Studio Gang Architects, Architecture, Buildings, Office, Illinois, Photos, USA
Studio Gang Architects : Architecture Information
Contemporary American Architecture Practice, ChicagoKey ProjectsFeatured Buildings, alphabetical:Aqua Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2008- Mixed-use tower development: retail; offices; hotel; residential  image : SGA Chicago Skyscraper SOS Children's Villages : Lavezzorio Community Center Chicago, Illinois, USA 2008  photo: Hedrich Blessing Lavezzorio Community Center More projects online soon American Buildings |
Practice Information
Studio based in Chicago, Illinois, USAStudio Gang : American architects
Chicago Architects
Studio Gang is a leading architecture practice whose design work addresses buildings, landscapes and cities. Founded by Jeanne Gang in 1997, the office has grown to include 37 full-time staff collaborating on national and international projects.
The work of Studio Gang embraces innovative design and sustainability. As such, the studio acts as a lab for testing ideas on every scale—from cities to material properties. Studio Gang’s practice methodology enables clients and design team members, all of whom are required to be LEED certified within one year of joining the firm, to make choices in the development of green strategies for a variety of building types and budgets. This commitment to creativity and collaboration is demonstrated by projects such as the Aqua Tower in Chicago, which considers tall buildings’ role in shaping a city’s skyline and in fulfilling the needs of its inhabitants, the SOS Community Center, which visibly engages with the distinct nature of concrete, and the soon-to-open Columbia College Media Production Center, which acts as a teaching tool that encourages student collaboration and restructures the way film production is taught.
These projects exemplify the studio’s fresh approach to design, which is based not on formulaic architecture or the LEED point system, but on thoroughly evaluating what the site environment offers. By beginning with research and exploration, Studio Gang has produced a growing body of work of compelling spaces that respond to their specific place and purpose.
Studio Gang has received national and international recognition for its work, including Jeanne Gang’s election to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows. The firm won awards at AIA Chicago’s 2009 and 2008 Annual Design Excellence Awards, and was honored with an award of High Commendation for the SOS Community Center at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. This project also received first place honor from Chicago’s Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design. Most recently, the firm’s Aqua Tower won the American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design.
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World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe
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Studio Gang Architects - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
Website: www.studiogang.net