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Hybrid: Chicagoland Dream Houses
How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined American Homes
Wednesday, June 11
6:30pm - 7:45pm
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2025-06-11 18:30:00
2025-06-11 19:45:00
America/Chicago
Hybrid: Chicagoland Dream Houses
Central Library - Rasmussen Room
Central Library
Rasmussen RoomSponsored by the Chicago Tribune, the 1945 Chicagoland Prize Homes competition solicited designs by mostly unknown architects. The goal was to provide beautiful yet practical houses for returning WWII veterans and middle-class residents of the city and suburbs. Author Siobhan Moroney discusses the competition, the designs, floor plans and the long-term effects of the competition.
This is part of our Chicagoland: Read All About It series.
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This program is not recorded.
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The Schaumburg Township District Library serves in excess of 134,000 residents in portions of the municipalities Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Streamwood. With over 1 million visitors each year, the library circulates over 2,000,000 items annually and is the second largest public library in the state of Illinois.
