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Significant recent structures include One Chicago, River North area, Downtown skyscraper by Goettsch Partners with HPA. This two-tower luxury residential and mixed-use complex was led by JDL Development.
Also worth checking out is a new Stone Island store at 48 East Oak Street, by celebrated Rotterdam studio OMA / AMO. Long before social media, this brand built a loyal community of followers, drawn by their devotion to research and technology.
Finally we feature 800 Fulton Market by the world-famous firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The mixed-use office tower leverages advanced capacity-monitoring technology and ample outdoor space to promote tenant safety, health and wellness. The 326-foot-tall tower includes pandemic-responsive design features.
Designed by Wheeler Kearns Architects, The Alice, the Goodman Theatre’s new Center for Education and Engagement, wood materials are used to transform 10,000 sq. ft. of office space into a welcoming and inspiring environment.
Transformed by Wheeler Kearns Architects the Purple Llama Coffee & Records Shop is located in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, in an empty retail space into a place to enjoy music, coffee, and community.
CannonDesign’s architect Albert Rhee create a Modular, Walk-in Booth for Coronavirus Testing addressing the need for testing in urban areas for those without vehicles – this is slated for public use.
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects have completed the renovations of Loyola Avenue giving the building a fresh, curated atmosphere more compatible to newer properties, but maintaining a vintage experience.
Elkus Manfredi Architects brings a transformative design approach to CRA’s 35,620-sf Chicago office at One South Wacker Drive. The workplace redesign unifies the company’s existing two-floor office and replaces the previously dim, dark, crowded environment with a daylight-filled, expansive workplace within the original two-floor footprint.
Union Station Tower Chicago building design by Goettsch Partners, Architects, 50-story office development across from station adds a public park: groundbreaking for skyscraper also known as BMO Tower.
Rockford’s new prototype school is designed by CannonDesign with students for students. The process and resulting solution for Rockford Public Schools’ new K-5 prototype school pivots this dynamic, designing with students rather than for them.
Design: Woodhouse Tinucci Architects. The Sailing Center, right on the beach at the water’s edge, is Northwestern University’s most direct connection between the campus and its advantageous location on the shoreline of Lake Michigan.
Design: Studio Gang Architects. Winner of AIA National Award. Located at 3400 North Rockwell Avenue, the building is one of four boathouses proposed by the Chicago Mayor as cornerstones of his riverfront revitalization plan.
Sears Tower Building Chicago Modernization, USA: new images added – design by architects Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill – sustainable plan to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions in Sears Tower building.
Aqua Tower, Chicago skyscraper building design by Studio Gang Architects – a series of contours defined by outdoor terraces that inflect based on view, solar shading and size & type of dwelling.
Tribune Real Estate Holdings win approval from the Chicago City Council for a transformational riverfront development at 777 W. Chicago Avenue designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) Architects.
Catalog at Willis Tower Chicago, facade design by SkB Architects, retail and entertainment building design by Gensler at the tallest tower in north America, built in 1973.
Unity Temple Restoration Oak Park, Illinois, by Harboe Architects, completed in 1908, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest buildings. The building is a National Historic Landmark, a key work of Modern Architecture.
150 North Riverside building design by architects Goettsch Partners in Chicago, comprising 1,464,000 sqft (136,010 sqm), a 54-story Class A office tower with 45-ft column-free floor plates and a dramatic 90-ft-high lobby.
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Chicago Building design: HDR | Gensler in Association with Clive Wilkinson Architects – color climbs to a crescendo as all pathways focus on the collaborative zone of the ability labs.
