Display Garden
New Visitors Center
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A new LEED ® Gold Certified 38,000 sf Plant Conservation
Science Center with state-of-the-art laboratories and teaching facilities for over 200 Ph.D. scientists, land managers, students, and research staff, and includes teaching facilities required for a unique doctoral program in plant biology and conservation that the Chicago Botanic Garden conducts with Northwestern University.
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A new 16,500 sf facility and 40,000 sf site development designed by Booth Hansen. Guests of all ages engage in up-close experiences with animal ambassadors. This pavilion houses a variety of animal ambassadors that will interact with guests in the adjacent Hamill Family Wild Encounters exhibit, in other areas inside the zoo, and in venues outside of the zoo. A public portion serves educational events, special events, catered events, and animal ambassador encounters with guests. Public restrooms serve the pavilion, as well as the adjacent Oaks Café.
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A LEED ® Gold Certified conversion and extensive renovation of an existing 28,450 sf motel into a new public visitor center with administration offices, exhibit viewing areas, environmental education classrooms, conference center and multipurpose rooms for community use. The project includes the sustainable redevelopment to support a permeable paved parking lot, native plantings, bio-swales, and wetlands.
Redevelopment of a 450 acre sand and gravel quarry into a new public recreation area. The project includes the development of new city streets, bridges, decks, parking lots, and the entire utility infrastructure to support the new development. The recreation area includes various buildings, swimming, picnicking, and fishing areas, as well as two boat marinas.
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An expansion of 17,000 sf to the existing 14,000 sf library which included adding a second story to the existing structure and expanding the building in all four directions.
Aspen Drive Library Expansion
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15,000 sq. ft. addition and a 20,000 sq. ft. renovation of the existing Aspen Drive Branch Library, which included a 7,500 sq. ft. addition devoted primarily to a Children’s Space.
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The 7 acre Children’s Garden includes two main garden area: Backyard Discovery Gardens and Adventure Woods linked by a Central Plaza. The three areas include ten themed gardens within the garden; including water features, climbing, and play elements.
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Lincoln Landing is a spectacular open air park and museum that spans more than one city block. The Federal Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission recently designated Lockport’s Lincoln Landing as one of its officially endorsed historic sites. The centerpiece of the acre interactive park, on the old Illinois and Michigan Canal, is a sculpture of
Abraham Lincoln as a young Illinois legislator.
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Award: 2016 Association of Zoos & Aquariums Honors Award
An extensive redevelopment of the southeast section of Brookfield Zoo. The new Wild Encounter exhibit provides direct encounters with animals, science exploration, animal welfare and personal participation in conservation.
Designed by The Portico Group, the three-acre exhibit features interactive and viewing exhibits for wallabies, reindeer, red pandas, alpaca, llama, goats and a large four-season Budgie Aviary building.
The Grand Garden encompasses three main spaces; the Centennial Plaza, the Celebration Garden, and the Joy of Plants Garden which forms a series of garden rooms, numerous water features and fountains, intuitive wayfinding elements, and an elegant terrace for weddings and special or corporate events.
Spanning 255 yards east to west, the length of about 2½ football fields, the new “Grand Garden,” true to its name. The advancement of the redesign to this historic axis, at the property’s core, is a celebration of the Arboretum’s hundred-year anniversary.
2022 APEX “Award for Project Excellence” Presented by the Great Lakes Construction Association
The new design preserves the original symmetry based on classical European precedents and introduces an English picturesque asymmetrically balanced landscape garden. The Centennial Plaza marks the entrance to the new garden. Looking east, a terrace flanked by waterfalls serves as a venue for weddings and special events. In the opposite direction, taller hedges divides the space into six, more intimate “garden rooms.” Augmentations include repeated use of water elements, exuberant horticultural displays, additional gathering areas, intuitive wayfinding elements, shaded seating, and improved circulation (including ADA ramps and paths).