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Location: Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Client: Hines Interests
General Contractor: Taisei
Engineers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Photographer: Scott McDonald © Hedrich Blessing
Addressing a prevailing problem for architects across the country, this renovation economically transforms a nondescript, mid-rise 1960s office building into a vibrant and elegant player in today’s downtown. Without changing the aperture of the windows, architects reconfigured the building’s exterior proportions with a floating stainless-steel grille that picks up patterns from neighboring buildings and creates a strong identity for itself. In fact, jurors speculated that a shrewd client might have purchased the unassuming mid-rise at a bargain price and come away with a trophy building.
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