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THE SHOW'S KIND OF TOWN

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Once more, Chicago is just the right place for the next Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, scheduled for September 18-20 on the city's iconic Navy Pier.

Over the course of three full days, the show, which last stopped in town during the spring of 2006, will explore every aspect of the region’s rich design legacy--skyscrapers, theaters, public and commercial buildings, and the wide array of Arts & Crafts, Colonial, Craftsman, Greek Revival, Prairie School, and Modernist styles among the city's vast supply of historic homes. At the Traditional Building Show, project teams of architects, developers, planners, building owners, and artisans will demonstrate how to use both high technology and centuries-old craftsmanship to maintain, restore, and rehabilitate historic structures.

The show will also be the place to learn how new construction is reinterpreting older forms and styles and how skillful designers are creating the new-old house and adding artful, sympathetic additions to landmark structures. In all, there will be more than 65 seminars, workshops, and tours for both professionals and consumers to choose from.

Just as important, the show floor will be the place to find just the right products and materials for restoring or renovating existing buildings or designing and constructing new ones in a traditional style. Attendees will be able to meet face to face with more than 150 exhibitors of historically accurate products for the restoration, renovation, and traditionally inspired new construction markets.

For more information on the upcoming Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference in Chicago and on the show in Boston during the spring of 2009, visit www.traditionalbuildingshow.com.