The Chicago Architectural Club (CAC) is pleased to announce the 2020 Burnham Prize Competition: Burnham 20/20. A call for entries is taking place as of April 30th, 2020 with the announcement of the winning entries in September 2020.
The 1909 Plan of Chicago, also referred to as the Burnham Plan, presented a progressive vision for the city of Chicago. It focused on six elements and aimed to provide a comprehensive and coherent strategy to address the city’s unregulated development creating conditions to improve commerce and reflecting on the way people live in a modern urban environment.
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This competition aims to explore the social agenda supporting Burnham’s vision, which he addressed in his draft of the plan and which included issues such as the enhancement of public space and the promotion of neighborhood schools and daycare centers. Burnham’s intended vision was “Not the beautification of the city, but it’s humanization.”
