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In a dynamic, PechaKucha format, the GSD presents and celebrates a sampling of projects exhibited at the sixth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB 6), which takes place on sites throughout Chicago from September 19, 2025, to February 28, 2026. The biennial theme, SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, signals the opportunity to change direction—an invitation to think with others and to set new grounds for the interpretation and design of our built environment. Featuring over 100 projects by architects, artists, and designers from 30 countries, CAB 6 explores how architecture engages with the profound cultural, social, and environmental transformations shaping our world today, and considers possibilities for envisioning alternate paths forward.
This event features presentations by several GSD-affiliated exhibitors—including Abigail Chang, Iman Fayyad, Jenny and Anda French, Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow, Grace La and James Dallman, Alex Yueyan Li, Chris Reed, and Oscar Zamora—followed by a conversation about the biennial and its curatorial aims, moderated by the biennial’s artistic director Florencia Rodriquez.
00:00 Welcome by Grace La
05:48 Introduction by Florencia Rodriquez
18:23 Presentation by Abigail Chang
23:49 Presentation by Iman Fayyad
29:38 Presentation by Jenny French
35:36 Presentation by Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow
40:46 Presentation by Grace La and James Dallman
46:17 Presentation by Alex Yueyan Li
51:48 Presentation by Chris Reed
57:57 Presentation by Oscar Zamora
01:02:28 Panel Discussion and Q+A
In a dynamic, PechaKucha format, the GSD presents and celebrates a sampling of projects exhibited at the sixth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB 6), which takes place on sites throughout Chicago from September 19, 2025, to February 28, 2026. The biennial theme, SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, signals the opportunity to change direction—an invitation to think with others and to set new grounds for the interpretation and design of our built environment. Featuring over 100 projects by architects, artists, and designers from 30 countries, CAB 6 explores how architecture engages with the profound cultural, social, and environmental transformations shaping our world today, and considers possibilities for envisioning alternate paths forward.
This event features presentations by several GSD-affiliated exhibitors—including Abigail Chang, Iman Fayyad, Jenny and Anda French, Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow, Grace La and James Dallman, Alex Yueyan Li, Chris Reed, and Oscar Zamora—followed by a conversation about the biennial and its curatorial aims, moderated by the biennial’s artistic director Florencia Rodriquez.
00:00 Welcome by Grace La
05:48 Introduction by Florencia Rodriquez
18:23 Presentation by Abigail Chang
23:49 Presentation by Iman Fayyad
29:38 Presentation by Jenny French
35:36 Presentation by Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow
40:46 Presentation by Grace La and James Dallman
46:17 Presentation by Alex Yueyan Li
51:48 Presentation by Chris Reed
57:57 Presentation by Oscar Zamora
01:02:28 Panel Discussion and Q+A
