We invite you to take part in this groundbreaking addition to the civic and cultural life of Chicago.

Columbia is building its first new-construction building. In January 2009, it will break new ground in more ways than one.

This Is Columbia's Ribbon-Cutting Moment

Columbia College Chicago officially opened its new Media Production Center on Friday, February 5, 2010. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley joined Chairman of the Board Allen M. Turner, President Warrick L. Carter, MPC architect Jeanne Gang, and others on the main soundstage for a celebratory ribbon cutting.

We were there with our Flip camera, talking with students, faculty, and others who came out to celebrate the Media Production Center.

Media Production Center Ribbon Cutting

Photos: Bob Kusel ('78)

Tribune Architecture Critic Blair Kamin Reviews the MPC

"Chicago architect Jeanne Gang's lively new building for Columbia College Chicago looks nothing like her Aqua tower, the spectacular, 82-story mixed-use skyscraper with the wavy balconies. And, that is all to the good," writes Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin in Cityscapes, his daily blog. Read his take on Columbia's new building.