Join us for an evening hosted by the Chicago ICAA, featuring a cocktail reception followed by a lecture and book signing with Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker.

In their forty-year practice, Cohen & Hacker have developed strategies for building additions that reflect a theoretical and philosophical approach to altering older structures. They are dedicated to Historic Preservation and maintaining the scale and quality of the built environment. They believe that recycling existing buildings, retrofitting them to meet new energy standards, and preserving their embodied energy, as well as their cultural and historical significance, is the most sustainable way to practice architecture.

Their new book, First Additions: Strategies for Adding On, presents theoretical essays on making additions, arguing for the appropriateness and perceived significance of a building addition as the determinant of the appropriate architectural language. The book also features a portfolio of their residential additions based on this philosophy.

During the lecture, they will present strategies for adding onto older buildings, illustrated by both historic examples and examples of their work.

An Evening with Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker