Review of Anti Cruelty Society of Chicago New Facade Published by adming - On 05.43 - This post haved 0 komentar

New look and new facade

I'm more interested in what's inside an animal shelter, how the animals there are treated and ultimately adopted. But what's on the outside matters as well, hopefully to attract people indoors, and to present a feeling of comfort. The more at ease visitors are, the more likely they are to adopt. And lots of light improves quality of life for people and animals inside the building.

The Anti Cruelty Society of Chicago recently unveiled their new look at LaSalle Street and Grand Avenue, and the review was pretty good. That's right, I said review. Few write about architecture as gloriously as veteran Chicago Tribune architecture writer Blair Kaimin, who reviewed the new facade at the legendary Chicago animal shelter.

The Stanley Tigerman-designed home of Anti Cruelty has been admired by fans of architecture as well as animal shelter aficionados since 1981. Look at the building, and it's easy to see windows that resemble a dog's nose, eyes, mouth and jowls. In fact, the building did everything but bark. Cool look right?

Yes, but unfortunately, the large windows leaked, and fogged up. Sometimes, too much sun would shine through.

Weary of these and other functional failings, Anti Cruelty Society charged Interactive Design, an up-and-coming Chicago firm that worked on the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing, with fixing the problems while respecting Tigerman's original. According to Kamin, Tigerman wasn't so thrilled about the idea. Still the outcome succeeded overall, according to Kamin's review. And at a practical level, the building no longer leaks and windows no longer fog up. Another problem, dogs and cat hearing the noisy bustle of the busy intersection is no longer an issue. Congratulations to the Anti Cruelty Society!  

 
 
 

01 Jun, 2011

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Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/steve-dale-pet-world/2011/06/review-of-anti-cruelty-society-of-chicago-new-facade.html
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