DePaul University is taking a break from brick. Image Courtesy of DePaul University DePaul University is constructing a new glass-enclosed theater building. In a departure from the climbing vines that define its Lincoln Park setting, the Chicago-based university has broken ground on a $69-million Theatre School Building whose translucent facade seeks to open a window to the world of the performing arts.The architect is New York City-based Pelli Clarke Pelli rather than longtime DePaul collaborator Antunovich Associates, a local firm whose masonry-oriented architecture complemented both the campus and its surrounding neighborhood.The Pelli concept, which locates a window wall on the
HILBOLDT Jane Hilboldt has been named central regional director with Women Construction Owners and Executives USA, an organization representing women owners and executives in the construction industry. Hilboldt, who is one of six regional directors for WCOE, is chairman and CEO of Hilboldt Curtainwall Inc., St. Louis. William F. Baker, a partner with Chicago-based architect/engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, has received a 2011 Outstanding Projects and Leaders Lifetime Award for Design from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Baker, who is a structural engineer, is best known for developing the buttressed core design of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest
SnapShot May 23, 2011 Submitted By: Doka USA Ltd. Little Ferry, N.J. A pair of “Super Climbers,” or self-climbing form systems, scale the heights of 2550 N. Lakeview, an 800,000-sq-ft luxury condominium in Chicago's Lincoln Park. The two systems allow general contractor Walsh Construction Co., Chicago, to build the structure's two cores as quickly as its horizontal slabs, thereby speeding up construction time. The $188-million Lakeview project is due for completion in early 2012. Photographer: Doka USA Ltd.
GANDHI BORDERS Zach Borders, an associate with the Chicago office of architect/engineer HOK, will serve as chairman of the first-ever junior board for Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. The board raises awareness of educational outreach programs associated with the facility and also helps support restoration and preservation of the landmark building. Borders is an urban designer and certified planner with HOK’s planning group. George Vukelich has joined the Chicago office of engineer Clark Dietz Inc. as a business development professional for the firm’s civil/environmental group. Vukelich brings more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience to his role,
SnapShot March 28, 2011 Submitted By: Roosevelt University Chicago Some might call it a stretch, but that hasn’t discouraged Roosevelt University from pushing up a 32-story “vertical campus” in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Shown is a historic facade that will be integrated into the $118-million tower, which will house classrooms and residences for 600 students. Designed by Chicago-based VOA Architects, the project is in the hands of general contractor Power Construction Co., Schaumburg, Ill. Photo Courtesy Of Roosevelt University
On The Scene March 28, 2011 Milwaukee’s ‘Moderne’ Age Rick Barrett (left), developer with Milwaukee-based Barrett Visionary Development, and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett toasted the late February groundbreaking of The Moderne, a $55.2-million, 30-story apartment building whose design seeks to reinterpret the Art Moderne movement. “The Moderne is iconic, and helps to underscore the transformation of Milwaukee to a contemporary urban metropolis where professionals of all ages want to live, work and play,” Rick Barrett remarked during the ceremony. The designer is Rinka Chung Architecture Inc., Milwaukee. J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., Milwaukee, is the project’s general contractor. Sited along
The union rights controversy isn�t confined to Wisconsin or teachers. Newly seated Republican majorities in several budget-strapped states have swung legislative wrecking balls at some of the pillars of the building trades, including prevailing wages and project labor agreements. In Ohio, where newly elected Gov. John Kasich (R) has pledged to cut costly regulations, new Republican lawmakers have provided a substantial majority in the state Senate. A bill originating in the Ohio House of Representatives would prohibit state funding on any local government project built under a project labor agreement. On prevailing wages, open-shop contractors are �working with the governor
The Chicago office of architect and engineering consultant HOK has named Robert Bistry vice president and practice leader for the firm’s architecture practice. In addition, the firm has named David Genc as senior associate and senior project director and Andre Baros as associate and project architect. In addition to working with HOK’s architecture practice, both Genc and Baros will work with the firm’s international studio. All three employees are new to the firm. TRACEY BISTRY SmithGroup has named Tim Tracey design director for its Chicago architectural practice. In his new role, Tracey oversees conceptual and design development work for the
On The Scene January 24, 2011 Harvey Oliva ENR Midwest held its Best Projects of 2010 awards celebration last month at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, where more than 150 design and construction professionals joined our publication’s team in saluting the most innovative and challenging projects of the year. Of the 175 construction projects nominated to receive an award in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio, our independent panel of judges selected 60 as the winners. Many hard-working people were recognized at the event. Harvey Oliva, senior vice president at Barton Malow Co., Southfield, Mich.,
As part of the premier issue of ENR Midwest, we set out to identify the rising stars in construction. We asked readers to nominate talented young professionals who were aged 40 or younger and based in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, or Wisconsin.
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