the People

Architect
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
in collaboration with Interactive Design Inc., architects (Chicago)

Design Team:
J. Moolhuijzen (partner in charge),D.Rat, C.Maxwell-Mahon with A.Belvedere, D.Colas, P.Colonna, O.Foucher, A.Gallissian, S.Giorgio-Marrano, H.Lee, W.Matthews, T.Mikdashi, J.B.Mothes, Y.Pagès, B.Payson, M.Reale, J.Rousseau, A.Stern, A.Vachette, C.von Däniken and K.Doerr, M.Gomes, J.Nakagawa; Y.Kyrkos, C.Colson, O.Aubert (models)

Consultants:
Structure:
Ove Arup & Partners

Services:
Ove Arup & Partners + Sebesta Blomberg  

Civil engineering
Patrick Engineering

Structure for bridge interface with Millenium Park:
Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates Inc

A/V consultant:
The Talaske Group

Landscaping:
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.

Cost consultant :
Morgan Construction Consultants

LEED consultant :
Carter Burgess

the Products

Exterior Cladding
Exterior elements:
Indiana Limestone, glass, steel, aluminum.

Exterior limestone walls on the east and west sides, complementd by a glass and steel curtain wall on the north and south sides, create a transparency of the northern elevation, integrating the interior of the building with the dramatic setting provided by the adjacent Millenium Park

Metal/glass curtainwall:
Josef Gartner GmbH

Roofing
Elastomeric:
Hydrotech

Glazing
Skylights:
Josef Gartner Gmb

Doors
Entrances:
Ellison Bronze Inc.

Wood doors:
Custom by Imperial Woodworking Co.

Fire-control doors, security grilles:
Mahon, Door Systems, Modernfold

Hardware
Locksets:
Schlage

Hinges:
Hager, Dorma, Rixon, Accurate

Closers:
LCN, Dorma, Rixon

Exit devices:
Von Duprin, Blumcraft

Pulls:
D Line

Interior finishes
Interior elements:
glass, white oak flooring, birch and cherry accents

Acoustical ceilings:
Decoustics, Armstrong

Suspension grid:
Decoustics, Armstrong

Custom-designed translucent ceilings (third floor galleries):
Decoustics

Cabinet and custom woodwork (inc. paneling): Imperial Woodworking Co.

Paints and stains:
California Paints, International Paints, Carboline, Tnemec

Floor and wall tile:
Dupont Zodiac and Neoparies (toilet rooms)

Resilient flooring:
Activa, Forbo, Armstrong

Carpet:
Karastan, Design Materials Inc.

Wood flooring:
P.J. Nagic (installer)

Interior storefronts:
Harmon, Techincal Glass Products

Furnishings
Fritz Hansen Arne Jacobsen (chairs education)

Poltrona Frau (lounges)

Custom furniture:
RPBA design fabricated by Imperian Woodworking CO (coatroom, tickets, member desks)

Unifor Tables (boardroom and education)

Vitra (chairs/stools front of house)

Brunner (education tables & chairs)

Allsteel (back of house chairs & stools)

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Iguzzini (track in public spaces)

Lsi custom fixtures RPBW Design (track in gallery spaces)

Downlights:
Edison Price

Controls:
ETC

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Kone, Mitsubishi

Plumbing
American Standard, Sloan, Chicago Faucet, Haws