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St. Regis Tower by Studio Gang

Chicago

James Gauer

December 9, 2021

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With the St. Regis, a turquoise riverfront tower, Studio Gang adds another innovative form to the Chicago skyline.

GEMS World Academy Lower School

A private day school in downtown Chicago makes the most of its park-side southern exposure to bring light into the building.

James Gauer

January 1, 2016

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How do you give civic scale and stature to a mid-rise school in a high-rise context? This was one of the challenges faced by bKL Architecture in designing the new lower school of GEMS World Academy in Chicago.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU; 1 PDH

Discover the innovative steel products used in meeting the critical demand for affordable, desirable urban apartments and their influence on building quickly and affordably.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

Explore real-world retrofit projects that include metal as an architectural feature for beauty and as a material to defend the building from anything Mother Nature might throw at it.