Darrel Babuk making a presentation at Chicago Union Station
Darrel G. Babuk, AIA, MRAIC, NCARB, LEED AP is a well known and prolific speaker. Most often, he is requested to speak about such diverse subject areas as our built environment; the impact of railroads on industrial-era settlement, land planning, and architecture; Chicago’s architectural history, and Canadian culture.
Should you wish to engage Mr. Babuk to speak to a group or organization, please contact him at: info (at) babuk.com .
This is a partial sampling of Mr. Babuk’s presentations and audiences over the years:
26 June 2010, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, National Festival of Architecture. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. “Canadian Architects in the Chicago School 1884 – 1935″
25 April 2010, The Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting. “Oak Park, River Forest and Riverside”.
9 January 2010, Scottish – American History Club. “The Firth of Forth Bridge”.
10 December 2009, Oak Park Architectural League. “History of Railway Roundhouses, and the Former Canadian Northern Roundhouse in Hanna, Alberta”
15 October 2009, The British Home and the Daughters of the British Empire. “First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers”
1 September 2009, The University of Manitoba. “Canadian Influences in the Chicago School of Architecture 1884 – 1935″
20 June 2009, Illinois Saint Andrew Society, “The Scots and their Cars”
1 June 2009, Prudential Relocation Services, “Canada – History, Government and Politics”
25 May 2009, Ryerson University, and Fachhochshule am Main Frankfurt, “Canadian Influences in the Chicago School of Architecture 1884 – 1935”
16 May 2009, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Secret Streets of the Loop”
16 May 2009, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Great Train Stations of Clinton Street”
16 May 2009, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Just a Wee Bit of Chicago’s Transit Archaeology”
4 November 2008, CBC Radio One Vancouver, “On the Coast”, “Barack Obama and the Election: Chicago Politics Translated for Canadian Audiences”
4 October 2008, Scottish – American History Club, “The Scots and their Cars”
25 August 2008, University of Manitoba, “Canadian Influences in the Chicago School of Architecture 1884 – 1935”
28 May 2008, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Eric Multhauf Lecture Series, “Canadian Influences in the Chicago School of Architecture 1884 – 1935”
24 May 2008, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Secret Streets of the Loop”
24 May 2008, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “First Railroads, then Skyscrapers”
23 May 2008, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Chicago’s Transit Archaeology”
November 2007, Railvolution Conference, Miami, FL, “Commuter Rail Stations as a Catalyst for Urban Redevelopment”
August 2007. Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago Chapter. “The Fine Arts Building”.
May 2007, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “The Great Train Stations of Clinton Street”
October 2006, Railvolution Conference, Chicago, IL, “Study of an Intermodal Transit Hub, the West Loop Transportation Center”
May 2006, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Industrial Structures of Chicago’s Railways
18 Septembre 2005, Ambassade de France aux États-Unis , Mission Économique de Chicago-Détroit and Chicago Meetings and More, “Chicago Architectural Tour – Présentation du marché américain de la maison individuelle”
May 2005, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “The Evolution of the Skyscraper Office Building during the 20th Century”
17 March 2005, WBEZ-FM Chicago, “848”, “First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers”
15 March 2005, Canadian Consulate General / Chicago. “Chicagoland Building Codes 101: A Primer”
5 January 2005, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Eric Multhauf Lecture Series, “First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers”
1 July 2004, Clan MacLeod International Gathering, “First Railroads, The Skyscrapers”
May 2004, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “First Railroads, Then Skyscrapers”
1 July 2003, CKOM Radio – Saskatoon, “A Canadian celebrates Dominion Day in the United States”
May 2003, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Special Events – “Great Chicago Places and Spaces”, “Great Train Stations of Clinton Street”
12 October 2000, RAIC Fall Luncheon, Calgary, “Chicago Skyscrapers”
24 August 1983, NCARB IDP Coordinating Committee and the Royal Institute of British Architects, Practical Education Sub Committee, London, UK. “Internship and its Relationship to Formal Architectural Education in the United States”
