Prairie House

Chicago, Illinois
Client: Olson Sundberg Architects
Dates of Service: 1992-1993

Project Summary: Chicago’s severe climate posed particular challenges to this large, new, and technically complex home.  Components within PL:BECS purview included a cast-in-place concrete framework, structural steel, exterior wall claddings of thin-stone veneer and stucco, single-ply membrane low-slope roofing and standing-seam copper sloped roofing, window systems, etc. 

PL:BECS Services: PL:BECS consulted to the architect in all aspects related to the building’s basic structure and its exterior envelope elements, including the concrete structural framework, exterior wall claddings, roofing systems, windows, water repellents, etc.