Saturday, February 1, 1:00 p.m. | In THE HOUSE (2024, dir. Gregg Goggin, USA, 46 min. In English / Format: Digital) acclaimed architects Thom Mayne and Robin Donaldson, 30 years after its completion, return to a pivotal site in their careers: the Crawford House in Montecito, California, one of the world’s most widely studied pieces of residential architecture. And, in THIS IS NOT A HOUSE, director Morgan Neville (2023, USA, 30 min. In English / Format: Digital), documents art collectors Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman’s ambitious project to build their dream house. Post-screening Q&A with Robin Donaldson and Kyle Bergman.

ADFF:CHICAGO The Architecture & Design Film Festival and Chicago Architecture Center, in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center, present ADFF:CHICAGO 2025—an international festival highlighting films dedicated to the creative spirit of architecture and design. ADFF:CHICAGO 2025 presents 9 programs at the Film Center celebrating films that combine a design focus with human stories, selected for a broad audience of architecture enthusiasts, design professionals, and all fans of nonfiction storytelling. Read more

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu