Rethinking Typologies: Architecture and Design from the Permanent Collection

From the rise of the modern house to the evolving language of tall and supertall buildings in projects by Harry Weese and Adrian Smith, this permanent collection rotation at the Art Institute points to sustained periods of development as well as moments of radical innovation in modern and contemporary architecture and design. Many of the featured designers, including Ineke Hans and Ron Gilad, have focused on creative optimizations or subversions of traditional objects, while others, such as information designer Aaron Koblin, work on the frontier of new media systems that are shaping the way we see, think, and communicate. www.artinstituteofchicago.org