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Krueck Sexton Partners

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Krueck Sexton Partners
Practice information
Key architectsRon Krueck

Mark Sexton

Tom Jacobs
Founded1979
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Significant works and honors
ProjectsSpertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Crown Fountain
Steel and Glass House
Herman Miller National Design Center, Chicago

CME Center | 10 30 S. Wacker Drive

Krueck Sexton Partners (formerly Krueck Sexton Architects) is an architecture practice in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded by Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton in 1979. Tom Jacobs was named the third principal in 2011 and now serves as one of the Co-Managing Partners with Mark Sexton. The practice is well known for its residential work and its corporate office projects.

Overview

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Krueck Sexton Partners has completed a variety of projects that have received US national and regional awards. [1]

Among the firm's designs are Chicago's Spertus Institute and Crown Fountain.[2] Spertus Institute is known for its all glass façade that provides views towards Grant Park and Lake Michigan, where 726 panes of glass in over 500 different shapes and sizes were used.[3] Krueck and Sexton worked in close collaboration with artist Jaume Plensa to help realize his design for Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park.

The firm has also completed restoration work on Mies van der Rohe's 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments where the facades were recoated and cleaned, the plaza was restored with a new concealed drainage system, and new sandblasted glass was used in the lobby, which more accurately represents the original design.[4]

Honors and awards

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Krueck Sexton Partners has been the recipient of many national and regional awards for their designs, most notably for the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, the Steel and Glass House, Crown Fountain, Herman Miller National Showroom in Chicago, and Phillips Plastics Custom Molding Facility.[citation needed] The firm's work has been featured and exhibited nationally and internationally.[5]

Selected projects

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Cultural/Public

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Preservation

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References

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  1. ^ "Krueck Sexton Architects". Ksarch.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Boat tours capture some of Chicago's architectural history". SaukValley.com. Sauk Valley Newspapers. Associated Press. 18 May 2008.
  3. ^ Mullaney, Thomas (12 March 2008). "Creative Visions, but for Many Millions Less". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Mies van der Rohe's Lake Shore Drive Restoration / Krueck & Sexton Architects". archdaily.com. 29 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Kreuck Sexton Architects". Ksarch.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ^ "AIA Chicago Design Night Archies". Aiachicago.org. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ^ Kamin, Blair (December 25, 2005). "Ronald Krueck and Mark Sexton: Partnership takes modernism in new directions, makes it look easy". Chicago Tribune.
  8. ^ "American Institute of Architects". Aia.org. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence". Bruner Foundation. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Glassworks". vimeo.com. 16 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Spertus Institute / Krueck & Sexton Architects". archdaily.com. 5 November 2009.
  12. ^ "Crown Fountain / Krueck & Sexton Architects". archdaily.com. 4 February 2011.
  13. ^ "Innovating in Chicago Today". vimeo.com. 16 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Chicago Children's Museu / Krueck & Sexton Architects". archdaily.com.
  15. ^ "860-880 Restoration / Krueck & Sexton Architects". archdaily.com. 9 March 2010.
  16. ^ "Restoring Modernism". vimeo.com. 16 November 2011.
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