Prairie Management Group in Northbrook, Illinois by Goettsch Partners

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Executive investment offices for a retired design entrepreneur, the founder of a national home furnishings retailer, provided the opportunity to leverage the client’s passion for clean, bold modern design into a dramatic, light-filled investment office environment showcasing the client’s extensive glass and ceramic art collection.

Side View (Images Courtesy Goettsch Partners)

• Architect: Goettsch Partners
• Name of Project: Prairie Management Group
• Location: Northbrook, Illinois
• Owner: Prairie Management Group
• General Contractor: Pepper Construction
• Engineer: Cartland Kraus Engineering, Ltd; The Structural Group
• Landscape Architect: Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
• Photo Credit: Goettsch Partners

Inserted into a single-story, speculative office suite, the 7,500 sf facility is organized around three compositional elements: the colonnade, created by the building’s exposed structural steel columns and central ridge beam; full-height glass screen walls; and a custom maple “pavilion.”

The simple, classic interior composition of thin glass frames and bold, clear millwork forms rendered in a timeless color palette—all awash in natural light—creates a platform in which the appreciation of fine art, design, and nature enables a pioneering entrepreneur to continue his lifelong passion for creating business value through design.

Interior View (Images Courtesy Goettsch Partners)

Interior View (Images Courtesy Goettsch Partners)

Interior View (Images Courtesy Goettsch Partners)

Interior View (Images Courtesy Goettsch Partners)

Tags: Illinois, Northbrook

Category: Offices

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