Perched upon a promontory overlooking Lake Michigan, Adler Planetarium's newly refurbished Cafe Galileo's affords visitors expansive views of the Chicago skyline amid newly refurbished finishes, furnishings and lighting.
Its lockers shoehorned into classrooms and lunchroom relegated to a basement, 66-year-old Orchard Place Elementary School shed its mid-20th century origins with a program calling for an addition, partial demolition of the existing structure and renovations to remaining portions of the facility.
The Riverwalk and Wildlife Viewing Pier provides pedestrian access to the historic De Pere Lock, Tender House and Government Island and is intended to boost tourist interest by providing a place to view local fish and migratory birds.
Converting the 125-year-old Loyalty Building, a landmark office structure in Milwaukee, into a 127-room hotel required its design-build team to reconcile stringent standards for historic rehabilitation with code requirements for the facility's new use.
The facade of the Moderne, a 30-story residential tower, sports streamlined forms reminiscent of the Art Moderne movement, bygone ocean liners and the sense of momentum they impart.
In addition to decentralizing nurses' stations to reduce the distance between patients and caregivers, the 359,000-sq-ft Good Samaritan Regional Health Center incorporates music and art to promote healing and includes a family zone where loved ones can stay overnight.
Renovations to the 60-ft-long, 40-ft-wide, 125-ft-high Methocel Flaker Tower entailed construction of elaborate scaffolding to blast and paint the structure while ensuring every inch of it could be accessed by hand.
To minimize the expense of building a new apron and associated taxiways, Duluth International Airport elected to locate its $62-million passenger terminal immediately south of the structure it was intended to replace, challenging project team members to promote safe operations throughout construction.
Terry Graber has been named president of Schaumburg, Ill.-based general contractor Power Construction. Graber, who joined Power in 1992, has been instrumental in earning the firm new clients and expanding its staff. Jeff Karp will continue to serve as Power's CEO and Al Gorman as its chairman. Related Links: ENR Midwest People Showcase ENR People Christy Picker Rothchild has been named in-house counsel with Chicago-based engineer Environmental Systems Design Inc. She previously was a partner with Jenner & Block, a Chicago-based law firm, and an assistant professor with Northwestern University School of Law in Evanston, Ill. Whit Rogers has joined
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