Restored red brick factory with tall steel windows

Sheet

A-205

Brick Works

Place

Chicago, US

Area

4 800 m²

Year

2022

Type

Reuse

Client

A city arts trust

Client

A city arts trust

A brick factory reopened as studios and a public hall.

01

Brief

Keep a 1912 brick factory and make it earn its keep.

Keep a 1912 brick factory and make it earn its keep.

02

Design

We kept the walls and the steel windows, and cut one public hall through the middle.

We kept the walls and the steel windows, and cut one public hall through the middle.

03

Result

Forty studios let within a year. Reuse prize 2023.

Forty studios let within a year. Reuse prize 2023.

Long white loft with timber roof trusses and steel windows
Black steel shopfront window in a dark brick wall at night

C-800 · New commission

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Practice

Quarrow Architects designs private homes and small public buildings from studios in Lisbon, London and Austin.

Drawing

Sheet Z-999 · End of set · Scale 1 : 1 · Rev. 2026

Quarrow

© 2026 Quarrow Architects

Practice

Quarrow Architects designs private homes and small public buildings from studios in Lisbon, London and Austin.

Drawing

Sheet Z-999 · End of set · Scale 1 : 1 · Rev. 2026

Quarrow

© 2026 Quarrow Architects

Practice

Quarrow Architects designs private homes and small public buildings from studios in Lisbon, London and Austin.

Drawing

Sheet Z-999 · End of set · Scale 1 : 1 · Rev. 2026

Quarrow

© 2026 Quarrow Architects

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