Animating a significant Chicago intersection, this intense collaboration between architecture and landscape gives physical expression to Harriet Monroe’s founding vision for Poetry magazine as an “open door” that would increase poetry’s profile in society, help poets pursue their art, and cultivate public interest in the form.

Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation

Chicago, IL

Size

.1 acres

Team

Doug Reed

Awards

The American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum & The European Centre

2012

Honor Award for Architecture, American Institute of Architects

2012

Honor Award for Urban Design, Boston Society of Landscape Architects

2013