Irving J. Gill and the Chicago School
The Irving J. Gill Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation launched to preserve Gill’s work and legacy, presents “Irving J. Gill and the Chicago School,” evidencing how Gill’s Chicago-based experiences influenced the design of his “buildings of amazing modernity,” leading in part to California’s modernist movement.
Held in partnership with the La Jolla Historical Society and the American Institute of Architects, San Diego, and set amid one of Gill’s most renowned landmark buildings (La Jolla Woman’s Club on Draper Ave), the symposium is one of many events forming “Irving J. Gill: New Architecture for a Great Country,” a collaborative project of exhibitions and tours honoring and exploring his legacy across 13 Southern California organizations.
A series of presentations, panel discussions, and question and answer sessions will be led by James B. Guthrie, AIA, the foundation’s founder and president, and a San Diego-based architect. Panelists include Tim Samuelson, a 40-year architectural and cultural historian of Chicago with first-hand knowledge of the city’s Chicago and Prairie Schools of architecture; Paul Kruty, Ph.D., professor emeritus of architectural history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and founding member of the Griffin Society of America; and David Jameson, cultural archivist, founder of ArchiTech Gallery in Chicago's River North district, and author of two books highlighting Gill’s formative relationships from both California and Chicago. irvingjgill.org.