MCHAP was established under Wiel Arets, Dean of the College of Architecture at IIT, and was launched in February 2014 with Phyllis Lambert at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, and Dirk Denison, MCHAP Director and Professor in the College of Architecture at IIT.

The finalists, in addition to 1111 Lincoln Road and Iberê Camargo Foundation, include:

• Altamira Residential Building in Rosario, Argentina, by Rafael Iglesia Arquitectura

• Capilla del Retiro in Auco, Los Andes, Chile, by Undurraga Deves Arquitectos

• Mestizo Restaurant in Santiago, Chile, by Smiljan Radic Studio

• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. by Steven Holl Architects

• Seattle Central Library, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. by OMA / LMN

MCHAP was created as part of Dean Arets’ strategy for the College of Architecture at IIT emphasizing progressive research and a new curriculum. It was announced in NOWNESS March 2013. Nominees for both MCHAP and MCHAP.emerge were chosen by 71 professionally diverse, international ambassadors from throughout the Americas.