Gallery Residence

Chicago, Illinois

Wheeler Kearns Architects

Client: Withheld

Date completed: 2007

Photo © Paul Warchol Photography

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Program: A 3,000-square-foot art gallery, guest residence, and reception space attached to a private residence.

Design concept and solution: Located in a Chicago highrise that overlooks the skyline and Lake Michigan, this contemporary art gallery and guest residence is designed to display works of art with spaces of varying scale. The service core of the residence, which houses the kitchen, bathroom, and convertible bedroom, is a solid plaster volume. The kitchen is composed of polished red lacquered cabinetry, the bathroom is contained in translucent fiberglass, and Sapele wood lines the convertible bedroom.

Gross square footage:
3,000 sq. ft.

Architect:
Wheeler Kearns Architects
343 S Dearborn St, Ste 200
Chicago, IL 60604
T: 312.939.7787
F: 312.939.5108
www.wkarch.com

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