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Event
Overview
Restoration & Renovation
Chicago 2003
Preserving
the Metropolis: Legacies of the Twentieth Century
Keynote
Address and Gala Rooftop Reception
Experience
the Country’s Best Architecture with the Experts
A
Look Back on a Century of Progress—Chicago Since 1893
Meet
face-to-face with other professionals who
share your passion for historic buildings.
Exciting
Exhibits – DYNAMIC Demonstrations – book shopping –
NETWORKING
OPPORTUNITIES
R&R
Live!
Restoration
Resource Center Sponsored by Heritage Cabinetry
The
Bookstore
PRESERVING THE METROPOLIS: LEGACIES OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY
- 118 hours of learning units for continuing education—all of which satisfy The American Institute of Architect’s health, safety and welfare requirement.
- New Conference Tracks:
- Sustainable Preservation—“Green” architecture and LEEDTM, the hottest subjects in design today
- Urban Planning—Find out what forces defined the 20th -century city and how historic preservation will shape it in the 21st century
- Facilities Management and Preservation—An entire conference track and other educational seminars specifically for building owners, developers, facilities managers, and real estate managers
- Project Management and Teamwork—Learn what makes for a successful restoration project
- Special focus on 20th-century Architecture and Materials
- Keynote Address by noted author of Lost Chicago, David Garrard Lowe
- Dozens of traditional arts and crafts demonstrations at R&R Live!
- Preservation Roundtable, hosted by The American Institute of Architects’ Historic Resources Committee.
- Gala Rooftop Reception overlooking Lake Michigan and the spectacular Chicago skyline.
Conference Dates: September 18-20, 2003
Produced in collaboration with AIA HRC, AIA SPF, LPCI, and
APPA
Conference Hours: September 18 9:00 am – 4:30
pm
September 19 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
September 20 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Exhibition Dates: September 19-20, 2003
Exhibition Hours: September 19 10:00 am – 5:00
pm
September 20 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
For best prices, pre-register online by August 29
Keynote
Address and Gala Rooftop Reception
At the end of opening day, Friday, September 19, at 5:15 pm, take a virtual architectural tour of the Chicago of yesteryear during the keynote address. Afterwards, join your peers, exhibitors, the press, and our esteemed speakers at the Gala Restoration Rooftop Reception from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.
Ascend to the rooftop of the historic
1916 Navy Pier to take in the spectacular views of Lake Michigan,
the Navy
Pier Ferris wheel, and the majestic skyline of downtown
Chicago. Enjoy music, food and refreshments in a relaxed atmosphere
as you make new business contacts and greet old industry
friends and colleagues. It’s an evening you won’t
forget.
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Experience
the Country’s Best Architecture with the Experts
Special tours are being offered by the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) for attendees of the Restoration & Renovation Exhibition and Conference. Discount tour coupons will be available at the Resource Center on the exhibit floor, September 19 and 20.
- Official Architecture River Cruise – Chicago’s #1 visitor experience
- Daily Loop Walking Tours – historic skyscrapers, modern skyscrapers, Deco, Tiffany and more
- Special “Happy Hour” tours starting at 5:30 pm
- Chicago’s only architecture bus tour – Highlights by Bus. More than 30 miles of the best architecture and design, downtown and in selected neighborhoods
- Free exhibits in the CAF galleries at the ArchiCenter. Open daily; free admission.
For registered attendees to Restoration & Renovation, you can buy one ticket and get the second for half price (save 25%) for any CAF walking tour departing from the ArchiCenter at 224 South Michigan Ave. at Jackson Blvd. across from the Art Institute (daily tours/more than ten different walking tours). Be sure to present your Restoration & Renovation credentials.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation offers more than 75 different
architecture and design-related touring experiences of the first
city of American architecture, including daily downtown waking
tours and river cruises. Visit (www.architecture.org)
for complete tour information and purchasing tickets online: “The
City is Our Museum.”
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A
Look Back on a Century of Progress—
Chicago Since 1893
Spend three days in Chicago in September and learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about late 19th and 20th-century architecture and how to preserve it. See hundreds of specialty products and services you can use in your projects. Learn about 20th-century materials and building styles – Beaux Arts, International Style, Modernism, Arts & Crafts, Prairie Style, Bauhaus, Bungalows, and Lustron houses – even the newest candidates for residential preservation, the Capes and ranches of postwar suburbia. Uncover creative ways to maintain, restore and rehabilitate.
Hear about the rich legacy of Chicago’s
famed architects and efforts to preserve their work. Discover
how historic preservation
is transforming the face of the 20th-century metropolis for the
21st century through adaptive re-use, sympathetic infill, and
the creation of new zoning ordinances.
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Meet
face-to-face with other professionals who
share your passion for historic buildings.
A broad spectrum of professionals attend Restoration & Renovation to network, earn continuing education credits and make new contacts.
In three days you will discover hundreds of unique products and services, see old suppliers and meet new ones, as well as pick up practical tips for everyday use – in managing your buildings (if you are a building owner, developer or real estate manager) or in your professional practice (if you are a design/construction professional or preservationist).
The Restoration & Renovation Exhibition and Conference is the ideal place to learn from your peers and others in allied professions – all united in their passion for historic buildings and their of traditional design.
Who attends:
| Architects Designers Property Owners Property Managers Developers Contractors Builders Engineers Real Estate Investors Facilities Managers Construction Managers Planners Specifiers Landscape Architects Government Officials Distributors Artisans/Craftspeople |
Manufacturers Conservators Dealers/Appraisers Accountants Lawyers Building Inspectors Retail Buyers Housing Inspectors Preservation Officers Preservation Activists Consultants Museum Managers Publishers Research Institutions/ Universities Manufacturers’ Reps |
Exciting
Exhibits – DYNAMIC Demonstrations –
book shopping – NETWORKING
OPPORTUNITIES
Whether you work on commercial, institutional, or residential projects, you’ll discover singular, hard-to-find products and services in the Restoration & Renovation Exhibit Hall. Here is a sampling of what you’ll see:
| Anchors/ties/fasteners architectural salvage building hardware custom cabinetry carved and cast stone cleaning systems coatings/sealants columns doors epoxies fabrics/textiles floor coverings flooring gold leaf/gilding lighting |
metalwork mouldings paints/pigments paving materialsplaster roofing material shutters stained glass stone terra cotta tile tools wall coverings windows woodwork And much more! |
For a complete list of exhibitors, click
here.
Exhibition Dates & Hours:
September 19, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
September 20, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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R&R
Live!
You’ll find more than just unique product displays in the exhibit hall! Visit the R&R Live! area to see fascinating, interactive demonstrations by master artisans and tradesmen. Gain new appreciation for centuries-old crafts and source the specialized expertise you need to complete your restoration projects.
Restoration
Resource Center Sponsored by Heritage Cabinetry
Visit the Restoration Resource Center, for information, hard-to-find
reference books, and more! Our new Resource Center, complete
with furnishings by Heritage Cabinetry, is the perfect place
to shop, read and relax. Here you can access free and useful
materials provided by those who serve the historic preservation
industry, including non profits, associations, educational institutions,
and publications.
The
Bookstore
The Restoration Resource Center also
houses the Restoration & Renovation
Conference Bookstore. Peruse the rare and out-of-print titles
and reference books for the trade, as well as graphics to complement
most any historic interior. For more information on rare and
out-of-print titles or a preview of the bookstores offerings,
visit www.rarebookstore.net.
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