Garmin International Flagship Store, Chicago, Illinois

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	Garmin International Flagship Store
Designer	Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Location	Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Builder	Turner Construction Co.
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Building Details
Client	Garmin Internationa
Awards	Honor Award, Chicago AIA Interior Architecture Award 2007 Commercial
Other Details	Consultants Arup (Structural Engineering); Lighting Design Alliance (Lighting)

"Garmin makes GPS devices that help people figure out where they are in a big, ambiguous world. The store in which they're sold is ambiguous by design: does it resemble a rocky canyon, a streamlined car fender, or the thick hull of a ship? Clarity is found in the glass and metal spaces where Garmin's devices are on display—thus making the product's function the theme of the store's look and layout. Jurors were smitten, saying the architects 'took the concept of the company and created an architectural metaphor that isn't literal.' " – http://aiachicago.org/special_features/2007DEA/awards.asp?subID=812

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http://aiachicago.org/special_features/2007DEA/awards.asp?subID=812