State Emergency Operations Center

Honor Award

  • DeStefano and Partners
  • Illinois Capital Development Board
  • Consultants Environmental Systems Design (MEP/FP); Rubinos & Mesia, Inc. (Structural Engineering); Knight E/A, Inc. (Civil Engineering); System Development Integration (Technology Services); Daniel Weinbach & Partners (Landscape Architecture); ESD Construction (Cost Estimating)
  • Division Institutional
  • Location Springfield, IL
  • General contractor River City Construction, LLC

Photos

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State Emergency Operations Center photo #1
Photo: Barbara Karant
State Emergency Operations Center photo #2
Photo: Barbara Karant
State Emergency Operations Center photo #3
Photo: Barbara Karant

Overview

"There's some innovation there," jurors said about this imposing structure's copper rain screen. "It integrates with the massing of the major components." Like the agency this building houses, the rain screen is there to protect and provide aid; it protects windows that would otherwise be left vulnerable, and it aids in unifying the overall design. Perforations in the screen allow natural light into the building, relieving the intensity of the work that goes on there.