AIA Illinois Honor Arward: Design, 1st Place

Reed, a student at The School of the Art Institute Chicago, imagined the Obama Presidential Center with a reflective cantilever canopy extruding into the park, with an asymmetrical glass curtain wall, behind which is a floor to ceiling wall of electronic tablets. The design includes a glass floored basketball court for neighborhood children, a free-floating gallery space for local artists, and Foundation offices.