Convene Chicago

Located in the Loop at 16 West Adams Street, Convene's design provides varying styles and sizes of collaboration spaces in an area with bustling retail, office, and residential markets. This space services hospitality so clients can focus on creation and innovation in a unique and inspiring venue.

Taking inspiration from the historic Chicago grid, cubes were manipulated in scale and depth on walls and ceilings to highlight areas of collaboration, eating, and movement throughout the venue. The feature grid wall of 160 truncated pyramids on the ground floor thicken to designate the cafe and flatten to reveal a mirrored backing that reflects the common space. A supersized version of this form encases the escalator so that visitors ride through a purple portal up to the second floor reception and conference level.

Finding budget-friendly, quick, and sustainable methods of construction with raw materials was important to our design team. The use of bold colors and forms make Convene stand out as a place for creative and open-minded tenants to connect and do their best work.