Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago, Illinois

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	Gary Comer Youth Center
Designer	John Ronan Architects, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Location	Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Builder	W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.
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Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

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Discussion

Building Details
Client	Comer Science and Education Foundation
Awards	Honor Award, Chicago AIA Distinguished Building Award 2007 Institutional Honor Award, Chicago AIA Divine Detail Award 2007 Institutional Special Recognition Award, Chicago AIA Sustainable Design Award 2007 Institutional
Other Details	Consultants Arup (Structural); CCJM Engineers (MEP); Panels by Swisspearl; Landscape Architect: Peter Lindsay Schaudt.

"An exuberant newcomer to Lands' End founder Gary Comer's childhood neighborhood, this affable building has space for youth education and recreation programs, as well as the South Shore Drill Team performance group. Jurors liked the way the building turned its 'solid skin to the street side, and then opened up inside,' thanks in part to numerous skylights that puncture an 8,400-square-foot roof garden. They called the building's colorful cladding 'a beautiful element.' While the entire set of panels animates the building, individual panels can be replaced after vandalism or other damage, without leaving a visible repair scar. The LED tower atop the Center's 80-foot tower 'makes it a neighborhood monument.' " – http://aiachicago.org/special_features/2007DEA/awards.asp?subID=586

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External Links

• http://aiachicago.org/special_features/2007DEA/awards.asp?subID=586

• http://www.swisspearl.com