CHICAGO.- The Chicago Architecture Foundation is hosting a new exhibition: Architecture in Perspective 21 -- the 21st International Juried Exhibition of Architectural Illustration. The exhibit is free and on view daily from 9am-5:30pm through November 1st in the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery at 224 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

Sponsored by the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, the show has become the world’s most prestigious forum for architectural drawing and visualization. From the nearly five hundred entries from five continents, the jury selected sixty works suggesting broad and inviting formal and aesthetic avenues.

The Architecture in Perspective 21 jurors include an architect, illustrator, and photographer, representing a full range of talent:

James Baird, FAIA, partner, Holabird & Root Architects. A partner in one of the oldest continual architectural practices in the US , Baird continues the tradition of excellence in design. His projects have received distinguished awards from local and national professional organizations.

Gilbert Gorski, ASAI Member and architectural illustrator. Gorski has achieved worldwide recognition for excellence in architectural illustration, having won the Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize in 1990 and 2002. He was awarded the ASAI’s Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement in 2003.

Jon Miller, photographer, principal and partner of Hedrich-Blessing Photography. During his tenure at Hedrich-Blessing, Miller has photographed dozens of award-winning architectural and interior projects. He judged the “Decade of Design” competition in 2004. His work appears often in publications including Architectural Digest and Architectural Record.

This year’s exhibition features the 2006 Hugh Ferriss Memorial Award winner Dennis Allain’s design for a World War II Memorial for his father-in-law. The design represents only the second time that a digital rendering has been awarded the top honor in this competition. Six other award-winners are on display. They include three juror’s awards, a formal and informal category, and the first ever Member’s Choice award. Fifty-four works receiving awards of excellence round out the exhibition in a range of media from pen and ink to watercolor to digital prints.

Illinois artists receiving Awards of excellence include Young H. Ki & associates project for the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Pharmacy; Alphonso Peluso’s large-scale digital rendering of Chicago’s skyline for Murphy/Jahn architects; and Ron Schatz’s project for Charles G. Woods’ Ruffalo House in New York.