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Ann recently gave a talk at the TEDx IIT conference, titled “Lessons from Haiti”, discussing the recently opened Mirebalais National Teaching Hospital project and practicing architecture in Haiti
We are thrilled that construction recently began on a townhouse gut-rehab and addition project in the Old Town neighborhood that has been in planning for two years.
The donor wall, honoring all those who helped make the Mirebalais Teaching Hospital a reality, was recently installed.
Marcus attended the ATC 20 (Applied Technology Council) Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings training.
Ann will participate in the Chicago Council of Global Affairs: Next Generation Series presentation and discussion, Rethinking Disaster: Haiti and New Orleans.
Chicago Tribune follow-up article to Ann’s work in Haiti: Design for developing nations developing at IIT
On November 30th, Ann successfully completed the Self Certification Training Course held by the City of Chicago Department of Buildings. I can now push building permits through Chicago on an expedited program with minimal internal review by the city.
I taught a studio class this past fall at Illinois Institute of Technology for a group of final year graduate students, designing a boarding school in Haiti.
New retail project Peruvian Connection arrives in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
I gave a lunch talk at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, discussing healthcare design in Haiti and the Mirebalais National Teaching Hospital.
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