Renderings Released of Obama Presidential Center Design Concept

Today, at an event in Chicago hosted by Barack and Michelle Obama, the Obama Foundation released the first images of the conceptual design and site plan for the Obama Presidential Center. The New York-based firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners is leading the design team along with Interactive Design Architects. Planned for a site in Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago, the center will include a museum, classrooms, labs, public plaza, and other outdoor spaces.

Video courtesy Obama Foundation

Plaza view rendering, image courtesy Obama Foundation

Conceptual model, image courtesy Obama Foundation

Conceptual site plan, photo courtesy Obama Foundation

Read RECORD's past coverage of the Obama Presidential Center.

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Miriam Sitz was a staff writer and editor for Architectural Record from 2015 to 2020, during which time she served as the web editor, then senior news & web editor.