Project Details
- Project Name
- MUSIC BOX FILMS - Artfully Harmonizing Old With New
- Other
- Hope's Windows, Inc.
- Client/Owner
- Music Box Films
- Project Types
- Other
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 7,000 sq. feet
- Awards
- 2013 AIA - Local Awards
- Shared by
- McNeil, Gray & Rice
- Team
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Shapiro Associates, Chicago, IL, ARCHITECT
Knudsen Construction, Inc., Calumet City, IL, CONTRACTOR
McGuire Engineers, Inc, Chicago, IL, Engineering Consultant
Samartano & Co., Chicago, IL, Engineering Consultant
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
When film distributor Music Box Films decided to convert a 7,000-square foot, two-story space into a single-story building with a mezzanine for its new offices, Hope’s was selected to provide custom, handcrafted steel windows and doors. Located in Chicago’s West Loop enterprise zone, the project was awarded a prestigious Small Project Award from the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
APPLICATION & BENEFITS
Hope’s provided Jamestown175™ Series solid hot-rolled steel windows and 5000 Series™ steel doors – along with custom mullion, muntin, and glazing solutions – to meet the design requirements for the exterior façade and vestibule. Chicago Architect magazine quoted an AIA award juror who referred to the “juxtaposition between modern and old,” a common design objective Hope’s windows and doors have fulfilled for more than a century.
