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The Jury
George Nikolajevich, FAIA
Cannon Design
St. Louis, Missouri
Rafael Pelli, AIA
Cesar Pelli & Associates
New York, New York
Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA
Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Boston, Massachusetts



The Fisher Building



Location
Chicago, IL
Coordinating Architect
Pappageorge/Haymes Ltd.
Lobby Architect
Eifler & Associates
Facade Restoration
Architect
Desman Associates
Client/Owner
Fisher Building LLC
General Contractor
BABCO Construction
Consultant(s)
Sunnyside Design Group (mechanical)
Photographer
George Pappageorge, FAIA
Desman Associates

One of Chicago’s terra cotta treasures got a new lease on life as an apartment building in this adaptive reuse. The painstaking exterior restoration included the replacement of over 6,000 pieces of terra cotta, repair or replacement of 1,200 wood-framed windows, and recreation of the two original entrances. In the historic office corridors, glass-paneled doors and transoms were retrofitted with gypsum board behind the glass to meet city code.