The Art Institute Flaps a Bit about its Wings

A missive from the Art Institute of Chicago arrived the other day with a playbook update on the latest about their mass renovation. Mark your scorecards accordingly:

Allerton Building - Main Building

• Built in 1893
• Designed by Boston architects Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
• Renamed Allerton Building in 1968 after long-time Trustee
• Collection now needs to be "resintalled"
• Architect for reinstallation is Vinci/Hamp

Morton Building

• Built in 1962
• Just south of the Allerton Building
• Architect not noted on AIC website
• Collection now needs to be reinstalled there, too.
• Architect for the reinstallation is Workshop Hakomori Yantrasast (wHY)

Modern Wing

• Due to open in 2009
• Designed by architect Renzo Piano
• Will add 65,000 square feet of exhibition space, a 30% increase

Please, please, never ever any "MoWi" OK?

Photo Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. The image is of a "flying carpet" sunscreen planned for Piano's addition.