Thompson Center Design Ideas Competition: three winners of the 2021 Chicago Prize announced
The Chicago Architecture Center and Chicago Architectural Club have announced the winners of the Thompson Center Design Ideas Competition. The competition was created to give the historic State of Illinois Thompson Center new life while maintaining its architectural and public character. The brief was open to anyone with a vision for the Center, including design professionals, artists, and students.Winning designs from Eastman Lee, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and Perkins&Will reimagine Helmut Jahn’s endangered 1984 office building in adaptive reuse schemes that would allow for the preservation of one of Chicago’s most visible landmarks.“These three design proposals represent distinct, exciting alternative futures for Helmut Jahn’s iconic, Postmodern masterpiece,” said Landmarks Illinois President and one of the jurors, Bonnie McDonald. “The competition proves how, with creativity, the Thompson Center has lasting value — be it through a mixed-use, civic and/or recreational destination as the winning designs imagine. The failure to protect and adapt this one-of-a-kind space would be short-sighted and rob Chicago of one of its greatest architectural achievements.”Read the full post on Bustler
The Chicago Architecture Center and Chicago Architectural Club have announced the winners of the Thompson Center Design Ideas Competition.
The competition was created to give the historic State of Illinois Thompson Center new life while maintaining its architectural and public character. The brief was open to anyone with a vision for the Center, including design professionals, artists, and students.
Winning designs from Eastman Lee, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and Perkins&Will reimagine Helmut Jahn’s endangered 1984 office building in adaptive reuse schemes that would allow for the preservation of one of Chicago’s most visible landmarks.
“These three design proposals represent distinct, exciting alternative futures for Helmut Jahn’s iconic, Postmodern masterpiece,” said Landmarks Illinois President and one of the jurors, Bonnie McDonald. “The competition proves how, with creativity, the Thompson Center has lasting value — be it through a mixed-use, civic and/or recreational destination as the winning designs imagine. The failure to protect and adapt this one-of-a-kind space would be short-sighted and rob Chicago of one of its greatest architectural achievements.”Read the full post on Bustler
