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Yelp Chicago Office
Yelp, the top-ranked user-driven review and recommendation service, was drawn to Chicago when selecting the site for their Midwest offices. They chose a space surrounded by the raw energy of the city’s urban life – the elevated train line, the resurgent river, an eclectic neighborhood of offices, restaurants, shops, and residences. Their new office occupies a significant corner of the majestic Merchandise Mart, overlooking the junction of the Chicago River’s branches. Originally built as a vast showroom for goods, theMart itself functions as a small city with a daily population of 15,000. But today, the building is a hub for tech companies looking for an authentic urban environment with floors large enough to accommodate future expansion.At... More
Project • By Valerio Dewalt Train • Offices
Glassdoor Offices
As rising startups continue to depend on innovation to expand and find their place in the market, creating a workplace that supports their ambitions has become the design challenge of today. Glassdoor's Chicago office takes on this challenge by balancing two aspirations, first, the office nurtures the needs of the local team and second, it simultaneously adheres to their evolving corporate identity. Realizing these two goals meant providing an environment reflective of their millennial workforce, committed to the raw and exciting urbanism of the Chicago’s Fulton Market District. At the same time, it is meant to embrace their hard-earned maturity and sophistication as a company dedi... More
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Gordon Parks Arts Hall
Gordon Parks Arts Hall is bracketed by the two symmetrical neo-gothic towers of Belfield Hall at the north end of the University of Chicago Laboratory School’s main campus. The 1904 limestone façade of Belfield is reflected and re-interpreted in a muscular form in the Arts Hall, a visual dialogue of the 21st century with the 20th. It is symbolic of the evolution of Lab Schools’values over time and the commitment to “present art as a language with unique expressive powers,” integral to the school’s ambitious educational mission.
Central to Lab Schools’ pedagogy is John Dewey’s educational philosophy of hands on project based learning. This concept has evolved over time, and Gordon Parks Arts Hall represents a new commitment to mult... More