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Location: Lake Forest, Illinois
Architect: David Woodhouse Architects
Client: Lake Forest Library
General Contractor: R. Rudnick & Co.
Consultants: Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers (structural); Innovative Engineering Group (mechanical)
Photographer: © Barbara Karant, Karant + Associates
A sunken courtyard illuminated by skylights recalls secret garden imagery and asserts that children’s spaces needn’t look like a toy box. Jurors deemed “magical” a maple cabinet wall—almost featureless when closed—that unfolds in pleated panels to engage space and create imaginary rooms. A stage, a puppet playhouse, and tables for story-based art programs are revealed in a way that “gives kids credit for having intelligence.”
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