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Capital One Cafe

Project Description

Our Lamberts庐 channel glass transforms and rebrands an existing commercial storefront in downtown Chicago to create a welcoming new caf茅. It acts as a second skin over the existing curtain wall to create a visually interesting presence for Capital One鈥檚 flagship location in the heart of the Chicago Loop. The architects chose to over-clad two stories of existing curtain wall with approximately 2,500 sq. ft. of our channel glass rainscreen to preserve as much of the original building as possible, while delivering a distinctive branding opportunity for the client. Our ultra-colorless low-iron channel glass was chosen for its 鈥渟oft鈥 translucent white appearance. It evokes Capital One鈥檚 signature white-glazed brick aesthetic, featured throughout its other locations.

From its modern visual 鈥渞hythm鈥 to a careful balance of privacy and transparency, the channel glass delivers a contemporary guest experience, while respecting the architectural heritage of the building. The combination of clear and textured channel glass helped address the privacy needs of the bank, while allowing a visual connection to the street. The mix of Clarissimo鈩 glass channels as vision lites and Piccolo鈩 fluted channels as privacy lites in a continuous SF-60S rainscreen system provides the perfect balance between transparency and translucency. The channel glass facade disperses daylight and minimizes glare, eliminating the need for additional shading devices. It also beautifully diffuses the LED back-lighting at night.

Project Highlights

Location

Chicago, IL

Architect

IA Interior Architects

General Contractor

Bulley & Andrews

Installer

Glass Solutions

Project Testimonials

From the Architect:

“We saw channel glass as an 鈥榚volution鈥 to the modernist lines of the existing building. Its rhythm further expresses the vertical rhythm of the curtain wall mullions.”

- Jaime Gomez, Senior Project Architect, IA Interior Architects

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