People are moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. According to the United Nations, the world’s urban population has increased from 751 million in 1950 to 4.2 billion in 2018. By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people are expected to reside in urban areas. In response to this rapid urban growth, designers are challenged … Continued
To celebrate 20 years since the completion of its $100 million renovation by SOM, the Chicago Civic Opera House will host a tour and presentation on Saturday, April 16th, led by SOM Design Director Eric Keune and organized by the Chicago Art Deco Society (CADS). At the event, Keune will shed light on SOM’s collaboration … Continued
On Friday, April 28th, SOM Design Director Eric Keune will speak at the San Francisco Art Institute. Keune will introduce Paffard Keatinge-Clay, the architect of the institute’s Brutalist campus addition. Based in SOM’s Chicago office, Keune is an architect and architectural historian with an expertise in the history and design of Modernist architecture. In 2006, … Continued
On Thursday, November 16th, Eric Keune will lead a tour of the Elgin Laundry Building as part of a field study for the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Titled “City of Elgin: Working Round-the-Clock to Preserve the Mid-Century,” the field study will focus on recent efforts to rehabilitate the aging midcentury … Continued
SOM Design Director Eric Keune has co-authored 100 Buildings, a book on the 100 best architectural projects of the twentieth century. Keune wrote 100 Buildings in collaboration with architect Thom Mayne, scholars Val Warke and Andrea Simitch, and The Now Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. More than forty renowned architects and scholars—including Peter Eisenman, Jeanne Gang, … Continued
SOM Design Director Eric Keune has been named as a juror for the 2018 Modernism in America Awards. Organized by Docomomo US, the awards program celebrates the documentation, preservation and reuse of modern buildings, structures, and landscapes in the United States and U.S. territories. Now in its fifth year, the program recognizes the individuals and organizations who … Continued
On Saturday, April 21st, SOM Design Director Eric Keune will speak at a symposium titled “Preservation Challenges of Modernist Structures.” ?The event is hosted by Docomomo US in conjunction with the Western Great Lakes Chapter? of the Association for Preservation Technology and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Keune and other speakers will discuss the challenges of preserving, rehabilitating, restoring, and reconstructing modernist buildings.? In … Continued
On Wednesday, September 19th, Eric Keune, Design Director, will give a special lecture at the Historical Society of Sarasota County, in Sarasota, Florida. Keune will discuss the history of the former Selby Public Library, which was designed by former SOM Design Partner Walter Netsch (1920-2008). The library was completed in 1976 and described as a “working work of art” by an AIA … Continued
Eric Keune has joined the board of directors of Docomomo US, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Modernist architecture, landscape, and design. A Chicago-based design director at SOM, Keune is also an architectural historian and author. A student and teacher of Modernism, Keune focuses his design work on integrating contemporary visual arts and technology … Continued
Partner Carrie Byles will serve as a juror for the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation’s (BWAF) Built by Women competition. The annual program recognizes significant works by women architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, contractors, and developers in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, with the longterm goal of increasing female representation in the AEC industry. Byles is one … Continued