Lake Shore Drive Residence

Chicago, IL

This project is in a 1920s pre-war high-rise along Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive. The residence was a compartmentalized collection of boxy rooms. The challenge was to transform it into an open and architecturally dramatic series of visually connected and graceful spaces.

The new layout was designed to increase flow and to maximize daylight. By using a consistent palette of materials throughout the home, one space flows into the next. Visual cues in the ceiling, millwork and floor signal and connect separate areas within a larger cohesive space.