AFH Chicago Events

Some local Architecture for Humanity events this week to pass along:

After Katrina: Rebuilding and Re-envisioning the Gulf Coast
Hosted by: Chicago Foundation for Architecture
April 20, 2006 @ 6PM
The John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery, 224 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL.

PANELISTS
Reed Kroloff, Dean, School of Architecture, Tulane University
John Norquist, President and CEO, Congress for the New Urbanism
Kate Stohr, co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
Thomas Murphy, Urban Land Institute
Moderated by Ned Cramer, Curator, Chicago Architecture Foundation

For more information, visit the CAF.

re:FAB
Hosted by Civic Blueprint
April 21 @ 7:30 pm
Salvage One - 1840 W. Hubbard, Chicago, IL

Join Chicago's design community at a benefit hosted by Civic Blueprint to benefit Architecture for Humanity. Live performances by Rebirth Brass Band of New Orleans. Spirits and hors d'oeuvres. Silent Auction. Architecture for Humanity-Chicago competition winners will be on display.

Tickets $75-$88 depending on date and method of purchase. Visit the event's web site or email Civic Blueprint at refab@thecivicblueprint.org for further information.

Update 04.21: Check out the Gutter for a first-hand account of Thursday night's panel discussion.