The $10.7-million Engine Company 16, the first LEED-Platinum firehouse in Illinois, features a geothermal heat-exchange system, a vegetative and reflective roof, permeable pavers and an aggressive stormwater management system.
Each research floor in the Wisconsin Energy Institute incorporates open sightlines and "highways" that increase organic opportunities for scientific inquiry and that promote collaboration among scientists and researchers.
Perched upon a promontory overlooking Lake Michigan, Adler Planetarium's newly refurbished Cafe Galileo's affords visitors expansive views of the Chicago skyline amid newly refurbished finishes, furnishings and lighting.
Its lockers shoehorned into classrooms and lunchroom relegated to a basement, 66-year-old Orchard Place Elementary School shed its mid-20th century origins with a program calling for an addition, partial demolition of the existing structure and renovations to remaining portions of the facility.
The Riverwalk and Wildlife Viewing Pier provides pedestrian access to the historic De Pere Lock, Tender House and Government Island and is intended to boost tourist interest by providing a place to view local fish and migratory birds.
Converting the 125-year-old Loyalty Building, a landmark office structure in Milwaukee, into a 127-room hotel required its design-build team to reconcile stringent standards for historic rehabilitation with code requirements for the facility's new use.
The facade of the Moderne, a 30-story residential tower, sports streamlined forms reminiscent of the Art Moderne movement, bygone ocean liners and the sense of momentum they impart.
In addition to decentralizing nurses' stations to reduce the distance between patients and caregivers, the 359,000-sq-ft Good Samaritan Regional Health Center incorporates music and art to promote healing and includes a family zone where loved ones can stay overnight.
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