CHICAGO – Lighting design company Lightswitch Architectural are lighting consultants for Chicago’s new 500-unit luxury apartment and retail store complex. Located at the former site of Kraft Foods, the 500 Lake Shore Drive location’s imperative is to incorporate sustainable features for increased energy efficiency. Completion is set for May 2013.
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Lightswitch Architectural is Design Consultant for New Luxury Rental Apartment Complex
Chicago – Kraft Foods once had its offices and test kitchens on the site that will soon be home to a luxury apartment and retail store complex at 500 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Lightswitch Architectural, an award-winning lighting design company with a base in Chicago, has been tapped by developers Related Midwest in joint venture with the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust to act as lighting consultants for the multiuse building and parking garage designed by architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz.
Lightswitch Architectural (LSA) is an apt choice to design the interior lighting for the 500-unit apartment building and adjacent parking garage. An imperative in the programming for 500 Lake Shore Drive is to incorporate sustainable features for increased energy efficiency, the ultimate goal being a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating.
Known for excellence in adherence to environmental requirements as well as to the client’s bottom line, LSA brings knowledge of the technologies forefront in the industry, and makes best use of current criteria to optimize choices in fixtures and control. Work began in August with site preparation. Project completion is expected in May 2013.
“We feel confident that our philosophy is a good marriage with that of the project’s. We understand that to create a successful modern design is to find a balance between budget and sustainability requirements while still achieving an elegant and inviting lighting environment,” said Avraham Mor, partner and lead designer for Lightswitch Architectural in Chicago. “We like to think it’s what we do best.”
