In early 2020, before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of designers from Evanston, Ill.–based Morgante-Wilson Architects set out with a photographer to shoot the amenity spaces at its most recent multifamily interiors project, 727 West Madison, a newly completed apartment building in Chicago’s West Loop.
On arriving, the Morgante-Wilson team was pleasantly surprised to find residents in “every nook and cranny” of the amenity spaces, including the clubhouse, lobby, library, and business center. “There were literally people everywhere,” recalls K. Tyler, director of interior design at the architecture firm. “At least a dozen people sprinkled throughout the main lounge, just hanging out, working, in the middle of the day.”
From the start, 727 West Madison was equipped to promote resident fitness, with amenities including a fitness center with Peloton bikes and an in-house yoga studio. However, the notion of “health and wellness” is also suffused throughout the building’s amenity spaces, which include the lobby, a clubhouse, a main lounge, and a library. As Tyler concludes, the spaces appeal to residents because they were designed with an eye toward promoting human comfort.
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