688-700 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, Illinois - Completed Fall 2008 Consultants: Structural Engineer - Louis Shell Structures Sustainable Highlights: Adaptive re-use of existing building, decreased building footprint, added urban greenspace, energy efficient fixtures. Like Rome, a city's character can be enhanced through historical layers of its built environment. With this in mind, a three story tear-down was salvaged and made into a 32-unit small business incubator. The historic limestone façade was stripped of paint and picture framed with contemporary rigid metal surround giving the building a contemporary face with a historical reference.
1375 North Milwaukee Avenue, Floor 2 — Chicago IL 60642. p. 773/252/9448 (call).
688-700 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, Illinois - Completed Fall 2008
Consultants: Structural Engineer - Louis Shell Structures
Sustainable Highlights: Adaptive re-use of existing building, decreased building footprint, added urban greenspace, energy efficient fixtures.
Like Rome, a city's character can be enhanced through historical layers of its built environment. With this in mind, a three story tear-down was salvaged and made into a 32-unit small business incubator. The historic limestone façade was stripped of paint and picture framed with contemporary rigid metal surround giving the building a contemporary face with a historical reference.