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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




Offices of Russell Reynolds Associates



Location
Chicago, IL
Design Architect
Gary Lee Partners
Architect of Record
Construction Specification Specialists Ltd.
Client/Owner
Russell Reynolds Associates
General Contractor
Interior Construction Group
Consultant(s)
Weber Consultants
Photographer
Christopher Barrett © Hedrich Blessing

"Sometimes we don’t celebrate beauty enough," commented a juror after praising this project as "elegant and beautiful but with a lot of restraint and simplicity." These offices for an executive recruiting firm feature contemporary approaches and finishes communicated through a traditional architectural vocabulary. Natural light filters into the interior through window-wall apertures outside the principal offices at the corridor ends and through acid-etched glass walls and door inserts.