Residential ArchitecturePenthousesLakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Project: Lakeview Duplex Apartment
Architects: Wheeler Kearns Architects
Interiors: Sharlene Young – Symbiotic Living
General Contractor: Norcon, Inc.
MEP/FP: McGuire Engineers
Structural Engineer: Enspect Engineering
Lighting Consultant: Lux Populi
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Year 2018
Photography: Steve Hall – Hall + Merrick Photographers
Text by Wheeler Kearns Architects

Situated within a two-story mansard penthouse with stunning 270-degree views, this Lakeview duplex apartment establishes a series of material layers that unfold around a J-shaped plan and create spaces between them. The layered strategy serves to create a rich and varied material palette within each room, while providing a consistency that threads through the project, unifying the sizable apartment home.

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Connecting the two floors is a sculptural stair fabricated from oxidized steel and glass, up-lit from an illuminated glass platform below. The stair, along with primary living and sleeping areas, resides between a polished plaster perimeter and a warm, millwork paneled core.

interior design / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Curved exterior walls acknowledge the traditional mansard geometry of the ornamental building but re-interpret it. The plaster walls, detailed as a 3″ thick shell, are revealed away from the structural concrete columns and are pulled inboard from the windows to lighten its appearance visually.

interior design, Chicago

The reflective qualities of the polished surface indirectly illuminate the spaces and provide an ever-changing relationship between the occupants and their immediate surroundings. A strategic lighting strategy helps manage glare from the windows during the day, and at night, radiates the curved walls with soft, warm light.

dining room / Wheeler Kearns Architects

On the inboard side, gray lacquered panels and a millwork core define the kitchen, bathrooms, and other service rooms. At openings and penetrations through it, such as the entry, the kitchen, and thresholds along the corridor, additional layers are unveiled including flat-cut walnut oxidized steel, painted plaster, and decorative tile.

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Bespoke furniture and objects in sculptural forms create a dialogue with the perimeter wall that creates a sense of welcoming and serenity for this spacious perch.

living room / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

stairs / Wheeler Kearns Architects

staircase / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

bedroom / Wheeler Kearns Architects

bedroom / Wheeler Kearns Architects

bathroom / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

Lakeview Duplex Apartment / Wheeler Kearns Architects

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