Awards
2008 – AIA Illinois Honor Awards, Crombie Taylor Award
2007 – Chicago Landmarks Preservation Excellence Award
2007 – Richard Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award, Restoration
Publications
Louis Sullivan’s last built commission, the Krause Music Store, is restored and reused as the new home of a marketing and communications office. The two-story masonry building and its elaborate terra-cotta façade, completed in 1922, was designated as a Chicago Landmark in 1977 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Inside, the design focuses on a thoughtful transition between the historical façade and the new modern workspace, maintaining a zone behind the facade as a buffer between city street and office. Repetitive scrims, positioned on center axis to respect the facade’s symmetry, establish a succession of spaces that carry from storefront to a private rear garden.
A new rear bay window, echoing the proportions of the Sullivan façade, opens onto a contemplative garden that offers an informal place to work, view, or immerse in nature
Additional Images
Interiors: Wheeler Kearns Architects (Sharlene Young, founder of Symbiotic Living)
Facade Restoration: Mcguire Igleski & Associates
Structural Engineer: Enspect Engineering
Construction: Goldberg General Contracting
Photography: Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing