Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced that the city has shortlisted five design teams for the $8.5-billion planned revamp of O’Hare International Airport. It is the biggest reconstruction and expansion ever of the 73-year-old airport that annually serves 80 million passengers a year.
The selected teams were drawn from 12 that submitted responses to a request for qualifications for lead architectural design services that was issued in June by the city's Dept. of Aviation, through the Chicago Dept. of Procurement Services. The shortlisted firms include: Fentress-EXP-Brook-Garza Joint Venture Partners; Foster Epstein Moreno JV Joint Venture Partners; Santiago Calatrava LLC; Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM); and Studio ORD Joint Venture Partners.