Award of Merit - Architectural Design This project required the massive re-structuring of a two-story type III-B building to house as assembly use for a entire 16,000-sq-ft structure. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Previously, the building had housed a number of mercantile units and contained large shear walls and core elements in the way of the desired first floor program. The building is now home to a live blues venue in Chicago, Buddy Guy’s Legends. Demolition of the old building core while protecting the north wall from collapse was a major challenge, particularly that all of the protection had
Project of the Year - Civil/Public Works (Tie) The City of Muskego’s Well No. 13 is both a stylish public works building and a high capacity municipal well. Photo: Westhauser Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Designed to blend seamlessly into an upscale subdivision, the complex architectural style and landscaping give no hint that up to 2,200 gallons per minute of radium-free water is being pumped to serve the needs of this growing community. When the Well No. 13 site was identified, the city had a need to generate between 500 and 700 gpm of radium-free water. Well No.
Project of the Year - Transportation (Tie)In fall 2008, construction began for the replacement of the nearly 50-year-old College Avenue Bridge in Appleton, Wis. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" A major challenge during design and construction was the sheer height of the bridge deck above the water level. The bridge deck is 75 ft above the water. On many bridges a small lift on a barge can be used to reach inaccessible construction areas. This was not a luxury available on this bridge. Careful planning was done so the majority of the work could be installed from the bridge
Award of Merit - Higher Education/Research The project team for the Media Production Center at Columbia College in Chicago successfully navigated all the issues in developing one of the most advanced learning centers for film and interactive media arts in the nation. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" In the end, the team pursued LEED Gold criteria and created the college’s first purpose-built building. Columbia College wanted a professional quality media teaching facility that would encourage interdisciplinary collaboration among students and faculty. Simply locating the sound stages in the same building as the motion capture studio provides the proximity that
Award of Merit - Renovation/Restoration Founded more than100 years ago, this Reform congregation decided to follow the migration patterns of its congregants by relocating to its fourth home in Deerfield, Ill. Photo: Michael David Rose Photography div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The available property was part of a six-building, one-story office complex in an accessible location. The owner purchased three of the buildings, encompassing 70,000 sq ft of space. The project team realized from the beginning that this was not an ordinary construction project. The $18-million project was the culmination of several years of programming, design, fundraising and execution.
Award of Merit - Renovation/Restoration This project called for the conversion of a former state automotive emissions testing facility into a corporate office headquarters. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" This utilitarian box was reconfigured to provide interior office space in the area that was once drive-thru automotive testing bays. A new curvilinear fa�ade expanded the street frontage and created a sophisticated entry and identification feature for the new building. CB+E acquired the structure with the intent to convert it to new corporate offices for its business. The design challenge was to capitalize on the existing high bay drive-thru areas
With most of 2010 in the books, it looks as though experts who predicted a long, slow recovery from the nationwide recession have accurate crystal balls. The University of Illinois’ Flash Index for October showed that the Illinois economy appears headed in the right direction. The October reading rose to 93.8, up from 93.5 in September. Unemployment is still high, home sales are still slow and money is still hard to borrow for all but those with the highest credit ratings. But in talking with contractors and architects, there are faint glimmers of hope that 2011 will be another small
Cost: $97 million The University of Wisconsin�s Biochemistry II building is an interdisciplinary facility that will replace the 1956, 1937 and part of the 1912 wing of the existing Biochemistry complex. Photo: Courtesy Of Flad Architects Biochemistry II, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts This teaching and research building will bring undergraduates, graduate students and staff together from departments in the college of agricultural and life sciences and the medical school. The new, 250,000-sq-ft facility will include laboratories for 20 research groups, three teaching auditoriums, three smaller classrooms, three biochemistry instructional laboratories, an animal
Cost: $150 million Located at 215 West Washington Street in Chicago, the 50-story building is the first high-rise rental residence to be built in Chicago�s Loop in 15 years. The building features 389 studio/convertible, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartment homes. Photo: Courtesy Of Doka Usa Ltd. 215 West Apartments, Chicago Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The tower also includes a 12-story parking garage and 14,000 sq ft of retail space at street level. The project was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the use of Doka USA�s unique formwork systems. The project was one of the
Cost: $45 million Ayres Associates designed the reconstruction of 5 mi of I-94 from the Badger Interchange (I-90) on the east side of Madison, Wis., to just east of the CTH �N� interchange. Photo By T-bo Photography I-94 Reconstruction, Madison, Wis. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The existing four-lane segment from I-90 to CTH �N� will be reconstructed and expanded from four to six lanes. The project includes the construction of eight new bridges, replacement of two box culverts and temporary widening of four existing bridges for traffic staging. Extensive traffic control plans are required to maintain four
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