by admin | Aug 31, 2022 | Press
Jun 29, 2022 Winner, 2nd place, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design Altgeld Gardens is a neighborhood that is largely isolated from the surrounding city due to industrial developments to the north and east...
by admin | Aug 26, 2022 | Press
The Committee on Design has reviewed Thrive Exchange, a mixed-use development planned for 7901 S. Exchange. As the winner of a recent Invest South/West RFP, the project will reactivate the intersection at the 79th St Metra stop and benefits from the new eTOD ordinance...
by admin | May 13, 2022 | Press
KOO designed four, 30ft+ decorative column covers for theWit Lobby, working with 555 international to fabricate the covers, scheduled to be installed later this year. The column designs were inspired by works of pottery and pantone color-matched to theWit’s...
by admin | Apr 27, 2022 | Press
The Altgeld Gardens public housing complex on Chicago’s far South Side has a long history of both hope and despair. It was built to be a community within the larger city for returning black veterans after World War II, but severe environmental hazards in the area led...
by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Press
The winning proposal could begin construction as soon as Fall 2022 As part of the two-year anniversary of Invest South/West, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the winners of three more RFP’s, including the South Shore RFP. This RFP, as well as the other two, were...
by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Press
Anew hotel at Navy Pier, the future DuSable Park just east of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, the dramatic St. Regis Tower and the wavy Aqua building, the austere Equitable Building next door to Tribune Tower, the vibrant GEMS World Academy, Chicago’s iconic Riverwalk. What...