Le Corbusier: LC150+

Join us as we welcome Rene Tan, Director & Co-founder of RT+Q Architects, Singapore, to discuss the Alliance’s upcoming exhibition, Le Corbusier LC150+. Tan will be in conversation with architect, Avi Lothan, of Lothan Vanhook Destefano Architecture LLC.

All audience members over 21 years of age are invited to the post-lecture reception for a complimentary glass of wine in the Alliance salon.

Doors open at 6:15 PM

About LC150+

LC150+ is the product of scaled models of the Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. The exhibition at AF Chicago will be its 37th stop on a self-sustaining world-tour.

*The LC150+ exhibition will be held at the Alliance Française de Chicago in March, 2025.

About Rene

Rene Tan, who describes himself as an ‘accidental architect’, went to college at Yale hoping to be a concert pianist but found himself pursuing architecture instead at Princeton subsequently. Raised in Malaysia and schooled in the USA, he now resides and practices architecture in Singapore. He believes the 150 Le Corbusier models that will be exhibited at AF Chicago are the logical conclusions to his own schooling at a time when the great masters of modern architecture formed the basis of an architecture education.

About Avi

Design Director, Avi Lothan, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C leads the direction and development of the firm’s design efforts. Effective consensus building and a stimulating exchange of ideas define his process, while intellectual creativity and determination distinguish his outcome.

Did you know? LVDA founder Avi Lothan designed the renovation of the Alliance Française which was the former Michael Reese Hospital Resale Shop, and a link to the cultural center’s adjacent, existing three-story greystone building. The former building required all new construction within a turn-of-the-century shell. The biggest design statement in the project is the link, a steel structure with a clear, fritted glass envelope that recalls the Maison de Verre in the way the prismatic structure energizes the courtyard in which it is placed. Make sure to tour the space if this is your first time visiting the Alliance.