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2020 LANDMARKS ILLINOIS RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION PRESERVATION AWARD FOR ADAPTIVE USE
A pillar of the Illinois Medical District on Chicago’s Near West Side, and a monument to the vital role that public hospitals play in providing medical care to all those in need, the Old Cook County Hospital has at long last been given a second life. Built in...
KOO selected for INVEST South/West Pre-Qualified List of Design Services Firms
KOO was selected from 200 applicants! This summer the City of Chicago invited the Chicago Architecture Center to organize an open Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify Chicago design firms to be considered for upcoming projects connected to Mayor Lori E....
Beaux Arts Beauty
Hospitality and healthcare have always been intertwined—now more so than ever—as both industries exist to serve and care for others. The Hyatt Place and Hyatt House Chicago Medical/University District opened this summer in the Beaux-Arts classical-style landmark that...
Designer Spotlight!
Look who the designer spotlight is this week! Credit: Ceramic Technics Tim Curry August 18th, 2020
Column: An exclusive look at the reborn Cook County Hospital: Once facing the wrecking ball, the West Side landmark is about to reemerge, beautifully remade
The renovation and reinvention of the old Cook County Hospital is a triumph of historic preservation, one that should resonate far beyond the walls of the beloved Beaux-Arts landmark on Chicago’s Near West Side. Not only does it give new life to an ornate,...
Offshore – Rooftop Bar at Navy Pier is a 2019 ALA Merit Winner
At 52,000 SF, Offshore is the world’s largest rooftop bar located on Chicago’s historically landmarked Navy Pier. The year-round venue is enclosed by a fritted barrel-vaulted ETFE roof, designed to accommodate the net-zero structural loading requirement, and operable...
Navy Pier Rooftop Venue Opening Spring 2019
KOO is proud to announce the new 36,000-square-foot rooftop deck called Offshore, will open in Spring 2019. The new hot-spot with include huge glass-enclosed areas, fire pits, and terraces. Click here to read the Chicago Tribune article. Click here to read the...
UIC Performing Arts Center WINNER – OMA/KOO
OMA/KOO LLC has been named the winner of an international competition to design an innovative “Center for the Arts” on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus The new complex is intended by the school to have both public and academic functions. It will house the...
UIC Center for the Arts Finalist Entries
KOO is thrilled to be partnering with OMA on this transformative design for UIC's new Center for the Performing Arts Building. Click here to read the Architectural Record article. Click here to read the Curbed article. Click here to read the ArchitectsNewPaper...
Transforming Chicago – Old Cook County Hospital
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...
Old Cook County Hospital – HyattPlace and HyattHouse On Track to Becoming the Next City Landmark
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 preservation...
Finalist – New Performing Arts Center at UIC
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...
Old Cook County Hospital Transformation – WGN News
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...
4 Interior Design Lessons from Hospitality
"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...
Chicago Artisan: Jackie Koo
"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 Chicago Life's...
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