The Graham Foundation is pleased to be part of Open House Chicago, a free public event organized by the Chicago Architecture Foundation that offers behind-the-scenes access to 150 buildings across Chicago. Since 1963 the Graham Foundation has been located in the Madlener House, a Prairie-style mansion built in 1901–02 by architect Richard E. Schmidt and designer Hugh M. G. Garden. The Madlener House was restored in 1963 to become the Graham’s headquarters and features two floors of exhibition space, original art glass windows, and a courtyard garden that showcases our significant collection of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architectural fragments. On Saturday and Sunday, October 19–20 from 9am–5pm, come tour the Madlener House, visit our current exhibition Environments and Counter Environments. “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,” MoMA, 1972¸ and check out our new architecture bookshop conceived by Chicago-based designer Ania Jaworska.

Image: View of “Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry,” 2011, Graham Foundation, Chicago. Photo James Prinz.

For more information on the exhibition, Environments and Counter Environments. "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape,” MoMA, 1972, click here.