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Location: Winfield, Illinois
Architect: Teng & Associates Inc.
Client: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
General Contractor: Kwaske Construction
Photographer: © Barbara Karant, Karant + Associates
In a beautifully rendered architect’s drawing, the barn-like Visitors Center huddles on a low horizon of grasses under a huge slate-blue sky. For jurors, this “signaled everything about the intention of this building—a very thoughtful interpretation, with contemporary materials, of an agricultural building.” Situated at the head of a trail that leads to the farm, the center cleverly organizes exhibit space, a welcome desk, and bathroom and storage facilities into “served” and “service” areas. Cedar wood interior walls grace the simple steel structure, which is clad in galvanized corrugated sheet metal. These vernacular materials are applied in a modern use and composition, alluding to the fast-disappearing status of the farm in northern Illinois’ landscape.
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