New World Design Ltd.

08/11/2024

Last night we attended the 2024 Association of Licensed Architects Design Awards where NWD received a national Silver Award and the ALA President's Award for our restoration of the 1925 Old Republic Building in Chicago. There were many exceptional architecture projects represented. NWD is honored to have been selected from the prestigious field of entries.

The project was a 4 year construction effort. It involved replacing/repairing 26,000 pieces of terra cotta, replacement/repair of much of the supporting steel, removal and reconstruction of the entire cornice, creating a new penthouse mechanical enclosure, and the re-fabrication of the large 2nd floor windows in the UK. Thanks to our fabulous team and client (and despite the pandemic and complex logistics) the project was completed on schedule and on budget.

The building is ready for the next 100 years.

26/07/2024

The Sky Line Club is a 100 year old Chicago institution. As one of the city’s oldest private clubs, it has operated in its penthouse location since opening in 1926.

In 2022 NWD was asked to “refresh” the venerable facility’s dining rooms and lounge. Our team’s design objective became a careful effort to complement the interior architecture with new elements without them dominating the space. The team worked diligently to quietly blend the new and the old harmoniously, painstakingly assessing each input. The resulting scheme exudes the unique historic character of the original space while the new elements enrich and contribute to a strategically blended spacial composition.

Completion - Spring of 2024.

22/03/2024

22/03/2024

Clarification and Refinement of an Executive Floor: In this recent project for a NYSE company, NWD clarified the plan and character of the client's executive office floor while enhancing the best details of the historic space. The project involved extensive demo, a plan/circulation reconfiguration, materials replication and refinements, and adding Botticino Classico slab floors at the reception and board room.

18/11/2022

After 16 years in the same studio, NWD is undertaking a relocation to a new office suite... same building, better view. We love the "Gotham" character of the south (Michigan Avenue) and east (Wacker Drive) views. More to come following construction.

28/10/2022

The transformation of interior space.

02/09/2022

Our team is surveying a reconstructed cornice return this afternoon. The 23rd floor corner wrap had previously been removed due to deterioration and concerns for safety. This reconstructed segment of the building's cornice (comprised of multiple 200+ pound pieces of new terra cotta) is the result of more than a year of design, engineering, fabrication and finally, installation.

16/08/2022

Making old new again, two and a half years into a 4 year exterior restoration project. By December this will be a bright and shiny restored façade.

23/05/2021

NWD coordinated materials lift via helicopter for landmark tower on Chicago's Michigan Ave.

23/05/2021

Occasionally, the best way to get 20,000 lbs. of construction materials on a roof is to take a short cut. NWD coordinated this helicopter lift that took place over two Saturday mornings and involved shutting down Michigan Avenue for 2-3 hours at a time. NWD, the Chicago police department, ground and roof construction crews, and the helicopter team worked in conjunction to close the streets and lift 11 loads to the top of a 24 story landmark tower.

29/12/2020

It has been a banner year for our Hotel Julian project. In November it received a Distinguished Building Award from the Chicago AIA and a Metamorphosis Award from Retrofit Magazine.
NWD designed the curtain wall, windows and core for this multiple design award winning project.

The Hotel Julian is the renovation, addition and adaptive reuse of one of Chicago's iconic structures: the Federal Life Insurance Building of 1911.

12/12/2019

Our architectural photographer Bill Zbaren was by the studio this afternoon and dropped off a holiday gift. Bill and his partner Robert Sharoff have produced several outstanding architectural monograms. We were happy to receive this beautifully produced and printed book on Chicago's John Vinci.