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Article: Engineering Chicago's Next Architectural Jewel.
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- Building Design & Construction
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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By Dave Barista, Managing Editor
The crystalline glass exterior of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies will soon add sparkle to the Windy City's South Loop.
Last month, construction crews from Northbrook, Ill.-based curtain wall contractor Arcadia Products began the monumental task of assembling what will certainly become one of the most unusual building façades along Chicago's famed Michigan Avenue.
Approximately 720 panes of insulated glass in 250 different shapes are being pieced together to form a jewel-like face for the new $55 million home of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.
When completed this spring, the ...