200 GREAT PLACES: Starved Rock Lodge (Utica, IL) Built on a wooded bluff overlooking the Illinois River, Starved Rock Lodge still retains many of its historic furnishings, natural charm, and rustic beauty of original stone and heavy timber construction. 📐1935 | Joseph Booton

In celebration of #PrideMonth, check out these articles from Architectural Digest 🎉 architecturaldigest.com/topic/pride-mo…

In celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday tomorrow (6/8), today we are recognizing 📍200 GREAT PLACES: Laurent House (Rockford, IL) 📍 illinoisgreatplaces.com 📷 Wikipedia Commons 📐 1952 | Frank Lloyd Wright

Announcing our new job board! 🎉 Posting job listings on the AIA Illinois job board offers a unique opportunity to connect with top-tier talent within the architectural community of Illinois. Learn more at: jobs.aiail.org

200 GREAT PLACES: Olympia Fields Country Club (Olympia Fields, IL) is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and remains a bright star in the firmament of American golf. illinoisgreatplaces.com 📷 ofcc.info 📐 1925 | George Nimmons

Kimberly Dowdell, AIA | “Diversity within the design field is particularly important, because the objective is “not only to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, but ideally to elevate the human experience." tinyurl.com/mrytkrat

200 GREAT PLACES: Naperville Riverwalk | Public/private planning, community involvement & achievements created a major community asset. 📷 Colin McBride 📐 1981 | Charles Vincent George Architects | Hitchcock Design Group | Kracower & Associates | Signature Design Group

BIG NEWS! 📰 It is with great excitement that we announce that on July 1, Governor Pritzker signed into law SB 2819 as Public Act 103-0627, amending the Practice Act as it relates to Architecture Registration Exams (ARE).

Join us with NCARB next Tues., July 16 (at 5 pm) for "NCARB & You: Becoming a Licensed Architect in Illinois." Register here: tinyurl.com/3vpe74hm

Now through July 22, receive 20% off any job listing on the AIA Illinois Job Board! Visit jobs.aiail.org to get started and use code 20OFF.

TODAY (7/22) at Noon! Wind Design Considerations for the Central U.S.: Reducing the Impact of Disasters | 1.5 LU / HSW | Register at tinyurl.com/429dby73

200 GREAT PLACES: Columbus Park (Chicago, IL) is considered the masterpiece of nationally-renowned landscape architect and father of the Midwestern conservation movement, Jens Jensen. 📍illinoisgreatplaces.com 📷 Columbus Park - Chicago Park District 📐1920 | Jens Jensen

It's #DisabilityPrideMonth! Let's talk about accessibility in architecture. Our latest #FutureFocused video starts the conversation with Rachel Wiesbrock, Assoc. AIA, who is an accessibility specialist at LCM Architects in Chicago! ⤵️

Thank you to our Citizen Architects for helping support our partners in the legislature! Pictured left to right: Cesar Santoy, AIA, Rep. Dagamara Avelar, Rep. Barbara Hernandez, Jeff Minor, AIA.

200 GREAT PLACES: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds (Du Quoin, IL 📍illinoisgreatplaces.com 📷 Courtesy of Du Quoin State Fair 📐1923 | Multiple #AIAIllinois #AIA #Illinois #architecture

AIA Illinois is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 AIA Illinois Honor Awards! 🎉 ➡️ aiail.org/awards

Thanks to our citizen architects who met with Senator Omar Aquino at his annual golf outing today. Special thanks to Senator Aquino for all of his work to Stop the Rolling Clock! 📷 Megan Harte, AIA, Eric Klinner, CAE, Senator Aquino, Molly Rademacher, AIA, and Robert Natke, AIA

Women’s Leadership Summit, powered by AIA, brings together the largest network of women in #architecture, #design, and the allied building industries. This year, the event will take place in Chicago from October 8-10! Register here: tinyurl.com/mrybrp8u

200 GREAT PLACES: Old Main - North Central College (Naperville). Most of Van Osdel’s buildings were destroyed in the 1871 Chicago Fire, making Old Main and one of his major surviving commissions. 📍 illinoisgreatplaces.com 📷 North Central College 📐 1870 | John Mills Van Osdel

Kicking off day two of the 2024 AIAspire / EP Summit with a tour of the Capitol by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol! ⭐️ #AIAIllinoisEP