Korea City Hall, 2015, from "Display," an exhibition from the Swiss Institute, in New York, and one of 31 projects to receive funding from the Graham Foundation, in Chicago.
Kersten Geers and David Van Severen Korea City Hall, 2015, from "Display," an exhibition from the Swiss Institute, in New York, and one of 31 projects to receive funding from the Graham Foundation, in Chicago.

The Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts will award a total of $419,000 in grants to organizations to fund 31 projects that explore the role of architecture in arts, culture, and society. The winners, which include museum retrospectives, site-specific commissions, and publications from national and international organizations, were selected from more than 230 submissions representing 24 countries. The winners hail from around the world, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, London, Istanbul, and Beirut.

A handful of the winning projects are listed below, and the full roster can be found here.

Upcoming application deadlines for the next round of grants by the foundation are: grants to individuals (Sept. 15, 2016); Carter Manny Award (Nov. 15, 2016); and grants to organizations (Jan. 25, 2017).

Chinese public health poster depicting the human body as a factory, 1933, from "Are We Human?, 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial."
National Library of Medicine Chinese public health poster depicting the human body as a factory, 1933, from "Are We Human?, 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial."

Project: "Are We Human? 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial" (Exhibition)
Organization: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul

Rifat Chadirji, IRQ/314/154: Offices and stores, Tobacco Monopoly Administration, 1966, Baghdad, from the "Rifat Chadirji: Architecture Photo Index."
Arab Image Foundation Rifat Chadirji, IRQ/314/154: Offices and stores, Tobacco Monopoly Administration, 1966, Baghdad, from the "Rifat Chadirji: Architecture Photo Index."

Project: Rifat Chadirji: Architecture Photo Index (Publication)
Organization: The Arab Image Foundation, Beirut

Adrian George, front and back covers of Architectural Design special issue on IID Summer Session (1970), April 1971, London, from "In Progress: The IID Summer Sessions."
Alvin Boyarsky Archive Adrian George, front and back covers of Architectural Design special issue on IID Summer Session (1970), April 1971, London, from "In Progress: The IID Summer Sessions."

Project: In Progress: The IID Summer Sessions (Publication)
Organization: The Architectural Association, London

Yona Friedman, Serpentine Summer House, 2016, London, from "Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses 2016."
Iwan Baan Yona Friedman, Serpentine Summer House, 2016, London, from "Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses 2016."

Project: "Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses 2016" (Exhibition)
Organization: The Serpentine Gallery, London

Pierre Chareau, Maison de Verre interior, 1928–32, from "Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design."
Mark Lyon Pierre Chareau, Maison de Verre interior, 1928–32, from "Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design."

Project: "Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design" (Exhibition)
Organization: The Jewish Museum, New York

Marshall Brown Projects, Dequindre Civic Academy, 2016. Towards a Coordinate Unit, handmade collage on inkjet print, 40x50 inches. Speculative project spanning Detroit’s Dequindre Cut greenway, from "The Architectural Imagination: US Pavilion, 15th International Architecture Exhibition."
Marshall Brown Projects Marshall Brown Projects, Dequindre Civic Academy, 2016. Towards a Coordinate Unit, handmade collage on inkjet print, 40x50 inches. Speculative project spanning Detroit’s Dequindre Cut greenway, from "The Architectural Imagination: US Pavilion, 15th International Architecture Exhibition."

Project: "The Architectural Imagination: US Pavilion, 15th International Architecture Exhibition" (Exhibition)
Organization: Anyone Corporation, New York

Frank Lloyd Wright, Liberty Magazine cover, colored pencil on paper, 24.5 x 28.25” (62.2 x 71.8 cm), 1926, from "Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive."
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (the Museum of Modern Art/Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library; Columbia University; New York) Frank Lloyd Wright, Liberty Magazine cover, colored pencil on paper, 24.5 x 28.25” (62.2 x 71.8 cm), 1926, from "Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive."

Project: "Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive" (Exhibition)
Organization: Museum of Modern Art, New York