RELIANCE BUILDING/HOTEL BURNHAM
chicago, ILLINOIS
CLIENT:
McCaffery
services:
architecture
PROJECT DETAILS:
- Historic Preservation and adaptive re-use of a 1895 National Historic Chicago Landmark building
- 15 stories
- 79,000 SF
- Hotel Rooms: 122 keys
awards:
2000 City of Chicago, Commission of Chicago Landmarks
Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence
2000 National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Chicago Chapter Redevelopment of the Year
2000 Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award, Preservation Project of the Year
2001 National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Preservation Honor Award
2000 National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Chicago Chapter Redevelopment of the Year
2000 American Institute of Architects
Distinguished Building Citation of Merit and Interior Architecture Honor Award
2001 American Institute of Architects
Honor Award for Architecture
The Reliance Building, designed by John Welborn Root and Charles B. Atwood of D.H. Burnham & Company, and constructed in 1895, is recognized as the precursor of the modern glass and steel high-rise buildings. The Reliance Building is a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This meticulous restoration conformed to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. Phase one included the restoration of the terra-cotta exterior as well as the replacement of the historic cornice and windows above the first floor. The second phase included reconstructing the elegant first-floor storefront, rehabilitating the ornate first-floor elevator lobby and stair, restoring the elevator lobby and corridors on four upper-level floors, and restoring the ornamented stair that connects all upper levels of the building.
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