Project Specs The Gary Comer Youth Center Chicago, Illinois John Ronan Architects << Return to article the People Architect John Ronan Architect 320 W. Ohio Street 4e Chicago IL 60610 phone 312.951.6600 fax 312.951.6544 jrarch.com see * for architects) John Ronan, AIA* (Lead Designer and Principal-in-Charge) Evan Menk LEED AP and Brian Malady (Project Architects), Yasushi Koakutsu, Oscar Kang, Brad Kelley, Micah Land, Nageshwar Rao (Project Team) Interior designer: John Ronan Architects Engineer(s): Arup (Structural) CCJM Engineers (MEP) Terra Engineering (Civil) Consultant(s) Landscape: Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architecture Lighting: Charter Sills Acoustical: Kirkegaard Associates Other: Cini-Little International (Food Service), db
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the husband-and-wife team based in New York City, bested a who’s-who roster of competitors to design a new arts center for the University of Chicago, the school announced last week.
Restorations involving major changes in a building’s use typically challenge designers with either a lack or an excess of space, but in this case the four-story, 125,000-square-foot temple certainly sufficed.