by admin | Mar 1, 2019 | Press
Renovation and repurposing are well underway as workers transform the 103-year-old former Cook County Hospital at 1835 W. Harrison St. into a $1 billion apartment, hotel, restaurant, retail, and office complex. The team members involved in the redevelopment are Civic...
by admin | Jan 18, 2019 | Press
Cook County Hospital is pictured, Tuesday, March 20, 2001, in Chicago. The hospital and other pieces of Chicago’s history along with a Civil War-era boat ramp in deep southern Illinois are ranked among the state’s 10 most endangered historic sites by a...
by admin | Jan 15, 2019 | Press
KOO is part of one of the three architectural teams which have been chosen to create a pre-design for the last leg of the UIC new performing arts center competition. The three teams hold world-wide reputations for their award-winning design work, thoughtful approaches...
by admin | Nov 8, 2018 | Press
The old hospital will be home to two new hotels, medical offices, retail spaces and a small museum dedicated to the history of this building and its influence on healthcare. The eastern two-thirds of the building will be converted to connected Hyatt House and Hyatt...
by admin | Nov 6, 2018 | Press
“Embracing hospitality, the art and science of making guests feel welcome, comfortable and relaxed, is mandatory in the restaurant and hotel industries. Establishments that can’t broadcast hospitality with passion and grace don’t survive. Yet builders and...
by admin | Aug 20, 2018 | Press
“She is thoughtful and interested in understanding what her clients need, where they come from and what their objectives are, and then she applies her craft and her art in just a wonderful way.” KOO’s Founding Principal, Jackie Koo, was interviewed by...
