Architect John Ronan speaks at the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s opening weekend
Chicago architect John Ronan FAIA discusses his views on the direction of Chicago architecture and practicing within its building culture. Ronan holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. In addition to being recognized by Chicago’s Graham Foundation, the Architectural League of New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and being the subject of a Princeton Architectural Press monograph, Ronan is best known for his Poetry Foundation building in Chicago (2007), which garnered one of his firm’s two prestigious AIA Institute National Honor Awards. Ronan is Professor of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. [ @chicagobiennial ]

john ronan / john ronan architects

event> transcending pragmatism: searching for a new chicago.
date: sunday, october 4, 2015
time: 2 pm
location: preston bradley hall, chicago cultural center, 78 east washington street, chicago
admission: free. reservations required