Chinatown Public Library

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Jan 1

Written By Carol Drucker

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This 16,000-square-foot, new branch library serves as a civic, educational, and social hub for the Chinatown neighborhood. A design-build team led by Wight & Company, in collaboration with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and DWA (then DZSE), crafted an LEED Gold certified building that has won numerous award - including for its archtiecture, community impact, engineerign and design-build succes.

The project received American Institute of Steel Construction’s National IDEAS2 Award of Merit for Excellence and Innovation in steel building construction.

Location: Chicago, IL
Owner: City of Chicago
Architect: SOM and Wight & Company
Construction Cost: $9.6 M

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