
Brooks + Scarpa parts the veil with an undulating brick screen wall

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Evanston, Illinois is located over a dozen miles from the city center of Chicago, on the northern fringe of Cook County, and is bounded by Lake Michigan to the east. The city is fairly typical for the region: there is a postwar central business district surrounded by tracts of suburban housing, some clad with wood drop-siding and others with exposed brick. Completed in 2018, the Lipton Thayer Brick House by Los Angeles-and-Florida-based architectural practice Brooks + Scarpa and Chicago's Studio Dwell burst onto the scene with a twisting-brick screen backed by a Miesian glass curtain wall.
The 2,500-square-foot family residence and conforms to the city-mandated suburban lot lines, with the entire outer shell composed of Chicago Common Brick. The side elevations rise sheer with limited fenestration to the east and west, while the 21-foot-tall brick skin on the north elevation breaks to partially reveal the entrance courtyard.
- Facade Manufacturer Chicago Common Brick Vitro Accurate Metal Chicago LM Scolfield
- Architect Brooks + Scarpa Studio Dwell
- Facade Installer Studio Dwell
- Structural Engineer Louis Shell Structures
- Location Evanston, IL
- Date of Completion 2018
- System Custom steel screen Type V wood frame over Type I reinforced concrete
- Products Chicago Common Brick Vitro Solarban 80 LM Scolfeild Lithochrome