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The Jury
Nila Leiserowitz, Assoc. AIA, FASID
Gensler
Santa Monica, California
Lewis Goetz, AIA
Group Goetz Architects PC
Washington, D.C.
Victor Saroki, FAIA
Victor Saroki & Associates Architects PC
Birmingham, Michigan



Chicago Center for IBM e-Business Innovation



Location
Chicago, IL
Architect
HOK Inc.
Client/Owner
IBM
General Contractor
Pepper Construction Co.
Consultant(s)
BLM Engineering; McGuire Engineering
Photographer
Christopher Barrett © Hedrich Blessing
"It creates a new brand for the client, combining solidity and tradition with new, innovative thinking"

Occupying a full floor of One IBM Plaza, this new division of the company needed to distinguish itself as a creative think tank. The open, collaborative, non-hierarchical work environment features overlapping, interconnected forms and surfaces that suggest a three-dimensional representation of the Internet. The jury found the project to be beautifully executed, with a nice rhythm and clarity to the plan. The restrained use of a palette of reflective materials was, in contrast to flashier projects, "just enough."