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The first day in Chicago and I’ve been greeted by many friendly faces. The flight lasted only an hour which made for a quick and easy transition from Lexington to Chicago. Today’s goal is to become more acquainted with the city and transportation routes to commute from the Airbnb to UrbanLab Architecture + Urban Design. I am eager to meet with Sarah and Martin to learn more about the project I will be working on within the next two weeks. Urban design is a larger scale of design which will be an exuberant challenge. As an intern, I expect to learn new techniques of architectural representation that I can implement in future projects as well as bring new information back to The College of Design. Here’s to two weeks of curiosity, experience and learning.

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Stay posted

Lauren

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Article about a recent project by Leong-Leong, who is a great resource for or lucky students in the Practice Previews Program.

Everlane | Leong Leong

Online fashion brand Everlane is continuing to expand its bricks-and-mortar offering with a new location inside a century-old building in San Francisco.

Everlane’s in-house team worked with New York studio Leong Leong to design the interior of the space on Valencia Street, following the opening of its first permanent store in New York’s Soho last year.

The property dates back a century, and the brand was keen to keep many of its original features while creating a minimal look that matches its product range.

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Nick Hodge & Blane Hornung - Studio Gang, Chicago

Hey everyone!

We are checking in from Chicago, where we started working at Studio Gang yesterday.  We actually got a head start on the experience and came up on Wednesday with our studio, Studio Louisville. On Thursday we got a tour of Studio Gang’s office, which is in the old Polish National Alliance building in Wicker Park. After the tour, we had a great work session in the office where we presented our research and preliminary concepts for the final project of the semester. On Friday we toured a number of Studio Gang’s projects including the Campus North Residential Commons at the University of Chicago, the Nature Boardwalk Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571.

After the tour, we checked out of the hotel we were staying in and into the apartment that we are renting while we are in Chicago. Over the weekend we both spent time exploring the surrounding neighborhoods and learning more about Chicago.

Yesterday was our first day as externs in the office. We are both working on different projects right now and really enjoying the work. There is such a diverse set of projects going on right now and it is an incredible opportunity to be able to be on the team and contributing for two weeks.

See you soon, Nick & Blane