Jay Pritzker Pavilion

This open-air concert venue is the centrepiece of a large lakeside park opened in 2004.

Above the stage, curling ribbons of brushed stainless steel form a dramatic headdress that frames the performers. In front, fixed seating gives way to a great lawn, crossed by a trellis of curved steel pipes that carries the sound system, so that people sitting on the grass hear the music as clearly as those near the stage.