The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), formerly the Chicago Architecture Foundation, is a nonprofit cultural organisation in Chicago, Illinois, whose mission is to showcase Chicagos architecture and design ideas from cities worldwide. It was founded in 1966 as the Chicago School of Architecture Foundation to save H. H. Richardsons Glessner House, one of the citys oldest residences, and today runs public tours and programs, most notably a docent-led architecture cruise on the Chicago River rated among the top tours in the United States. Housed at One Illinois Center, a Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed building at 111 East Wacker Drive, the Centers exhibits include a scale model of Chicago with more than 4,250 miniature buildings, and its hundreds of docents and volunteers serve more than 50,000 members and guests each year.
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Organization TypeNonprofit Cultural Organization 1 Founded Year HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, United States 1 Organization Type
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The organization's 1966 founding name and mission tie it directly to the Chicago School architectural tradition it was created to document and preserve.
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The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), formerly the Chicago Architecture Foundation, is a nonprofit cultural organization based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, whose mission is to showcase Chicago and ideas from cities worldwide to inspire better living through design.
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The CAC was founded in 1966 as the Chicago School of Architecture Foundation to save H. H. Richardson's Glessner House, one of Chicago's oldest residences.
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