Peter James Harlan
Principal & Owner
Peter James Harlan
Principal & Owner
chicago public library dunning branch
completed 2012
construction cost: $8,300,000
client: chicago public library / chicago public building commision
general contractor: f.h. paschen construction
structural engineer: TGRWA
mep engineer: primera engineering
landscape architect: site design group
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this 8,200 sf library replaced an existing storefront library in the chicago dunning neighborhood. designed as part of the campus on an existing elementary school site, the exterior features a reading garden and a playground area. The building's extended eaves and horizontal design was intended to fit into its residential context. the building is heated and cooled with a geo-thermal system and received LEED gold certificate

entry view

building entrance

site plan with reading garden

entry vestibule
exterior wall trellis