McCormick Place · Chicago lakefront

International Design Expo 2027

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International Design Expo arrives at North America’s largest and most flexible convention center—a monumental lakefront campus minutes from downtown Chicago.

Chicago · Illinois · USA

The venue

Where the city meets the lake.

Set along Chicago’s lakefront, McCormick Place brings vast exhibition capacity into direct dialogue with one of the world’s great architecture cities.

Its North, South and West Buildings and Lakeside Center form a connected campus built for international conventions, exhibitions, meetings and large-scale experiences.

2.6Msquare feet of exhibit halls
04connected convention buildings
173meeting rooms across the campus
06ballrooms, including two of the city’s largest

A new design platform, at metropolitan scale.

26,000 m²planned Expo footprint
approx. 280,000 sq. ft.

Plan your arrival

Minutes from downtown. Connected to Chicago.

McCormick Place Convention Center
2301 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60616
Getting here ↗Apply to exhibit

The venue offers multiple arrival points for its North, South, West and Lakeside buildings. Confirm the event’s assigned entrance before traveling.