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PhraRacha Wang Derm Palace

PhraRacha Wang Derm (Wang Derm Palace) or Thon Buri Palace is the royal palace of King Taksin the Great. It is now located in the Royal Thai Navy, on ArunAmarin Road, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, at the mouth of Bangkok Yai Canal. Initially constructed by King Taksin in 1768, the…

As part of a long-term modernization strategy, IIT expanded it’s student center building, known as the Commons Building. Designed by Mies van der Rohe and built in 1952 it provided food service and commercial amenities for University students and faculty. HPZS performed a level-two HABS/HAER documentation and recordation of the Commons Building and adjacent gas…

The Gross Point Village Hall, built in 1896, is one of the last surviving nineteenth century governmental buildings in the North Shore area of Metropolitan Chicago. The first floor housed the Village Clerk’s offices, police station, and a single-bay fire station. Four jail cells were located in the basement, and the second floor contained a…

Altgeld Hall, the first building constructed at Northern Illinois University, was designed by Architect Charles E. Brusk and completed in 1898. Throughout its 100-year plus life it has served as a dormitory, classrooms, auditorium, library and offices. HPZS provided an in-depth examination of the structure followed by the development of a program to rectify building…

UIC MAXWELL / HALSTED STREET REDEVELOPMENT

The UIC Maxwell/Halsted project is a $29,000,000 mixed-use redevelopment of an area of the City of Chicago that is rich with history and is now part of the University of Illinois at Chicago South Campus. For the project, HPZS refurbished two existing buildings which were reused as part of a new commercial district with University…

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PhraRacha Wang Derm Palace

IIT COMMONS BUILDING – HABS

Wilmette Historical Museum

Altgeld Hall

UIC MAXWELL / HALSTED STREET REDEVELOPMENT