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Location: Chicago, Illinois
Architect: David Woodhouse Architects
Client: Chicago Park District
General Contractor: R. Rudnick & Co.
Consultants: Nayyar & Nayyar International (structural); Primera Engineers (mechanical)
Photographer: © Barbara Karant, Karant + Associates
“Whoever designed this was loving every piece of it, even though they had very little money to spend.” A sense of play and commitment to a beach aesthetic teased an extraordinary amount of fun out of a small institutional project. Rest rooms, a lifeguard station, and a concession stand are accommodated in sand-colored concrete block and silver-painted steel reminiscent of driftwood on a beach. Horizontal beams and translucent, corrugated fiberglass disks create shadows and transitional spaces between service areas, the beach, and the neighborhood.
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