-

provoking programs and profound engagement

with the life of the city it serves.

Last year, the Chicago Architecture Foundation

(CAF) served a record 583,000 residents and

tourists. Our mission—inspiring people to

discover why design matters—is taking hold

across the region. Throughout the year, you can find young school-aged children, high school students,

millennials, movers and shakers, urban explorers, active families, and cultural enthusiasts participating

in CAF tours, events, classes and programs. Over the past several years, we have seen a dramatic rise

in the number of people we reach and the number of people who have a passion for architecture, a

love of Chicago and a commitment to voicing their thoughts and ideas for the future of our city.

Today, CAF stands proud as the largest nonprofit architecture organization in the world and one of

Chicago’s leading cultural institutions. Our 2016 Strategic Advancement Plan is the force behind our

initiatives for engaging Chicagoans with key issues facing the built environment, fostering civic pride

and celebrating the architectural assets that define Chicago.

These 2014 highlights tell the story:

• Architecture.org, CAF’s stunning new website, has been transformed with new powerful stories

about Chicago’s architecture, trending news on the built environment and dynamic information

for citizens and educators.

• CAF docents took more than 380,000 guests on architecture tours in Chicago and the suburbs.

• CAF was invited to partner with Cook County to co-host a design charrette to explore ideas for the

future of old Cook County Hospital. Five civic teams brought together innovative ideas for leveraging

the value of the historic building.

• Open House Chicago is now a blockbuster citywide architecture festival that attracted 75,000

attendees who made 285,000 site visits to 18 neighborhoods in one October weekend—an increase

of 240% over its inaugural year in 2011.

• CAF’s Scavenger Hunt challenged citizens of all ages to solve clues about Chicago’s history

and culture. After a successful launch in 2014, Scavenger Hunt is now an annual flagship program.

It was a powerful affirmation of this work when in the spring of 2014, the American Architectural

Foundation in Washington, D.C. presented CAF with the 2014 Keystone Award. This award honors an

individual or organization from outside the field of architecture for exemplary leadership. We owe

our dynamic growth to the dedication of our staff, board and volunteers; to our enthusiastic donors;

and to the unshakable passion of Chicagoans who firmly believe: design matters.

John Pintozzi Chair, Board of Trustees

Lynn Osmond, Hon. AIA President and CEO

The Chicago Architecture Foundation is a treasure not just for the residents of Chicago and

visitors to that great architectural city, but for all those working around the world to

enrich lives through architecture and design. CAF’s leadership and commitment to helping fellow architecture and design educators and

organizations succeed epitomizes what it means to be a great partner.

RON BOGLE, HON. AIA AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL

FOUNDATION (AAF) PRESIDENT AND CEO

THE DESIGN BEHIND A GREAT CULTURAL ORGANIZATION


You can catch a glimpse of it as you drive down the I-290 expressway. Even at 50 miles an hour, the architectural power of the building is unmistakable. Up close, old Cook County Hospital, with its classic Beaux-Arts style, three-story granite facade with fluted ionic columns, sculptural motifs and a mansard roof, is simply breathtaking.

Once the world’s largest medical facility, old Cook County Hospital on the near west side has been vacant since 2002 and has endured significant deterioration. “We believe that there’s an inherent value in the former Cook County Hospital building,” said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. “Our goal with this redevelopment process is to attempt to unlock that value.”

CHICAGO’S ARCHITECTURE CONVENER

But how to begin? Cook County Bureau

of Economic Development invited CAF to

co-host a design charrette and convene

the public conversation about the future

of the historic site.

“Who better to co-host than Chicago

Architecture Foundation?” asked Kim Goluska,

Chicago Consultants Studio, the county’s

strategic planning partner. “As a civic leader,

CAF was perfectly positioned to host it. They

are keepers of the urban architecture and

civic design conversation in Chicago, across

the country and internationally.”

CAF, in partnership with the county, kicked off

a two-week design charrette on September

23, 2014 with a presentation to create

excitement about the project and inspire

participants to dream big. Following a look at

the building’s history, the presentation drew

from international projects for inspiration such

as London’s Bank Side Power Station, which

was transformed into the Tate Modern. The

audience was challenged to explore potential

ideas for a mixed-use redevelopment of the

historic building, the surrounding medical

district and the near west side community.

“Do buildings hold our history, tell our story?”

asked CAF President Lynn Osmond. “How can

a building be redeveloped so we don’t lose

the story—while reimagining a new chapter?”

LOCATION

Near West Side

UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF

OLD COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL

I’d like to thank Lynn Osmond and her staff

from the Chicago Architecture Foundation. In addition to being our host tonight, CAF has also been our partner in

producing the charrette, and I’d like to particularly acknowledge their role

in promoting this process to the architecture and design community and facilitating a creative dialogue

through their website.

TONI PRECKWINKLE, COOK COUNTY BOARD

PRESIDENT

FIVE FAR-REACHING WAYS TO UNLOCK THE VALUE

Five civic teams—each comprised of architects,

economists, and real estate and urban planning

experts—answered the question. As the teams

worked on their presentations, a buzz began to

spread across the city about the charrette. CAF

used its website to generate public interest and

solicit public input. News that some of the power

players in architecture would be presenting their

work created even more excitement.

On October 7, 2014, the teams presented to a

standing-room-only audience at CAF. The teams

drew from the most inspired redevelopment projects

in the world. They proposed: winter gardens, a

wellness district hotel, welcoming parks, residential

towers, assisted living/memory care facilities, student

housing, retail—even a dramatic land bridge to

the north across the expressway to link the area

to the CTA Blue Line, the United Center and

Malcolm X College.

In each plan, the historic old hospital became

the centerpiece of transformation. Its legendary

architecture served as a cultural anchor in every

proposal.

BLUE SKY TO BLUE PRINTS

The charrette ignited the possibilities for the

old hospital and surrounding spaces. The county

has since issued a request for proposals for

redevelopment of the site.

What is a Charrette?

An intensive period of design and planning that invites communities and stakeholders to collaborate on a vision for development or to solve a problem.

Charrette Teams

Two teams from Lambda Alpha Ely (Burnham and Bennett), Landmarks Illinois, Chicago Area Central Committee and Metropolitan Planning Council


Where will we find the next Frank Lloyd Wright, Jeanne Gang or Helmut Jahn? Take a look at CAF’s new Teen Academy, a multi-year education program that opens the world of architecture and design to high school students.

CAF’s Teen Academy includes programs

such as LEGO® Workshops and Saturday

Studios where teens work with architects,

designers and engineers in hands-on,

studio-based design challenges. There’s

also DiscoverDesign.org, a free, interactive,

online design and architecture experience

for teens and teachers. And in 2014, CAF

launched a new partnership with After

School Matters, adding another element

to the CAF Teen Academy.

Last fall, 16 Chicago high school students

embarked in an immersive 10-week experience

through CAF and After School Matters. Three

days a week, three hours a day, students

worked on model making and graphic design,

visited an architecture firm, took a walking

tour, and engaged with DiscoverDesign.org.

They even attended Open House Chicago

and loved jumping the lines with their CAF

special access passes.

In another teen program, students read

sections of the Wacker Manual (the text

book on Chicago’s 1909 Plan) and discussed

if it was still relevant today. Along the way,

they learned about each step of the design

process and how to incorporate it in

their work.

“When the teens started, it was so hard for

them to talk about their work,” said program

coordinator Jesse Banwart. “Weeks later,

students presented their final project to

a few architects and CAF staff members,

including CAF President Lynn Osmond.

They had no problem speaking about

their work. It was impressive to see how

comfortable and confident they were with

what they learned over the 10 weeks.”

Five of the students in the program were

so inspired they signed up to become

CAF Rodgers Teen Fellows (see next page).

Another student asked Jesse for a letter

of recommendation. He will be attending

IIT’s College of Architecture summer program.

LOCATION

CAF Chicago

Loop

WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER SCHOOL?

WORKING ON MY ARCHITECTURE CAREER

After School Matters is an important part of the Chicago

education landscape. We were excited to create an After School Matters program that attracted students from throughout

the city to provide experiences in architecture and design they

can’t get anywhere else.

GABRIELLE LYON CAF’S NEW VICE PRESIDENT

OF EDUCATION

CAF TEEN ACADEMY

RODGERS TEEN FELLOWSOnly 16% of registered architects are women and only 2% are black or African-

American. To address this lack of diversity and opportunity, CAF has developed

a new pilot program, Rodgers Teen Fellows, in memory of Robert D. “Uncle Bob”

Rodgers. So far, CAF has recruited more than 20 students from populations

historically underrepresented in the fields of architecture, construction,

engineering and design (ACED fields). This three-year, in-depth program will

expand to recruit 30 teens per year, serving 90 at capacity. It will include:

• High-quality, intensive ACED learning workshops and field trips.

• Mentoring relationships with ACED professionals.

• Opportunities to develop leadership and professional skills, such as

serving as CAF Teen Ambassadors during Open House Chicago, the

Chicago Architecture Biennial, Engineering Fest, Saturday Studios,

CAF Family Studios and CAF Middle School Camps.

To date, fellows have participated in a studio session on the ACED

fields; toured firms such as CannonDesign, Thornton Tomasetti

and W.E. O’Neil; explored DesignIntelligence’s “America’s Best

Architecture and Design Schools 2015” to begin planning for college;

and spent a studio day discussing the urban planning classic Wacker’s

Manual for the Plan of Chicago: Municipal Economy.

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT D. “UNCLE BOB” RODGERS BY BEVERLY J. RODGERS

THANK YOU TO THE FUNDERS AND PARTNERS WHO MAKE CAF EDUCATION PROGRAMS POSSIBLE:



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Melissa Arnold Memorial by Dean J. Arnold

The Helen Brach Foundation

Christine and Paul Branstad

CAF Auxiliary Board

CAF Docents

Ann and Richard Carr

George L. Jewell

Beth and John Jostrand

Jeanne and Timothy Mayes

Heather McWilliams and Fred Fischer

Janet Myers

Timothy Nickerson

The O’Neil Foundation

Catherine and Orjan Odelbo

The Rhoades Foundation

Dr. Scholl Foundation

Barry A. Sears and Kathy Rice

Sharon and Todd Walbert

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

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CAF Auxiliary Board

CAF Docents


George L. Jewell




Janet Myers

Timothy Nickerson










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CAF Auxiliary Board

CAF Docents


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LOCATION

World Wide Web

It was time for CAF to challenge itself: If we inspire people to discover why design matters, how can we use our mission to reimagine our website?

More than a year from concept to click, CAF’s dynamic new website affirms, without question, that design matters. The responsive, easy-to-navigate site creates an exceptional visitor experience with trending stories and in-depth information on architecture and design.

This project really started back in 2012. With

the support of a grant from the Fidelity

Foundation, CAF was able to engage a

consulting firm to develop a Digital Master

Plan. This was a pivotal project for CAF giving

us the roadmap to construct engaging online

experiences that would resonate with our

current guests and attract new audiences.

With this digital strategy in hand, CAF

collaborated with web design firm FastSpot

and launched the visually stunning site

in March 2015. Architecture.org provides

opportunities to purchase tickets for a tour,

improve one’s architectural literacy, sign up

for CAF events, research a student project

or even do a little shopping with CAF’s

online store.

A signature section of the site is “Buildings

of Chicago,” a multimedia showcase of

legendary skyscrapers, museums, theaters,

homes, houses of worship and parks.

Working closely with CAF docents, the

web team crafted narratives that discuss

structural engineering, building aesthetics,

historical context and the intriguing stories

that surround each building.

The “Topics and News” section is the go-

to place for breaking stories and emerging

topics on Chicago architecture. Here visitors

can explore Chicago’s new playscapes, the

latest construction projects and even the

making of Open House Chicago.

The new site also promises to increase the

growing interest among teens in architecture

and design. The site provides easy access to

CAF’s Teen Academy (see page 7), family

programming and DiscoverDesign.org.

“We wanted to create the number one

place to go—for visitors and Chicagoans—

on Chicago architecture and design,” said

CAF’s VP of Marketing, Marilyn Jackson.

“Architecture.org is the address.”

THE LAUNCH OF ARCHITECTURE.ORG

CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE HAS A NEW ADDRESS

The website redesign was a strategic opportunity for

CAF to elevate its game on great design for its public face and expand

our role as a thought-leader in architecture, design and education.

We aim to transform the way people interact with architecture.

MARILYN JACKSON CAF VICE PRESIDENT

OF MARKETING

PHOTOS Courtesy of FastSpot


75,000 ATTENDEES

285,000 SITE VISITS

Last year, the average attendance for a Chicago Bears game was 61,000. Open House Chicago 2014—in just its fourth year—crushed that number with 75,000 fans going wild for Chicago architecture from South Shore to Rogers Park to Pullman to West Town.

Open House Chicago is CAF’s free weekend

festival with access to repurposed mansions,

iconic theaters, secret rooms, sacred spaces,

private clubs, hotels, offices and more. The

fourth annual OHC was another record-

breaking year with those 75,000 fans making

285,000 visits to 167 sites in 18 neighborhoods

over the October 18-19 weekend.

The incredible success of the festival is

largely due to the extensive planning of

the OHC team, dedicated funders and

widespread marketing—not to mention

good fall weather. “Our Open House

team has developed an exhaustive database of

intriguing sites in Chicago and beyond,” said

Garrett Karp, CAF’s program manager for

OHC. “Last year we added new sites in the

Edgewater neighborhood. This included the

Edgewater Beach Apartments—the famous

pink building off of Lake Shore Drive. Built

in 1928, it is renowned for its spectacular

lake views, beautiful indoor pool and giant

private garden.”

With Edgewater Beach Apartments on board,

more signature buildings agreed to participate

including the historic Conway mansion at

Sacred Heart Schools, St. Ita Church and the

landmark Episcopal Church of the Atonement.

The Edgewater neighborhood attracted more

than 4,700 visitors, ranking it among the

highest visited neighborhoods in OHC 2014.

LOCATION

Edgewater

OHC BECOMES OMG!

OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO 2014

We always begin with an anchor building and

we knew it had to be the Edgewater Beach Apartments—the famous

pink building off of Lake Shore Drive. At first the property manager was hesitant but when the condo board heard about our interest, they gave

it their full support.

GARRETT KARP OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO

PROGRAM MANAGER

AVERAGE EVENT

RATING OF

4.57 OUT OF 5

59,000 PEOPLE (92% OF LOCALS)

SAID OHC MADE THEM FEEL PROUD TO BE A CHICAGOAN

ATTENDEES FROM ALL

50 STATES & 91 COUNTRIES

44,000 PEOPLE

VISITED NEW NEIGHBORHOODS

167 SITES IN

18 NEIGHBORHOODS

PRESENTING SPONSOR SPONSORS

James S. Kemper Foundation

MEDIA SPONSORS

PARTNERS

20,800 PEOPLE MADE

103,000 CTA TRIPS

$6.4 MILLION

ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CHICAGO

ECONOMY

1,400 VOLUNTEERS

DONATED

8,600 HOURS


The Chicago Architecture Foundation is the world’s largest architecture organization. We are committed to public and community engagement and to educating the next generation of design thinkers. Here is an overview of what we accomplished in 2014.

A LOOK BACK AT 2014

THIS IS HOW TO DISCOVER DESIGN

THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION (AAF) 2014 KEYSTONE AWARD

WE’RE HONOREDThe American Architectural Foundation (AAF)

presented the Chicago Architecture Foundation with

the 2014 Keystone Award at AAF’s 25th annual Gala

in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2014. AAF’s Board of

Regents presents the Keystone Award to an individual

or organization from outside architectural practice for

exemplary design leadership that improves lives and

transforms communities.

AAF recognized CAF as one of the world’s leading

architecture organizations. “This nonprofit organization’s

mission is to inspire people to discover why design

matters, and it does this through more than 85 types of

architecture tours, as well as groundbreaking exhibitions,

national curricula, publications and youth and adult

education programs.”

“We are honored to be among the elite list of recipients

of this prestigious award,” said CAF President and

CEO Lynn Osmond. “CAF staff, trustees and volunteers

have worked incredibly hard to make CAF the leading

organization of its kind in the world. Receiving

recognition from the AAF signifies that we are making

a profound impact globally to inspire people to discover

why design matters.”

ARCHITECTURE TOURS

SEEING CHICAGO THROUGH A DOCENT’S EYESCAF’s 450 volunteer docents were busier than ever in 2014. Our

tours broke records with a total of 380,000 guests—up 19% over

2013. Our record-high year was due to increases across all tour

categories: the popular CAF River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First

Lady Cruises was up 24%, bus/trolley tours were up 28% and

walking tours (including bike, train and Segway) were up 7%.

Our tour program continues to grow because of our commitment

to keeping our tours fresh, relevant and engaging. In 2014, CAF

docents developed 11 new tours including: City of Big Data, Fort

Sheridan, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Masterpieces, Monroe Building,

Must-See Chicago and Union Station.

In our 22nd year of partnership with Chicago’s First Lady Cruises,

CAF was excited that our boat partner added another 250-seat

vessel to their fleet—Chicago’s Classic Lady. This additional capacity

helped increase attendance by 24%. In addition to the river cruise,

CAF tour favorites include: Holiday Lights, City Lights; Frank Lloyd

Wright by Bus; The Devil in White City; and Must-See Chicago.

CAF’s partnership with the Field Museum for our World’s Fair

bus tour continued into 2014 during the run of the museum’s

World’s Fair exhibition.

CAF piloted two tours using open-top buses. These sold-out tours

explored downtown as well as cultural neighborhoods such as Little

Italy, Greek Town, Chinatown and Bronzeville.

Playing Host

Welcoming the American Institute of Architects

In 2014, 28,000 AIA delegates descended on

Chicago to attend their national conference.

CAF worked with the planners to offer

a curated selection of 38 walking, boat

and bus tours for conference attendees—

ultimately selling out 21 departures.

CAF Hosts the Travel Industry

In April 2014, the travel industry’s premier

international marketplace and largest

generator of in-bound tourist travel to the

U.S.—IPW (International Pow Wow)—was

held in Chicago. CAF partnered with

Chicago’s First Lady and Choose Chicago to

host a private river cruise, offer several pre-

convention tours and operate a marketplace

booth at the main entrance of the trade

show. New partnerships and promotion

opportunities were created as a result.

YEAR-IN-REVIEW

2014

PHOTOS David Hathcox


CAF SCAVENGER HUNT 2014

IGNITING A FUN-FILLED EXPLORATION OF THE CITYThere’s a new game in town. Chicago’s architecture is the

playing field. And the players had the time of their lives.

In June 2014, CAF launched the Scavenger Hunt—an

unforgettable afternoon where teams of Chicagoans

were handed a t-shirt, a map and a clue card to begin

a 20-site exploration of Chicago’s Loop. At each site, a

greeter answered questions then handed out another

clue card. Each card included a social media challenge

that was often active, funny and photo-based.

As teams went from site to site, the excitement and

camaraderie grew. Competing teams worked together

to solve the clues. All teams returned to CAF to honor

the winners and celebrate together.

“Our Scavenger Hunt attracted people who were looking

for a fun, learning-based activity,” said Lyla Catellier,

CAF’s Coordinator of Public Engagement.

And that was really the goal. Leveraging the success

of Open House Chicago, CAF offered OHC participants

and other adventurous Chicagoans a highly-interactive

activity that connected new audiences to Chicago’s

architecture and history.

Taking place on June 7, 2014, this new CAF event

was a sold-out success with 335 people participating in

118 teams. The results were so strong (91% of participants

indicated they would attend another Scavenger Hunt

in 2015) that CAF committed to make Scavenger Hunt

one of its annual signature programs. The second-annual

Scavenger Hunt took place May 9, 2015.

Tracking the FunThe hashtag #CAFHunt received more than 500 posts

and made Twitter’s list of trending topics.

90% of participants want to explore Chicago

as a result of the Scavenger Hunt.

78% of participants report “understanding more about the

importance of architecture to the city of Chicago” as a result

of the Scavenger Hunt.

88% of participants feel “proud to be a Chicagoan”

as a result of the Scavenger Hunt.

I loved learning the history of each site

and to actually see inside the building makes those facts stick.

CAF SCAVENGER HUNT PARTICIPANT

Most valuable thing I learned—the

greatness of Chicago is in EVERY

building.


I really enjoyed the ‘behind-the-scenes’

locations but also I enjoyed that the hunt made me stop

and really think about buildings that I’ve walked by

hundreds of times.



Great Cities, Great Lakes, Great Basin This award-winning vision for the

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region

was presented by Skidmore, Owings

& Merrill; with support from the

Illinois Department of Commerce

and Economic Opportunity and

ArcelorMittal. This 2013 exhibition

closed in March of 2014.

Women Building Change: Chicago Women in Architecture Celebrates 40 Years

Working in partnership with CAF, the

nonprofit group Chicago Women in

Architecture provided case studies of

projects that explore the role women

play in architecture. The exhibit

addressed the many ways women are

working in the industry and the equality

challenges women face. Support is

provided by The Graham Foundation,

Illinois Department of Commerce and

Economic Opportunity and the

Driehaus Foundation.

Online Exhibition: Skyline Stories

Launched in September 2014, this dynamic new online initiative tells the stories

of 10 of Chicago’s most iconic buildings through four multimedia segments.

Buildings include the Chicago Board of Trade, Harold Washington Library,

Inland Steel Building, Marina City, Marquette Building, Monadnock Building,

The Rookery, James R. Thompson Center, Tribune Tower and Willis Tower.

Each “skyline story” explores the design process, architectural principles,

little known facts and historical context behind each building. This is the first

project developed with the guiding principles of CAF’s new Digital Master

Plan. It is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Chicago: City of Big Data

This cutting-edge exhibition boasted strong partnerships

and an exciting opening night. Installed around the Chicago

Model in May, the exhibit explores the explosion of digital

information encompassing everything from environmental

sensors to social media posts—and how this data is used by

architects, planners, engineers and citizens to understand

urban issues and influence the design of buildings and

cities everywhere.

A Pecha Kucha event, hosted by Peter Exley of

Architecture is Fun, provided a platform for some of the

city’s most engaging thinkers to talk about their work in

only 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each.

The exhibit put CAF at the center of the conversation

about the newest technology and urban planning.

Highlighted projects include IBM’s Smarter Cities Initiative,

SOM’s Blackbox Group, IDEO’s Data Energy Map, the

Chicago Health Atlas and the Chicago Department of

Innovation and Technology’s predictive analytics work.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Illinois Department

of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, MacArthur

Foundation, IBM, SOM, the Sprague Institute and the

Illinois Clean Energy Fund.

EXHIBITIONS AT CAF

CONVERSATION STARTERSIn 2014, CAF opened two new exhibitions that drew 100,614

people to the Atrium and Lecture Hall Galleries.

PHOTO Courtesy of SOM


LEARNING AT CAF

BIG DESIGNS ON EDUCATIONIn the fall of 2014, CAF established a redesigned CAF Education Department, headed by Gabrielle

Lyon, PhD. Under Gabe’s leadership, the department will build on its dynamic trajectory of growth.

In 2014, CAF served 19,000 students, teachers and families—a 175% increase over 2013—through

new programs like the CAF Teen Academy, featured on page 7.

ArcelorMittal Design Studio @ CAF

Think of this as a power station for inspiring design. Opened in September

2013, the ArcelorMittal Design Studio @ CAF is a collaborative learning

space that introduces architecture, engineering, design and planning to

people of all ages. Studio programs use LEGO® bricks, model making

materials, interactive technology and other hands-on tools to foster

creativity, critical thinking and collaboration.

Connecting with Teachers

Eighty teachers (grades K–12) participated in The

American Skyscraper: Transforming Chicago and the

Nation. This week-long professional development program

featured scholarship in architecture, design, Chicago

history and art history. Participants were selected from

a competitive nationwide application process that

garnered 320 applications. The workshop is funded

through the National Endowment for the Humanities:

Landmarks of American History and Culture grant.

National Engineers Week

During the week of February 16–22, 2014, CAF

participated in this national recognition of the

industry’s most innovative structural achievements

through tours, workshops and demonstrations. Fun,

family-friendly events were held in the ArcelorMittal

Design Studio @ CAF and other CAF spaces. Crown

Hall at IIT hosted a teen studio where students

shadowed professional engineers, architects

and designers. For adults, CAF offered a special

program where participants enjoyed a drink while

designing with LEGO®.

Teens Discover Design and 21st-Century Skills

CAF hosted its third annual DiscoverDesign.org

National High School Architecture Competition, an

online competition where students entered their original

designs solving a common, school-based challenge.

The 2014 competition, “Redesign Your School Athletic

Pavilion,” drew 219 students from 29 schools in 12 states.

The first place winner Christopher Kumaradjaja (from

Briar Cliff, New York) and his family were invited to

spend two days in Chicago to enjoy CAF tours and

visits to architectural firms.

CAF received a prestigious grant from the Institute

of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) toward the

expansion of DiscoverDesign.org.

See page 8 for a full list of sponsors and funders of CAF education programs.

Architecture Out of School

CAF hosted field trips for more than

8,000 students (a 30% increase over

2013) from public, private and parochial

schools. These included various tours

and activities designed for grade 4 all

the way up to grade 12. These field trips

develop skills necessary for success in

school and work—critical thinking, visual

literacy, comparative analysis, sketching

and collaboration.


32ND NEWHOUSE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN COMPETITION IT’S LIKE “SHARK TANK” FOR ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTUREIt takes a certain type of student who is willing to devote nearly four

months of a school year to work on an architecture design project and

then submit it to a competition.

But last year, 561 individual students from 19 Chicago-area schools tested

their design skills and submitted a total of 693 projects to CAF’s 32nd

Annual Newhouse Architecture and Design Competition.

CAF is the only institution in the

country with an immersive study

program for high school students

at Taliesin. CAF also sends six teens

to Taliesin West in Scottsdale,

Arizona to study the work of Frank

Lloyd Wright in the desert and

visit southwest vernacular and

contemporary architecture. This

program is supported by CAF’s

Auxiliary Board.

The 2014 theme—Live, Work, Play, Story—challenged teens

to see architecture as more than a static piece of art and

to explore its ever-changing state. Eight finalists received

paid internships at Chicago architecture and construction

firms and two finalists participated in summer design

experience programs at the University of Illinois Urbana-

Champaign and Illinois Institute of Technology. In addition,

six students were selected to participate in a life-changing

apprenticeship at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of

Architecture in Wisconsin.

Through 12 divisions, students used a variety of technical

and creative skills to solve design problems such as

designing an adventure playground, a new creative wing

for Hyde Park Arts Center or a shelter for homeless people.

There was even a division for photography, film and graphic

arts. This division invited students to define the personality

of one of Chicago’s skyscrapers.

More than 60 leaders from the architecture, design,

education and business communities juried the projects

and offered mentorship.

“We are continually impressed by the creativity and

hard work we see from the participating teens each year,”

said Lynn Osmond, CAF’s President and CEO. “We see

that many participants go on to attend architecture and

engineering programs around the country, attend design

programs at esteemed institutions like Illinois Institute

of Technology, and even earn the Crown Scholarship,

a prestigious full-tuition scholarship for IIT’s five-year

architecture program.”

PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AT CAF

A FORUM FOR DISCUSSIONAssociation of Architecture Organizations

As the leading architecture organization in

the world, CAF spearheaded this international

member-based network dedicated to

enhancing the public dialogue about

architecture and design. Founded in 2009,

AAO membership now includes 150 nonprofit

architectural organizations and interested

individuals in 64 U.S. cities and 9 countries.

In 2014, organization highlights included

the annual Design Matters Conference in

Washington, D.C. hosted by one of AAO’s

founding members, the National Building

Museum. The conference featured a strong

lineup of keynote speakers including Mary

Rowe, Vice President and Managing Director

of The Municipal Art Society of New York,

whose organization took a lead role in steering

the New York region toward more resilient

design practices in the chaotic aftermath of

Hurricane Sandy. Architects David Adjaye and

Phil Freelon discussed their designs for the

National Museum of African American History

and Culture located on the National Mall.

Additionally, AAO organized its inaugural

Architecture+Design Educational Network

(A+DEN) Symposium at Cranbrook Academy

of Art, located near Detroit. The seminar was

dedicated to the needs and interests of K–12

design educators.

In 2014, CAF focused on partnerships outside the organization to

diversify audiences and discuss new topics. Nearly 6,000 people

attended 2014 programs. Of those, 1,726 people attended 17

special programs.

CAF, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) and Chicago

Women in Architecture hosted award-winning architect Elizabeth

Diller of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro in a conversation with Reed

Kroloff about her innovative design practice.

CAF, with Metropolis Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Clayco and

SOM, led a series of rousing panels throughout the year on the

future of Chicago designers abroad and locally.

Sold-out behind-the-scenes programs showcased unique spaces

such as: the Auditorium Theater, Thalia Hall (with city historian

Tim Samuelson) and the new El Centro Campus (with architect

Juan Moreno).

See page 8 for a full list of sponsors and funders of CAF education programs.


ASSETS 2014Current Assets

Cash and investments 2,073,665

Accounts/pledges receivable 943,656

Inventory 449,313

Prepaid expenses 257,837

Total Current Assets 3,724,471

Other Assets

Receivables (noncurrent) 427,892

Security deposits (other) 3,875

Collection items 716,823

Property and Equipment

Net equipment and leasehold improvements 1,088,689

TOTAL ASSETS 5,961,750

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Current Liabilities

Accounts payable 271,544

Accrued liabilities 185,187

Deferred revenue 121,816

Long-term Liabilities

Deferred rent 72,320

TOTAL LIABILITIES 650,867

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted Net Assets 3,496,608

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 1,776,140

Permanently Restricted Net Assets 38,135

TOTAL NET ASSETS 5,310,883

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 5,961,750

REVENUES TOURS 12,132,314

DEVELOPMENT 2,764,225

RETAIL ACTIVITIES 1,929,357

MEMBERSHIP 652,026

PUBLIC PROGRAMS 189,430

ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

26,190

68%

4%

16%

11%

1%

EXPENSES TOURS 8,567,992

PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2,748,124

RETAIL ACTIVITIES 1,635,475

ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

1,629,106

MARKETING AND PROMOTION

1,805,163

DEVELOPMENT 794,736

MEMBERSHIP 284,65810%

9%

5%

16%

49%

9%

2%

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2014


$100,000 and above

Hive Fund for Connected Learning at The Chicago Community Trust

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Kemper Corporation

National Endowment for the Humanities

$50,000–$99,999

ArcelorMittal

The Brinson Foundation

The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

Anonymous

Allstate Foundation

City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

$10,000–$24,999

Arup

Helen Brach Foundation

Buchanan Family Foundation

Chicago Architecture Foundation Auxiliary Board

ComEd

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

IBM

James S. Kemper Foundation


Tawani Foundation


$5,000–$9,999

exp US Services, Inc.

Goose Island Beer Co.

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency

Peoples Gas

Sloan Valve Company

Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute

$2,500–$4,999

Blue Waters Foundation

Chicago Architecture Foundation Docents

Hattie A. and Marie V. Fatz Foundation

Heitman LLC


Rhoades Foundation

The Zucaro Family Foundation, Inc.

$500–$2,499

Aetna Foundation

Francis Beidler Foundation

Chicago Women in Architecture

Consulate General of Canada, Chicago

Forum Studio/Clayco

The GE Foundation

Illinois Humanities Council

New Prospect Foundation

Sahara Enterprises, Inc.

INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS 2014

DISCOVERING DESIGN

MAKING IT POSSIBLE Partner ArcelorMittal

BASF Corporation

J&J Arnaco LLC

Kemper Corporation

Perkins+Will

Related Midwest

Leader Gurtz Electric Co.

HOK

Krueck + Sexton Architects

Loewenberg Architects / Magellan Development Group

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Thornton Tomasetti

Tishman Speyer Properties

Associate Edelman

Ghafari

Qatar Airways

Site Design Group, Ltd.

VOA Associates Incorporated

Entrepreneur Arup

bKL Architecture LLC

Booth Hansen

Cannon Design

Chicago Metal Rolled Products

Clune Construction Company

Development Management Associates, LLC

Epstein

Etihad Airways

Executive Construction, Inc.

exp US Services, Inc.

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects

JAHN LLC

RTKL Associates, Inc.

SMNG-A Architects Ltd.

South Water Signs

Studio Gang Architects

tvsdesign

Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

Wheeler Kearns Architects Inc.

CORPORATE PARTNERS 2014

THIS PAGE (Left to Right) Gala co-chair and CAF Trustee Tom Kerwin and the bKL team celebrate at the Gala; CAF Trustee Phil Enquist of SOM gives an overview of the Great Lakes Great Cities exhibition.

OPPOSITE PAGE (Left to Right) Jerry Fuller and Ryan Lahurd of the Kemper Foundation; Diana Hickert-Hill of Kemper addresses the crowd at the Open House Chicago launch party.


Burnham Society Benefactor $5,000 and above


Diane P. Atwood and Paul J. Reilly

Jim Gary

George L. Jewell


Beverly J. Rodgers


Burnham Society Leader $2,500–$4,999

Kenneth R. Adamo

Jeanne M. Brett and Stephen Goldberg


John and Nancy DiCiurcio

Linlee and Charles Elbert

Konstanze L. Hickey

Loretta and Kenneth Julian

Julie and Kurt Karnatz

Penny and Bill Obenshain

Julie Overbeck

John C. Pintozzi

Elizabeth and Charles Schrock

Christine and David Seidman

Michael A. Toolis, AIA, LEED AP

Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert

Burnham Society Member $1,500–$2,499

Maria and Kevin Adam

Bob and Holly Agra

Kirsten Anderson

Stephen and Susan Baird

John Blackburn and William Gilmer

Michelle Blaise

Thomas E. Brean

Maureen and John Burke

Joel and Susan Carlins

Thomas A. Carmichael and Catherine Hayden

David and Loren Chernoff

Rosalie and Joseph Dixler

Mary and Bruce Feay

Joan and Gary Gand

Virginia and C. Gary Gerst

Gordon and Wendy Gill

Joanne and Gunnar Gitlin

James Goettsch and Nada Andric

Susan Goldschmidt

Sandra and Jack Guthman

Nancy and Breck Hanson

Lena Hansson and Robert W. Grist

Marilyn and R. H. Helmholz

Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson

Gaye Hill and Jeff Urbina

David D. Hiller

Mary Jo Hoag

Linda and Douglas Honnold

Marilyn and Jonathan Jackson

Julie and David Jacobson

Jeffrey Jahns and Jill Metcoff Jahns

Will and Sharon Johns

Camille and Natacha Julmy

Alvin and Elizabeth Katz

Colin and Tracey Kihnke

Thomas Kreilick

Henry and Marti Kuehn

Dirk Lohan

Mary and Lawrence Mages

Kitty and James Mann

Reginald and Bernadette Marzec

Erica C. Meyer

Richard and Barbara Olsen

Lynn J. Osmond and Chris Multhauf

Victoria Herget and Robert Parsons

Scott and Jackie Renwick

Rajen Ruparell

John W. Rutledge

Richard and Patricia Schnadig

Claudia and Steven Schwartz

Ilene W. Shaw

Michael Siurek

Lois and Harrison Steans

Steven and Jacqueline Stein

Marilyn Stewart

John and Ann Syvertsen

Jill and Robert Tanz

Robyn and John Tolva

INDIVIDUAL DONORS 2014

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS 2014

Access Mobility 24

Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel

Chicago Magazine

Chicago Reader

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Tribune

Chicagoist

Concierge Preferred

Divvy

Edelman

Google, Inc.

Goose Island Beer Co.

Julie and Evan Jahn

JCDecaux North America

Jewell Events Catering

Landon Bone Baker Architects

Steven Litt

Maes Studio, Inc.


Southwest Airlines

Studio 424

Taproot Foundation

think-cell Software GmbH

Titan

The Wall Street Journal

WBEZ Chicago Public Media

WRITE Club

Zero One Projects, LLC

Elizabeth Treacy

Marcy Twete and Charles Beck

Jennifer and Robert Van Valkenburg

Audrey Weaver

Andrew Weinrich

Susan and Robert Wislow

Sullivan Society $1,000–$1,499

Anonymous

Kit Keane and Duncan Alexander

Aaron Andersen and Amy Daigler

Susan Arena Zumdahl and Steven S. Zumdahl

Lynn and Scott Bayman

Niranjan Bhargava

Mary and Richard Gray

Rebecca Halpern

Thomas M. Jones

Judith Kaufman

Jonathan Lehman and Zachary Huelsing

Alice and Gregory Melchor

Kathleen Brown and Van Gordon Sauter


Emily and Stephen Stanley

John and Carolyn Viera

Cynthia and Benjamin Weese

Beaux Arts $500–$999

Anonymous (2)

Mary Jo Abrahamson

Warren L. Batts

Albert H. Bloom


Kathleen and James Canavan

Kathleen A. Carpenter

Margaret Carr

Linton J. Childs

Stanley D. Christianson

Mary Ann Cronin

Judy and Tapas Das Gupta

Susan deCordova

Michelle and Christopher DeMent

Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider

Ellen and Kerry Dickson

Anne Earle

Tim Eisler

Esther Elmiger

Marie and Brian Fitzpatrick

Cathy and R. Robert Funderburg

Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner

Amy and James Geier

Delta A. Greene

Emily and Edward Gross

Sandy Guettler

John and Dana Hagenah

Janet and Thomas Harris

Vicki Heller

Barbara Higgins

Brent A. Hoffmann

John Jawor

Timothy B. Johnson

Anne Kaplan

J. Bradley Keck

David Keenan

Paula and Joseph Kerger

William and Wendy Lipsman

Katherine M. Lorenz

Edward Magiera

Daniel and Beth Maguire

Michelle Martel

Tally and Andrew Melone

Michael Merwin

Donna and Lloyd Morgan

Sandra Mueller

Monica Neighbors

Sharon O’Donnell

William and Cathy Osborn

Gina Page

Seymour Persky

L. Richard Petracca III

Tina Pickell

Cynthia and Douglas Pierce

Phyllis and Dennis Propp

Nancy L. Rasmussen

Jeanne and John Rowe

Ellen and Richard Shubart

Luzviminda Sitjar

Sabine B. Sobek

Denise R. Sobel

Nancy and Bruce Stevens

David Sullivan

Roseanna F. Torretto

Susan and Jack Tribbia

Rebecca Trumbull and Steve Wiesenthal

Kathryn Voland and Bob Mann

Virginia Willcox

Grace Yamamoto

Deco $250–$499

Mary and Paul Anderson

Maureen Schoenbeck and Robert Asher

Cara Gray and Doug Bartow

Christopher Begy

Kerria and Gifford Beuker

Constance and Harrington Bischof

Jennifer and Brian Borchard

Sharalyn Borchers

Kristine Bordenave

Susan Bowey

Jane and Michael Brannan

James L. Brott

John and Kathleen Buck

Jane M. Cahill

THIS PAGE (Left to Right) Burnham Society Benefactor Jim Gary; CAF Docent, Auxiliary Board member and Sullivan Society member Barry Sears.

OPPOSITE PAGE (Left to Right) Erica Meyer, Bill Gilmer and Jonathan Blackburn enjoy the Burnham Society River Cruise; Burnham Society members Todd and Sharon Walbert; Burnham Society members Will and Sharon Johns.


INDIVIDUAL DONORS 2014

continued

Barbara R. Carter

Mary Ann Cheatham

Alice G. Childs

Robert A. Christensen

William Ciesla

Marianne Coakley

Hyla Cohen

Dr. and Mrs. Roger Cole

Kathryn Collier

William J. Cordier

Dominique Corvez

Roger Cox

Susan M. Craft

Angela J. D’Aversa

Bret Dellinger

Patty L. Delony

James and Judith DeStefano

Elizabeth and Andrew Downs

Carol P. Eastin

Gary L. Eppling

Shannon and Allan Ettinger

Suzanne Faber and Richard Fizdale

David Fanta

Judith Wilke and Mark Finley

Kenneth and Marsha Fischl

Keith Fish

Laura and Mark Fisher

Mary and Daniel Fitzpatrick

Margaret and Robert Fliegelman

Susan Foster

Barbara N. Fuldner

Donna and Glenn Gabanski

Steven and Lori Gersten

Malgorzata Glowacka

Brenda Greenlee

Maureen and Mark Greenwood

Erika and Dietrich Gross

Jennifer and Kenneth Guy

Robert A. Habermann

Joan Haffey

Jo Ellen and Stephen Ham

Ronald K. Hamburger

Robbi Jumaa Hamida and Warren Bowler

Mimi Harris

Ronald Henderson

Jeremy M. Hinton

Catherine Hogan

Matthew Holt

Jena Holtberg-Benge

Charles E. Horton

Robin and Harry Hunter

Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson

Craig Ingram

Lynne and Paul Japp

Rebecca and Joseph Jarabak

Daniel J. Jares

Jody and David Jordan

Norman Jung

Tim Karas

Judith and Roy Kass

Amber and Joshua Kenney

Gerould Kern

Jacqueline and Sheldon Kimel

Monica Kline

Ms. James D. Koolish

Barbara and John Kowalczyk

Arthur W. Kruski

William Kwan

Janine Landow-Esser

Ronna Stamm and Paul Lehman

Alan and Edina Lessack

Carolyn Levin

Susan Levy

Cynthia Lord and James Gray

Nancy Lothringer

Meredith Mack

Eric Mandel

Linda and Frank Mayer

Patricia Meersman

James Meier

Joan and Louis Mercuri

Charles R. Middleton and John S. Geary

Laura Milani

Marjorie Miller-Brownstein, AIA, LEED AP

Christian Molinaro

Julie Moller

Christopher L. Montanari

J. Dennis Monteverde

Rathish Moorthy

James Nagle

John Nelligan

Teresa Oliszewicz

Adam Pazourek

Patrice Pearsall

Robert and Barbara Perkaus

Laurie and Michael Petersen

Mary and Dominic Pisani

Andrei Pop

Edward Potocek

Tim Price

Georgann and Alan Prochaska

Laurie Smith and Andy Prodanovic

Elizabeth Hausheer and Gavin Pugh

Barbara Quilty

Anita Levin and John Rafkin

Judith Reese

Janice Reineke

William Ricker

Mary and Thomas Ritter

Anthony Riviello

Teresa and Thomas Roberts

Helen and Harry Roper

Philip A. Rosborough

Hallie and Brant Rosen

Sarah Mangelsdorf and Karl Rosengren

Philip R. Russ

Kathleen Ryan

Noreen and James Ryan

Susan Obler and John Scanlon

Robert G. Schaefer, AIA

Nicole Schall-Plotner and Christopher Plotner

Julie F. Schauer

Carol Schneider

Victoria and Donald Scott

Pamela J. Seaman

Barbara and William Serpe

Elizabeth Shanahan

Megan and Steven Shebik

Nancy Sohn and Mike Simon

Lisa Skolnik

Beth Sprecher Brooks

Jason St. John

Matthew Steinmetz

Lorene J. Stewart

Ronald V. Stoch

Daniel Streng

Priscilla A. Swanson

Julia Sweeney Blum

Lynn Meyers and Dana Terp

Patti Thurmond

Desiree Tucker-Sorini

Jane and Howard Tyner

Peter M. Vale

Donna Van Eekeren

Anne C. Van Wart

John M. VanderLinden and John W. Butler

Mary and Dalius Vasys

Deborah and Steven Viktora

David and Anna Mary Wallace

Sharon Wang

Kathleen A. Ward and Mark Reiter

Barbara H. West

Pamela and Robert White

Willard E. White and Steve Hartman

Craig Wilbanks and Monty Kehl

Cherie Winner

Joan Winstein

Raymond Wise and Ted Robinson

Diane Yurksaitis

Mark Zajackowski






Janet Myers

Timothy S. Nickerson


TALIESIN WEST DONORS 2014–2016

Anonymous (2)


Sylvia Dunbeck

Daniel P. Fitzgerald

Lyle Gillman

Jan Grayson

Janet L. Hipp

Mary Jo Hoag, Docent

Judith L. Kaufman


Lloyd B. Morgan and Donna B. Morgan

Jeffrey Nichols


Gail Satler

Richard and Patricia Schnadig

Barry A. Sears

Robin B. Simon

Tamie Tobe

BLUEPRINT SOCIETY 2014

Stuart Abelson

John T. Geary

Richard Halvorsen

Evolyn A. Hardinge

The Family of Norma Harris

Frances H. Knaphurst Trust

Helen L. Kuehn

Lucy S. Lyon

Edna K. Papazian

Bunny Selig

Janice Trimble

Jeffrey M. Zoll

LEGACY DONORS 2014

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Dean Arnold continues to be impressed with the

Newhouse Competition students. “One year a young

lady created a model of the Spertus Institute window

wall,” said Dean, a civil engineer. “That was a very

difficult model.”

In 2007, Dean established an endowment in honor

of his late wife Melissa, a long-time art teacher at

Lake View High School with a strong interest in the

Newhouse Competition. The endowment supports the

Newhouse Competition and the Taliesin program in

Spring Green, Wisconsin—where Melissa grew up and

was among the first class to attend Wyoming Valley

grade school designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

“It’s so important that these students go through

the design process as part of the CAF education

programs,” said Dean. “It’s a revolution in construction.

Today it’s virtual design, 3D-modeling and building

projects on the computer. But we can’t lose creativity

in the process.” Dean is passionate about this work

and will often visit the Taliesin scholars. “I asked one

young lady what she wanted to be... most want to be

architects. She wanted to be a civil engineer!”

Dean Arnold is a civil engineer and Vice President at

W.E. O’Neil Construction. As both mentor and donor,

Dean has supported Newhouse and the students that

participate in many ways.


$25,000 and above

Allstate Foundation

Associated Bank

The John Buck Company

$10,000–$24,999

Abbott Laboratories

bKL Architecture LLC

BMO Harris Bank

Edelman

Kurt Karnatz, Environmental Systems Design, Inc.

Forum Studio/Clayco

Goettsch Partners

Groupon

Helmut Jahn, JAHN LLC

Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc.

Emil Bach House, the Monroe Building, and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library

Prairie Material

$5,000–$9,999

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

ArcelorMittal

Arup

Diane P. Atwood and Paul J. Reilly

Thomas E. Brean

Cannon Design

Joel and Susan Carlins

CBRE Chicago

Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond

Clune Construction Company

ComEd

Chris Stefanos, CS Associates, INC.

Eastdil Secured LLC

Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, Inc.

Etihad Airways

Daniel Maguire, Executive Construction, Inc.

Gensler

Gurtz Electric Co.

HOK

John Ronan Architects

Alvin Katz, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Lend Lease (US) Construction Inc.

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Maron Electric

James McHugh Construction Co.

Newcastle Limited


Pepper Construction Company

Perkins+Will

PositivEnergy Practice

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Curt Bailey, Related Midwest

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates

Julia Stasch

Stein Ray LLP

Jill and Robert Tanz

Turner Construction Company

Michael Toolis, VOA Associates Incorporated


$1,000–$4,999

Nancy A. Abshire, AIA RIBA

Tammy and Rod Beeler

Jacqueline and Fred Brandstrader


Joell and Robert Brightfelt

Diane Sprenger and Terry Budny

Cannon Frank: A Design Corporation PC

Cheryl and Len Cerullo

Choose Chicago

Monique and John Crossan

Len Skiba, Daccord

Sherri R. Davis

Dirk Denison Architects

Leslie and Robert Denvir

Rika Semba and Patrick Donley

Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust

Holly and Richard Duran

Earles Architects and Associates

Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner

Sandra L. Helton and Norman M. Edelson

Roxanne Henry

Barbara and James Javorcic


Bill and Marta Krug


Leopardo Companies, Inc.



Penny and Bill Obenshain

James D. Parsons

GALA DONORS 2014

Laura H. Plumb

Prairie Management and Development

David Reifman

Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz

Sharon Brunelle and Robert Rosholt

RTKL Associates, Inc.


Polly and Rodney Sippy

Soucie Horner, Ltd.

Joan Sourapas and Robert Munson

Sylvester Construction Services, Inc.

Thornton Tomasetti

Beth Treacy, Treacy Marketing Group

Urban Real Estate Research Inc.


Wheeler Kearns Architects Inc.

$500-$999

Mary Jo Abrahamson

Berland Communication

Rosemarie and Dean Buntrock

Peter and Linda Bynoe

Alli Chapman

Development Management Associates, LLC

Colin P. Dolan

Lise Dube-Scherr, The Richard H. Driehaus Museum

Steven Jacobsen

Kapil Khanna, AIA, LEED AP

Meg Kindelin

Steven Koch

Eva and Lynn Maddox

Amy Mandel

Robin McCown

Michael D. McMains

Jeff McNelley

Ann D. Mendelsohn

Ronald A. Monroe

Janet Myers


Lynne Considine Nieman

Robert Viola Partners

Peter Ruggiero

Kathryn Simpson

William A. Spence

Mimi M. Troy

Shirley Valentine

Jennifer and Robert Van Valkenburg

Patricia J. White

Wilkhahn

OPPOSITE PAGE Chris Multhauf, Lynn Osmond (CAF President and CEO), Divina and Tom Kerwin (Gala co-chairs), Kathleen Buck (Gala co-chair) and John A. Buck II of The John Buck Company (Gala co-chair and Honoree). Mr. Buck was honored for his role as a champion of advancing our city’s youth education opportunities.

THIS PAGE (Top to Bottom) Jim Parsons, President of the Brinson Foundation, purchases a raffle ticket; Kathleen Buck and John A. Buck II.


Diane P. Atwood

Gina Berndt Managing Director, Chicago Perkins + Will

Rick Blair Vice President, General Manager Turner Construction Company

Michelle Blaise Vice President of Engineering and Project Management ComEd

Tom Brean Partner Grant Thornton LLP

Joel M. Carlins Co-CEO Magellan Development Group LLC

Walter L. Eckenhoff Principal Eckenhoff Saunders Architects

Philip J. Enquist Partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Joan Burnstein Gand President Bauhaus and Beyond

Gordon Gill Partner Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill

Jack Guthman Partner Emeritus Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Breck F. Hanson Executive Vice President Chicago Market President Head of Commercial Real Estate Associated Bank

Lori T. Healey CEO Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

Sandra L. Helton

Julie Jacobson

Will Johns Senior Vice President & Division Sales Manager Wells Fargo Bank

Camille Julmy Vice-Chairman and Co-Founder CBRE/U.S. Equities Realty, Inc.

Kurt Karnatz President Environmental Systems Design (ESD)

Alvin Katz Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Nila R. Leiserowitz Managing Principal Gensler

Catherine Odelbo Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Partnerships Morningstar, Inc.

John Pintozzi Senior VP & Chief Financial Officer Allstate Investments LLC Allstate Financial

Scott Renwick Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kemper Corporation

John W. Rutledge Founder, President & CEO Oxford Capital Group, LLC Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC

Steven G.M. Stein Senior Partner, Stein Ray LLP

John Syvertsen Senior Principal (Retired) Cannon Design

Jill Tanz Partner, Chicago Mediation LLC

John Tolva President PositivEnergy Practice (PEP)

Michael A. Toolis, AIA LEED AP Chairman and CEO VOA Associates Incorporated

Marcy Twete Executive Director, USA Foundation and Manager, Corporate Responsibility ArcelorMittal

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Mary Jo Hoag

Heather McWilliams

Ellen Shubart

LIFE TRUSTEE

Henry H. Kuehn

TRUSTEES EMERITUS

John DiCiurcio Chief Operating Officer Turner Construction Company

Jan Grayson

Jeffrey Jahns Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Daniel Maguire Chief Executive Officer (Retired) Executive Construction Inc.

Lloyd B. Morgan Morgan Interests, LLC

Richard H. Schnadig

Wilmont Vickrey Founding Principal VOA Associates Incorporated

John J. Viera

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2014

Mary Jo Abrahamson

Nancy A. Abshire, AIA RIBA

Ed and Donna Becht

Tammy and Rod Beeler

Ryan Biziorek


Joell and Robert Brightfelt


David and Loren Chernoff

Monique and John Crossan

Michael Day

Rika Semba and Patrick Donley

Kinsley Earl

Hjordis and James Garner

Marta and Peter Granat

Jan M. Grayson

Julie and Evan Jahn

Barbara and James Javorcic

Rosemary and Gary Jones

Cynthia and Andrew Kalnow

Beverly Keseric

Kapil Khanna, AIA, LEED AP

Jessica Lagrange

W. Joe Lloyd

Eva and Lynn Maddox

Daniel and Beth Maguire

Amy Mandel

Mandy McCoy

Michael D. McMains

Jeff McNelley


Cynthia and Christopher Meals

Ann D. Mendelsohn

Ronald A. Monroe

Amy J. Murray


Heather and Philip Niehoff

Catherine Odelbo


Devon and Melissa Patterson

Merry Ann Pearson

Laura H. Plumb

Charles C. Porter

Paul Rades

Karen Rigg

Fiona and Randy Royer

Ruben and Carrie Ruban


Kathryn Simpson

Polly and Rodney Sippy

Joan Sourapas and Robert Munson

William A. Spence

Jennifer Suerth

Mimi Troy

Jennifer Van Valkenburg


Wilmont “Vic” Vickrey and Bonnie Bartlit Vickrey

Kellie Ward

Jean Gallo Wine

AUXILIARY BOARD 2014

THIS PAGE (Left to Right) Trustee John Syvertsen and Ann Syvertsen with Trustee Emeritus John DiCiurcio and Nancy DiCiurcio; Chairman of the Board John Pintozzi and Brigitte Lenz; Trustee Gordon Gill and Wendy Gill.

OPPOSITE PAGE (Left to Right) Samba on the River Committee—Auxiliary Board members Ryan Biziorek, Jeanne Mayes, Patty White and Evan Jahn with samba dancers; Auxiliary Board Holiday Party hosts Peter and Marta Granat with Lifetime Auxiliary Board member Hjordis Garner.


Docents

Val Adams

Barry Aldridge

James Allan

Amy Amato

Thomas Applegate

Charles Arko

Lori Aydelotte

Barbara Badger

Geoffrey Baer

Doreen Baker

Jerome Balin

Jim Bartholomew

Rebecca Bathke

Michele Becker

Colleen Berk

Betsy Berman

Pam Bernas

Patricia Biedar

Edgar Black

Gwenda Blair

Joyce Block

Kari Bodell

Mari-Pat Boughner

Marc Boxerman

Marsha Braunlich

April Brazell

Barbara Breakstone

Sandy Bredine

Elizabeth Britt

Barry Bruckner

Mary Brugliera

Jane Buckwalter

Bob Burns

John Burns

Julie Burros

Thomas Burt

Ellen Busse

Barbara Butz

Jane Cahill

Joe Cain

David Cairns

Laura Calvache

Debra Campbell

Ron Campbell

Deborah Carey

Jill Carlson

Tom Carmichael

Kathleen Carpenter

Camille Carrig

Nancy Carter

Maurice Champagne

Karen Buck Clapp

Barbara Clark

Dick Clark

Leslie Clark Lewis

Emily Clott

Mitchell Cobey

Bill Coffin

Michael Cohen

Kathleen Coles

Peg Conway

Nancy Cook

Anna Cooper-Stanton

Maria Corpuz

Carol Cory

Carole Cosimano

Roberta Culhane

Norman Cutler

Jill Dahlke

Marcia Wachs Dam

Sandra Danforth

Elise Daughhetee

Mary Dedinsky

Judy Demetriou

Alpaa Desai

Karen Dimond

Rebecca Dixon

Tom Drebenstedt

Gregory Dreyer

John Driscoll

Susan Duda

Pamela Duke

Duly Dulabaum

Angela Dumas

Sylvia Dunbeck

Kathryn Duval

Peggy Dwyer

Margaret Eagan

Dot Edison

Jeff Edstrom

Ted Eller

Kay Ellwein

Janet Elson

Mary Ennis

Tracie Etheredge

Cindy Everett

Linda Ewing

Joan Fallert

John Faulhaber

Tina Feldstein

Patricia Feller

Alan Fijal

Dan Fitzgerald

Shirley Fitzpatrick

Sharon Flaherty

Barbara Foley

Janet Forte

Kenton Foutty

Gabriela Freese

Debra Jean Frels

Joe Frey

Joan Friedman

Donna Gabanski

Wayne Galasek

Deborah Garber

Gil Garcia

Karen Genelly

Virginia Gerst

Steven Gersten

Win Gerulat

Maya Gharpure

Alice Glicksberg

Georgia Goldberg

Sabra Goldman

Evelyn Goltz

Barbara Gordon

David Gottlieb

Fawn Gottlieb

Norma Green

Delta Greene

Kevin Griebenow

Stana Grim

Patricia Grund

Sandy Guettler

Jean Guritz

Federico Guzman

Thomas Hackley

Mark Hanover

Lena Hansson

CAF VOLUNTEERS 2014

Jim Harmon

Douglas Harrison

Eugene Heidkamp

Chris Heimsoth

Audrey Henderson

Patrick Hennessy

Lynne Hensel

Augustus Higginson

Harry Hirsch

Joni Hirsch Blackman

Mary Jo Hoag

Brent Hoffmann

Barb Holmes

Larry Hossack

John Hug

Tina Hurley

Irina Hynes

Ted Jackanicz

Susan Jacobson

Karen Jared

Jim Javorcic

Linda Jenewein

Chris-Ellyn Johanson

Beverly Johns

Joan Johns

Gina Johnson

Robert Joynt

Leo Jung

Rachel Juris

Craig Kaiser

Larry Kameya

Huette Kaplan

Cynthia Karabush

Nancy Karen

Diane Kathrein

Judith Kaufman

Richard Keal

Sylvia Kete

Tom Kinsella

Monica Kline

Cathy Koch

Lori Kolb

Bruce Komiske

Jack Kremers

Sandhya Krishnan

Paula Kelly Krupka

Candace Kuczmarski

Henry Kuehn

Joan Kuhn

Kathleen Kulick

Gabe Labovitz

Frances Laidlaw

Sandra Lancaster

Barbara Lanctot

Diane Lanigan

Bill Lee

Dan Lempa

William Lenski

Peg Leonard

Alan Lessack

Joan Lewis

Adrienne Lieberman

Richard Lightburn

Jeff Linton

Joanne Linzer

Bill Lipsman

Max Lombardi

Terri Lonier

Katherine Lorenz

Jill Lowe

Karen Luckritz

Mary Ludgin

Karen Lutz

Michael Mader

Larry Mages

Michael Malkoff

Pamuella Mann

Jeff Marcella

Linda Marcus

Jordan Marsh

Raymond Martinez

Steve Marx

Marcia Matavulj

David Matenaer

Alexis Maxwell

Kathy Maynard

Jennifer McAllister

Bette McAvoy

Edmund McDevitt

Peter McIntosh

Gayle McKeen

Charles McLaughlin

Alina McMahon

Mike McMains

Heather McWilliams

Jeff Mercer

Hartley Meyer

William Meyer

Paul Meyers

Robert Michaelson

Susan Millenson

Lynn Miller

Priscilla Mims

Patrick Miner

Christopher Montanari

Bonnie Moore

Paola Morgavi

John Morris

Bruce Moser

Christopher Multhauf

Lee Murray

Patrick Murray

Bill Myers

Janet Nelson

Margaret Newman

Jeffrey Nichols

Jonelle Niffenegger

Anita North-Hamill

Marie O’Brien

Susan Osborn

Lynn Osmond

Bill Page

Molly Page

John Paige

Susan Pappas

Connie Parkinson

Merry Ann Pearson

Dan Persky

Don Peterson

Paul Phillips

Tom Phillips

David Pierson

Bobbi Pinkert

Dan Pinkert

Angela Platt

Mary Plauché

Pam Prosch

Barbara Puechler

Patrick Pyszka

Constance Rajala

Leslie Ransom

John Rappel

Madeleine Raymond

Jan Recor

April Rinder

Susan Robertson

Bryan Robson

Deb Rodak

Thomas Rodgers

Corinne Rohr

Alisa Rosales

Hallie Rosen

Marcia Ross

Carolyn Rusnak

Howard Sachs

Tom Savick

Edie Scala-Hampson

Susan Schlegel

Jean Schlinkmann

Cindy Schneider

Sydney Schuler

Nancy Schwab

Barry Sears

Anthony Sergen

Russ Seward

Bill Shapiro

Penny Shaw

Ellen Shubart

Dan Silverstein

Robin Simon

Reed Singer

Polly Sippy

Roy Slowinski

David Smith

Ronnie Jo Sokol

Alice Solomon

Joann Sondy

Sondra Sonneborn

Brian Souders

Hy Speck

Judith Spurgin

Charles Stanford

Leanne Star

Laurie Stearn

Paul Steffes

Elisa Steinberg

Marlene Stern

Caroline Stevens

Joan Stewart

Joan Stinton

Annemarie Stohl

Tina Strauss

Monica Sullivan

Grace Swanson

Jill Tanz

Ron Tevonian

Lindy Trigg

Mimi Troy

Rebecca Trumbull

John Tullsen

Kristi Turnbaugh

Bruce Ukockis

David Utech

Adina Van Buren

Carol Van Dyke

Teresa Varlet

Lisa Voigt

Diane Wagner

Mitzi Walchak

Elizabeth Walls

Cathy Walsh

Mark Warner

Kristen Paulson Watson

Dinah Wayne

Michael Weiland

Barbara Weiner

Elizabeth Wells

Elaine Wessel

Lorie Westerman

Donald Wiberg

Joyce Wiberg

Craig Wilbanks

Bill Wiley

Mary Willer

Ray Willis

Linda Winke

Claudia Winkler

Joan Winstein

Karen Winters

Jennifer Wolf

Nancy Loewenberg Young

Frank Youngwerth

Ingrid Zeller

Chicago’s First Lady Cruises

Aries Charter

Art Institute of Chicago

Antenna International

Atwood

Berghoff

Bottleneck Management

Chicago Classic Coach

Chicago Gray Line

Chicago Transit Authority

Choose Chicago

Expedia

Farnsworth House

Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

Illinois Institute of Technology

Max’s Hotdogs

Millhurst Alehouse

Palmer House Hotel

Segway Experience of Chicago

Skydeck

Smart Destinations, Inc

TOUR PARTNERS 2014

PHOTO Courtesy of Chicago’s First Lady Cruises


CAF VOLUNTEERS 2014

continued

Administrative Support

Ester Reiter

Karen Grude

Visitor Experience Volunteers

Robert Adamshick

Jacque Ames

Ceci Ayala-Bland

Hannah Barnes

Betty Black

Bill Brady

Karl Bruhn

Eileen Burke

JJ Carlson

Joe Cassidy

Merle Cherney

Enid Chesler

Bill Cordier

Ann Tunde Cserpes

Bryant Danisch

Mary Mikel DeLacy

Michelle Dingsun

Kyle Drevline

Winifred Eggers

Charles Eiden

Harry Eisenman

Linda Englund

Meg Eulberg

Alicia Fecker

Julie Fountain

Larry Gammel

Stephanie Geary

Denise Gibb Schlax

Kelley Gibson

Janet Gohmann

Harvey Goldman

M. Graf

Barbara Grundleger

Kathleen Hanley

Rachael Hartofelis

Martha Heilman

Phoebe Helm

Connie Hickey

Steve Hines

Carolyn Hounsell

Loretta Jacobs

Judith Jakaitis

Cheryl Jue

Peter Lebrun

Bobbie Maish

Patricia McCarren

Marlee Millman

Charlotte Mushow

Beth Najberg

Shoko Nakamura

Matthew Newcomb

Jason Nu

Ellen Oberhart

Elizabeth O’Brien

Clarence Passons

Joseph W. Pedroza

Antonio Pena

Marilyn Phillips

Elise Renwick

Vicky Risacher

Ronald Roulo

Margare Schillaci

Timothy Shaughnessy

Anne Shillinglaw

Suzanne Shoemaker

Thomas Snyder

Christina Sung

Linda Thompson

John Tielsch

Kathryn Tonellato

Nolan Vack

Jenny Valle

Peter Weil

Howard Wheat

Pamela White

Christine Wilson

Jeffrey Zurlinden

LEGENDARY VOLUNTEERS

CAF’s docents and volunteers are second

to none. Last year, our 1,935 volunteers

amassed 38,291 volunteer hours. They

greeted people during Open House Chicago.

They helped Scavenger Hunt participants

find their way. They welcomed the world to

Chicago. Last year, CAF launched its new

Visitor Experience Volunteer (VEV) program

to strengthen the training and presence

of our volunteers. Our VEVs host CAF’s

exhibits, greet people at the Box Office

and in the ArcelorMittal Design Studio,

and welcome students on field trips.

CAF docents participate in rigorous training

in order to join the ranks of the premier

tour guides of the city. In 2014, 450 active

docents educated and inspired 380,000

tour guests, contributing 19,476 tour

hours and 6,837 service hours. 72 VEVs

contributed 3,120 hours; two administrative

volunteers contributed 243 hours; 47

Scavenger Hunt volunteers contributed

280 hours and 1,400 Open House Chicago

volunteers contributed 8,600 hours.

Aaron Andersen

Kalani Baguio

Jesse Banwart

Pat Barger

Taina Benjamin

Bianca Bova

Beth Stone Bentley

Susan Bratton

Meredith Calvin

JJ Carlson

Lyla Catellier

Jessica Cavallaris

Lori Chesser

Annie Conway

Casey Crail

Chris Dadabo

Quinn Darlington

Michelle DeMent

Erica Deshotel

Steve Doornbos

Ruth Droescher

Kathryn Duval

Kiera Ellis

Caroline English

Anne Evans

Dan Facchini

Jill Farley

David Ferrell

Sarah Gabriel

Kip Gallea

Vicki Garza

Pat Gonzales

Barbara H. Gordon

Gina Grant

Christian Greer

Jenni Groot

Gemma Guenther

Pat Gurney

Mehak Hafeez

Ingrid Haftel

Charles Hearne

Wade Holliday

Polly Hubbard

Eric Huck

Marilyn Jackson

Maya James

Ian Jerome

Manny Juarez

Rachel Kaplan

Garrett Karp

Kory Kendrick

Jason Klis

Allison Leake

Gabrielle Lyon

Justin Lyons

Anthony Maggitt

Michael Malak

Tocarra Mallard

Anjuli Maniam

Janine Marino

Santiago Martinez

Jennifer Masengarb

Eva Mikos

Katie M. Miller

Kiesha Miller

Patrick Miner

Adlyn Morrison

Bob Nicholas

Samantha Ortman

Lynn J. Osmond

Karlie Pellock

Mark Petersen

Charniece Polk

Ashley Powers

Anjulie Rao

Krisann Rehbein

Abby Ristow

Maya Roberts

Deb Rodak

Eric Rogers

Hallie Rosen

Claudia Roy

Andrew Ruginis

Tushar Samant

Vicky Sanchez

Terri Scales

Ted Schmid

Joe Schreiner

Billy Shelton

Bob Sisco

Jessica Smasal

Sidney Smith

Nikki Snodgrass

Tom Sobie

Katherine Stalker

Laura Stamatkin

Caroline Stevens

Rachael Swann

Sidney Tilghman

Jennifer Van Valkenburg

Bradlie Yanniello

CAF STAFF 2014

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