Urban Infill | Adaptive Reuse
Examples – 130 Café, 217 Washington, Bistro 17
130 Bistro Café
Waukegan, Illinois
2013
217-219 Washington, Waukegan
The owners of this mostly vacant commercial building asked DSC to design a new first floor façade to replace the existing dilapidated storefront and gut the interior in order to attract new tenants. We took inspiration from the existing Mid-Century Modern second and third floor brick to design a cobalt blue glazed brick and aluminum storefront that looks like it could have been part of the 1960’s but also looks current. During construction, we discovered that the original turn of the century cast iron columns were still there, so we incorporated them into the design, resulting in a unique combination of new and old.
Downtown Dogs ‘n More
Algonquin, Illinois
2011
Bistro 17
Waukegan, Illinois
2006