The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB)

The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating an international forum on architecture and urbanism by producing year-round programs and a biennial exposition of city-wide activations for a diverse audience of designers, educators, advocates, students, and local communities.

The 6th edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial will take place from September 12, 2025, through February 28, 2026. The hub of the Biennial will once again be the Chicago Cultural Center, located in downtown Chicago.

Florencia Rodriguez, a writer, editor, and Director at the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Architecture, will be the Biennial’s first Latina Artistic Director.

CAB 6 is themed “Shift: Architecture in Times of Radical Change”.

With a particular emphasis on the cultural influences that influence design, CAB 6 will conduct a comprehensive and multifaceted investigation of architecture and the built environment worldwide. These forces include the need to reconsider collective housing, material culture, ecologies, and the effects of migration on our cities. By tackling the most important problems of our day, new and commissioned projects will set a new course for modern design.

Every two years, CAB has produced the largest exhibition of contemporary architecture in North America and has supported an international forum on architecture and urbanism based in Chicago for the past ten years. Through more than 400 original projects made by architects, artists, and designers from almost 50 countries, our exhibitions and public programs have introduced more than 2.2 million visitors to cutting-edge design concepts. CAB, one of the world’s most open and accessible architecture events, has established a strong forum for ideas and is now starting a new decade of expansion and ambitious initiatives.

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