Extension Gallery is an experimental forum for testing new thought and practice in architecture. It is a platform for dialog between national and international practices and investigation of the relations between architecture and other disciplines. The gallery commissions architects that adopt a diverse set of architectural theories to design and construct site-specific installations that transform the gallery space with their work and allow visitors to explore and experience current architectural thought in practice.

Press & Awards

Publications

[Easton+Combs]. MARU: Interior, Lifestyle, Design [April or May 2011]  www.capress.co.kr [publication details forthcoming].

“Mark Fornes Creates Space he has never seen before,” by Terry Peters.  Mark n.28 (October/November 2010): 201-205.

[Extension Gallery] “Walk Through: the avant-garde moves ahead,” by Philip Berger.  Interior Design (November 2007):  110-112.

[Extension Gallery] “Art Attack:  ARTchitecture:  a new gallery in Pilsen set the stage for contemporary and avant-garde architecture,” by Tony Adler and Michelle Litvin. 
i4design (Spring 2007): 32-35.

 

Awards

Easton-Combs, “Changing Room” at Extension Gallery, Chicago.  AIA New York Design Awards: Unbuilt Work Merit Award 2011.
Retrieved from http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=press-releases&prrid=228

 

Web Press

[Easton + Combs] “Giant Sculpture Made of 1,500 Plastic tiles Looks Like Digital Smoke [Video],” by Suzanne LaBarre.
Retrieved from http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663652/giant-sculpture-made-of-1500-plastic-tiles-looks-like-digital-smoke-video

“Exhibition: Easton + Combs present CHANGING ROOM,” by Suzanne LaBarre.  Arch Daily (March 21, 2011).
Retrieved from http://www.archdaily.com/tag/extension-gallery/

“Easton Combs: CHANGING ROOM: an experimental environment.”  Core.form-ula (March 27, 2011).
Retrieved from http://www.core.form-ula.com/2011/03/27/easton-combs-changing-room-an-experimental-environment/

[Lateral Office] “Emerging Voices 2011: Lateral Office,” by Jule Lovine.  The Architect’s Newspaper (March 17, 2011).
Retrieved from http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5239

[Jimenez Lai] Art Review “Point Clouds,” Extension Gallery, through Mar 13, by Lauren Weinberg.  Time Out Chicago n. 207 (February 12–18, 2009).
Retrieved from http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/art-design/61895/jimenez-lai

[Jimenez Lai]  “Web Design: Jimenez Lai’s interactive Point Clouds explores the tension between the individual and the system,” by Robin Peterson. Chicago Weekly Online (February 12, 2009).
Retrieved from http://chicagoweekly.net/2009/02/12/web-design-jimenez-lais-interactive-point-clouds-explores-the-tension-between-the-individual-and-the-system/

[Eric Ellingson]. “SEA: Seeing Eye Architecture” Archinect (October 7, 2009).
Retrieved from http://www.archinect.com/features/article.php?id=92499_0_23_0_M

[Ball and Nogues Studio]. “String Theory: “Unseen Current” ties up Extension Gallery” by Sheridan Helenmary.  Chicago Weekly Online (April 10, 2008).
Retrieved from http://chicagoweekly.net/2008/04/10/string-theory-unseen-current-ties-up-extension-gallery/

[Ball and Nogues Studio].  “Unseen Current,” Extension Gallery, through May 11, by Philip Berger.  Time Out Chicago n. 165 (April 24–30, 2008).
Retrieved from http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/art-design/28715/ball-nogues-studio

“Ball Nogues Studio at Extension Gallery for Architecture,” by Nate Archer.  Design Boom (May 16, 2008).
Retrieved from http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/2882/ball-nogues-studio-at-extension-gallery-for-architecture.html

“Under the Weather:  Ball-Nogues Studio uses methodical minimalism to string up a fulgent sky,” by Ruth Lopez.  Interior Design Magazine (November 1, 2008).
Retrieved from http://www.interiordesign.net/article/480022-Under_The_Weather.php?intref=sr