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LOT Polish Airlines Opening Chicago Lounge In 2024
It’s an exciting time for LOT Polish Airlines. Not only has the airline revealed plans to refresh its Boeing 787 cabins and grow its fleet by nearly 50%, but the airline also intends to open its first lounge outside of Poland.Credit: One Mile At A Time
Rivers Casino Philadelphia Plans Boutique Luxury Hotel in Fishtown
Rivers Casino Philadelphia plans a boutique luxury hotel in Fishtown. "Riversuites" at The Battery is expected to open by year-end 2023. (Main Entrance) (Image: Courtesy of KOO LLC) The casino announced today that it will open a 62-suite boutique luxury hotel inside...
Colorful Metal Inspiration
Playful sections of bright blue metal roof welcome visitors to the Altgeld Family Resource Center on Chicago’s far South Side. Photo: hortonphotoinc.com Credit: Building Design & Construction
City outlines plans for 18th/Peoria site
The new buildings could include over 400 apartments and green space The city has outlined their plan for the 18th and Peoria development site in Pilsen. Spanning 6.3 acres, the property is bounded by 16th St to the north, Newberry Ave to the east, 18th St to the...
AIA Chicago Announces Recipient of 2023 Firm Award
The Firm Award is the highest honor a Chicago-based firm can receive from the local chapter of The American Institute of Architects. (March 23, 2023) CHICAGO – AIA Chicago, the second largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the collective voice of...
CDC approves TIF for Thrive Exchange
The Community Development Commission has approved $10.2 million in TIF funding and a land sale for Thrive Exchange, a mixed-use development planned for 7901 S. Exchange. As the winner of a recent Invest South/West RFP, the project will reactivate the intersection at...
#CNDA28 Winner: Koo LLC for the Altgeld Family Resource Center
Jun 29, 2022 Winner, 2nd place, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design Altgeld Gardens is a neighborhood that is largely isolated from the surrounding city due to industrial developments to the north and east...
Thrive Exchange presented to Committee on Design
The Committee on Design has reviewed Thrive Exchange, a mixed-use development planned for 7901 S. Exchange. As the winner of a recent Invest South/West RFP, the project will reactivate the intersection at the 79th St Metra stop and benefits from the new eTOD ordinance...
theWit Column Designs Featured on Around Town with Ana Belaval on WGN News!
KOO designed four, 30ft+ decorative column covers for theWit Lobby, working with 555 international to fabricate the covers, scheduled to be installed later this year. The column designs were inspired by works of pottery and pantone color-matched to theWit's iconic...
Altgeld Family Resource Center
The Altgeld Gardens public housing complex on Chicago’s far South Side has a long history of both hope and despair. It was built to be a community within the larger city for returning black veterans after World War II, but severe environmental hazards in the area led...
Thrive Exchange selected as winner for South Shore Invest S/W RFP
The winning proposal could begin construction as soon as Fall 2022As part of the two-year anniversary of Invest South/West, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the winners of three more RFP’s, including the South Shore RFP. This RFP, as well as the other two, were selected...
Women Architects Who Have Made Their Mark on Chicago
Anew hotel at Navy Pier, the future DuSable Park just east of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, the dramatic St. Regis Tower and the wavy Aqua building, the austere Equitable Building next door to Tribune Tower, the vibrant GEMS World Academy, Chicago’s iconic Riverwalk. What...
Cook County Hospital Received the 2021 AIA Illinois Honor Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation as well as the Commission on Chicago Landmarks’ Preservation Excellence Award!
Congratulations, Hyatt House Chicago by KOO and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is a 2021 Best of Year Awards Finalist in the hotel transformation category!
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Taming Push Me Pull You: KOO’s Integrated Architectural and Interior Design Practice | NeoCon 2021
KOO is a Chicago-based full-service architecture, interior design & planning firm, founded by Jackie Koo in 2005. She is the first female Architect to build a highrise in the city of Chicago. Jackie received her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the...
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