Krueck and 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.
Overview
Krueck+Sexton Architects has completed a variety of projects that have received US national and regional awards. Their design process is marked by close client collaboration. They are known for their interdisciplinary approach and research-based studio culture. Currently, the firm's design for a New Federal Office Building with a net-zero energy target by 2030 is under construction and is scheduled to open in 2014. The firm's architectural point of view states that space, daylight, scale, proportion, materiality, and detail matter most. Blair Kamin stated in an article he wrote about the practice when named "Chicagoans of the Year" by the Chicago Tribune that “Unlike today’s solo-oriented “starchitects,” Krueck and Sexton form a true partnership, relying heavily on their complementary talents. Krueck conceptualizes. Sexton questions. Krueck refines.” Among the firms designs are Chicago's Spertus Institute and Crown Fountain. Spertus Institute is known for its striking all glass facade that provides views towards Grant Park and Lake Michigan, where 726 panes of glass in over 500 different shapes and sizes were used while simultaneously staying within a tight budget. 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.
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, IL completed 2007
*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 while simultaneously staying within a tight budget. The first modern addition to a landmarked historic street wall, Cheryl Kent wrote of the building, “ crystalline façade fits in superbly, if surprisingly, on a street full of stone and brick landmarks, mostly from the turn of the 19th century. The new Spertus is both resolutely contemporary and respectful of its distinguished neighbors.” In 2008, the year after it was completed, Spertus Institute won an AIA Chicago Building Award and AIA Divine Detail Award, and Building of the Year by Interior Design magazine.
Shure Incorporated, Technology Center, Niles, IL 2004
*A 75,000 sf state-of-the-art addition built to accommodate the design and testing of Shure Inc.’s high performance audio products.
Shure Incorporated, S.N. Theater, Niles, IL 2009
1100 First Street, Washington D.C. completed 2009
*A 350,000 sf office building which received LEED-CS Gold.
Residential
Victorian Townhouse Extended, Chicago, IL.
Steel + Glass House, Chicago, IL 1981
*Kenneth Frampton is quoted as saying “The Steel + Glass House represents the Neo-Miesianism of the latter-day Chicago School at its most sophisticated.” Designed and built in a time when post-modernism was the prevailing architectural style, the Steel and Glass House won a National AIA Honor Award in 1986 and an AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award.
