Exhibitions

About the exhibition program

Formally inaugurated in 2011, the UIC School of Architecture's exhibition program explores architectural ideas and history across a wide range of media and scales in order to advance the projects of emerging voices in design and curation (i.e., students, faculty, and invited guests). Anchored each May by the Year End Show, a celebration of the year's best student design projects, the exhibition program taps into the School's energy—already present in the work of its faculty and students and in other programming, including lectures, conferences, and visiting critic workshops—with the goals of fostering discussion and debate within the School community and simultaneously expanding the scope and audience for these conversations.

Spring 2017

Fall 2016

Spring 2016

The Pliable Plane
Spring 2016 Faculty Exhibition
March 3–May 9, 2016
Second Floor Ribbon Gallery

One and Three
2015–2016 Douglas A. Garofalo Fellowship Exhibition
Sarah Blankenbaker
April 1–April 30, 2016
3100 Studio Gallery

Spring 2015

Monuments of the World: America
2014–2015 Douglas A. Garofalo Fellowship Exhibition
Pier Paolo Tamburelli
April 3, 2015
UIC School of Architecture

Spring Faculty Exhibition
March 2015
UIC School of Architecture

Spring 2014

Fall 2013

Transforming
Fall Faculty Exhibition
November 15–December 13, 2013
Second Floor Ribbon Gallery

Endless Summer: YArch
September 9–October 11, 2013
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Spring 2013

Winning drawings from Cropped,
the Inaugural Student Advisory Board Winter Show
February 1–March 15, 2013
Outside Gallery 1100

Arch 106 City Analysis Presentations
February 15–March 15, 2013
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Arch 465: (W)Hole Sampling
March 15–April 5, 2013
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Figure
Six of One, Half Dozen of Another
Faculty Exhibition Series
April 5–30, 2013
Third Floor Octagon Gallery

Fall 2012

Endless Summer: 
Work from the School of Architecture,
July–August 2012
August 27–October 5, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

August 27–September 7:
YArch Summer Architecture Program

September 10–21:
Campaigning Architecture, AA/UIC Global School

September 24–October 5:
Graduate Intensive Design Workshop

Drawings from Arch 551
First-Year Graduate Studio
October 8–26, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Exactly Wrong Drawings
Arch 465: Thomas Kelley
October 29–November 16, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Field
Six of One, Half Dozen of Another
Faculty Exhibition Series
November 16–December 21, 2012
Second Floor Ribbon Gallery and Bridge

Friday Morning Cartoons
Arch 522: Jimenez Lai
November 30–December 12, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Spring 2012

Visionary Cities: Strange Architectures
April 24–August 1, 2012
Third Floor Ramp Gallery

Tales from the Crypt:
Archived Material 1966–1996
April 4–25, 2012
3100 Octagon, Third Floor

Arch 561: Case Studies / Pavilions
March 30–April 26, 2012
Second Floor Ribbon Gallery

Arch 206: Assembly Instruction Drawings
March 6–23, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Navy Pier Pierscape Proposals
CAF Satellite Exhibition
February 3–March 15, 2012
Outside Gallery 1100

What Would DeptUS Do?
DeptUS Charrette Results
February 20–March 3, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

15,000 Lots
DeptUS Charrette Results
February 6–17, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Hatch This!
DeptUS Charrette Results
January 23–February 3, 2012
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Fall 2011

Arch 520: Monday Morning Cartoons
November 21–December 9, 2011
Third Floor Ramp Gallery

Primitive Delights
School of Architecture Faculty Exhibition
November 16–December 7, 2011
Second Floor Ribbon Gallery

Arch 551: Forgeries and Counterfeits—
Aldo Rossi's Summer Drawings
October 17–December 9, 2011
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Drawings from the Platforms Workshop
September 12–October 10, 2011
Third Floor Elevator Lobby

Visionary Chicago
May 6–September 2, 2011
Third Floor Ramp Gallery