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    Wrecked!

    June 8, 2016 /

    St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum Immersive and object-based, WRECKED sensitively inserts a contemporary salon and stylized sandbar into a historic two-story keeper’s home, sharing shipwreck stories through the lens of archaeology. 

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    Chicago Children’s Museum: My Museum

    October 20, 2012

    DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation

    May 4, 2016

    Pablo’s Magical Theater: Now Showing at Young At Art Museum

    November 19, 2012
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    Frost Art Museum

    April 23, 2014 /

    The renovated family gallery is “super chill,” designed to be worthy of a child’s curiosity and adult admiration, demonstrating everyone is hard-wired for creativity. The whiteness of the space serves as a blank slate for artistic expression and media exploration, from new-age technologies, including a Smart Table™, projector and iPads, to traditional art-making. It is an environment rich in evocative objects and commissioned art installations that inspire active learning, choices, and social engagement. Both orientation and terminus, the discovery gallery is “the place” that frames museum visits.

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    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012

    Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo

    November 23, 2012

    DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation

    May 4, 2016
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    Playmakers

    June 25, 2013 /

    The summer issue Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago (page 168) perches Sharon and Peter atop the Carson Pirie Scott Building, 12 floors above State Street. Editor Diana Tychsen Bitting nailed our story, photographer Katrina Wittkamp captured the moment and some delicious Louis Sullivan ornament and our city served as our backdrop. Cool! Read it for yourself… SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave

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    Louisville Science Center: KidZone

    October 19, 2012

    Read More About Us

    August 14, 2012

    St. Chrysostom’s Day School Gothic Garden

    August 22, 2012
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    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012 /

    The house brings the serenity that families are looking for. ~ Mary Agnes Laguatan, Director of Programs, Ronald McDonald House Charities Building a multifamily “home away from home” for families of seriously ill children demonstrates the importance of building a sense of community through support, socialization, and shared experience. The three-story house nestled in a grove of trees greets families upon arrival, expressing the essence of home.

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    Alliance Française de Chicago: High School Cybercafé

    October 6, 2012

    Kids On The Fly at O’Hare International Airport

    October 20, 2012

    Wrecked!

    June 8, 2016
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    Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo

    November 23, 2012 /

    …a project that appeals to adults while delighting children. ~ Neal David, AIA, Vice President, Lincoln Park Zoo. Tucked right in the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo is a building containing the canopy climbing adventure. Is it awesome? It’s pretty awesome. ~ Linda Marisicano, Blogger and Parent, Babble Chicago. Lincoln Park Zoo is also home to the Canopy Climbing Adventure, considered one of Chicago’s best indoor play spaces (and still a secret to many parents). ~ Dave Wischnowsky, Columnist, Webtimes Online.

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    Chicago Children’s Museum: Stinking Truth About Garbage

    October 20, 2012

    WonderSCAPES Preschool & Early Learning Exhibit

    November 23, 2012

    The Cave at Young At Art

    November 18, 2012
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    Evanston Public Library: Children’s Library

    November 20, 2012 /

    Making Room for Growth With collections exceeding capacity and unanticipated citywide increase in juvenile population, the Evanston Public Library had little room to grow. This challenging renovation reconfigured and re-envisioned the formal library, transforming it into a literary children’s garden of delights.

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    Fountaindale Public Library Teen Library

    August 2, 2012

    Chicago Children’s Museum: My Museum

    October 20, 2012

    DuPage Children’s Museum

    September 2, 2012
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    The Latin School of Chicago

    October 22, 2012 /

    The Interactive Science Forum:  The New Wave for Education Fusing together the creative processes of science and art, the 2200 square foot Interactive Science Forum provides students hands-on access to scientific concepts and new technologies, and perspectives into the beauty and complexity of our natural world.

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    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012

    DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation

    May 4, 2016

    Chicago Children’s Museum: Stinking Truth About Garbage

    October 20, 2012
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    Alliance Française de Chicago: High School Cybercafé

    October 6, 2012 /

    Immersive Cultural Study Space for Teens Designed specifically for high school students, the Cybercafé learning center encourages interactive French-language acquisition.

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    DuPage Children’s Museum

    September 2, 2012

    The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum

    April 18, 2022

    Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo

    November 23, 2012
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    DuPage Children’s Museum

    September 2, 2012 /

    Having fun should be a given for a project as playful and stimulating as the creation of a children’s museum. Our renovation process presented challenges that were addressed collaboratively, creatively, and with quirky good humor. It’s easy for an architectural firm to tell you that they work collaboratively but with this team, the collaborative process was a reality. ~ Susan Broad, Executive Director, DuPage Children’s Museum

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    Exploration Station

    August 20, 2012

    Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo

    November 23, 2012

    Evanston Public Library: Teen Loft

    August 25, 2012
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    Roxaboxen: Building Landscapes of Learning

    August 26, 2012 /

    Alice McLerran’s story Roxaboxen, captures childhood in a way we all seem to remember. The long endless hours of play, the ability to shape your own world, and a place where imagination can take you anywhere. The evocative imagery by Barbara Cooney captures these moments exquisitely. Roxaboxen children are children everywhere.

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    Evanston Public Library: Children’s Library

    November 20, 2012

    The Cave at Young At Art

    November 18, 2012

    Chicago Children’s Museum: My Museum

    October 20, 2012
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