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PRIVATE RESIDENCE

3041 N. SeminaryChicago, Illinois

T he Private Residence is located at3041 N. Seminary on the North side ofChicago, Illinois. It was designed in

2004-05 and on exhibit at the Excellence inMasonry 2005 Awards Program.

The program requirement was to provide anew four-level residence for a family of four. Theowners requested that the style of the house betraditional, with a brick and stone exterior on allfour building elevations. Upon meeting the owner’srequest, we proceeded to work with the buildingdesign to give it a more three-dimensionalpresence. By selecting more contemporarycladding materials for the side elevation at thetop level, and by changing the composition of theback elevation from symmetrical to asymmetrical,we were able to create a more dynamic building.Its front conformed to both the scale of theexisting street and and to the clients wishes, whileits other faces took on more complex qualities.

Two strong design features which are meantto tie together the exterior of the house withits interior, are the front bay window of the livingroom, clad in cut stone, and the bow window –also clad in stone – of the dining room.

Inside, a fireplace finished in stone provides anecessary focal point to the interior of the publiclevel housing the living room, dining room andkitchen spaces.

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PRIVATE RESIDENCEWillow Springs, IllinoisAddition and Alterations (2001)

Exterior

The owners of an old frame house in Willow Springs,Illinois, hired us to plan an interior remodeling anddesign a new entrance to the home. The owners’

preference for an open type plan, inspired the design withthe concept of a central open stair linking the second floor tothe first floor and a secondary open stair (a geometric mirrorimage of the first stair) connecting the first floor to a newbasement wine cellar. The floor plan evolved from this pointwith an extension of the stair space, to become the newdouble-height entry foyer with a curved exterior wallfacing the sideyard of the property and the driveway.The importance of daylight, until now not really presentin the conventional house interior, was to be an essentialfeature of both the new entry hall and the spaces it served.


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An additional architectural challenge, connecting the modifiedhouse to an existing coach house, gave us the opportunity to solvea functional problem as well as “push the envelope.” By designing

a rectangular exterior volume housing a second floor hallway and anexterior extension in the form of a bridge-like deck, we exposed the functionof the interior space and provided a smooth transition between the insideand outside and between the two previously separate structures.


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Willow Springs, IllinoisAddition and Alterations (2001)

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SIX UNIT CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENTWITH COMMERCIAL UNIT

This 2004 project, presented an opportunity

to provide a Chicago real estate developer

with a design that would attract young

urban buyers moving into a traditional neighborhood

not far from Wicker Park. After solving the floor plan

program of a conventional six-flat building, we

worked on a modern front façade, inspired partially

by industrial buildings with metal elements found

nearby, using stainless steel to clad angled walls

projecting from the main living-dining-kitchen

spaces. As a result, a rather simple masonry

building entered into a dialogue with an

established neighborhood, attracting attention

to a new architect and developer.


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MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTFOR DREXEL BOULEVARD (2005-2006)

4000 S. Drexel Boulevard & 4001 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois.

T hese two mid-rise building proposals are both an example of our recent work and of designs submitted through adeveloper for approval by the Department of Planning and community groups. They need to be seen in the context ofthe city’s larger development program for the historical district North of Hyde Park, along historical Drexel Boulevard.

4000 S. Drexel Boulevard was conceived as a new building to be given the prominent site at the intersection of DrexelBoulevard and 40th Street. The design of the exterior had several revisions resulting from the following challenge givento us by the Department of Planning: To provide the community with carefully prepared street elevations with architecturalelements matching the historically inspired style of buildings already constructed or approved by the city. To meet thischallenge, we researched the original 19th century architecture of the neighborhood, and we discovered that we were ableto successfully use appropriate Romanesque Revival elements for our façade design. By responding to the sometimesconflicting requirements from the developer client, community representatives, and city planners, our effort wasrewarded with a substantial building design.


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4001 S. Cottage Grove was a project planned as our third building on the block, next to a warehouse conversionproject we developed on 40th Street and the corner building at 4000 S. Drexel Boulevard (discussed on theprevious page). At first, after responding to the developer’s request to create a simple “background” building,the elevations of the building did not meet with our own approval. Here, “pushing the envelope” meant takingthe lead of the design efforts and proposing a new elevation scheme with elements derived from theChicago warehouse architecture of the beginning of the twentieth century. This allowed us to provide acontextual response to the existing remodeled warehouse to the East and to give this corner propertyvisual strength and much needed visibility.

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTFOR DREXEL BOULEVARD (2005-2006)

4000 S. Drexel Boulevard & 4001 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois.

PRIVATE RESIDENCECortez Street

Chicago, Illinois (2002-04)

L ocated on a very narrow Chicago lot on a 19th century street in the Bucktownneighborhood, this three-story single-family residence combines a contempo-rary floor plan with a dynamic front façade design departing from the simple

two-dimensional facades of the adjacent buildings. Due to restricted space at theback of the property (area occupied by the garage), we pushed the design of the frontof the building to allow the interior spaces of all levels to open onto the sunken patioand open decks. The South-facing area of the residence brings in daylight, improvingthe quality of living on this difficult city lot.


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TWO PRIVATE RESIDENCES

Lee Street, Mt. Prospect, Illinois(1996)

By using the new property line (where the single lot was divided into two by the developer) asthe centerline for the mirror images of the house plan and front elevation, a more interestingdesign for this suburban corner lot was possible. Two asymmetrical facades are joined to

make a symmetrical composition on the main entrance side.

UNBUILT PRIVATE RESIDENCE

Chicago, Illinois

A n example of a modernist solution to the owner’s program andaesthetic requirement and of a three-dimensional approachto a corner city lot.


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10 UNIT CONDOMINIUM +COMMERCIAL UNIT DEVELOPMENT,

3535 N. PULASKI ROAD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

T his new three-story mixed-use project, still under construction in August 2008, is an example of a corner lotsolution that “wraps” around the street corner. The façade design unifies two unequal lengths of the property,with the added focus of a curved building corner with large glazed areas.


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