Hicks Architectural Group
Hicks Architectural Group prepared designs to transform an existing urban space into secure parking with easy access for a collection of luxury automobiles, plus meeting areas for friends and business associates.
Hicks Architectural Group has just completed multiple schematic design options for a major addition and renovations for a vacation home in rural Hawaii. The home will be 11,000 to 16,000 square feet with 11+ ensuite bedrooms and a mix of inside and outside amenities to entertain an extended family.
View from the back lanai.
This 300-foot high lakefront tower, originally designed by John Macsai and completed in 1973, was suffering from an image problem.
Aging, expensive lighting, antiquated signage, and plaster damage made the original porte cochère appear worn. Incremental “improvements” over the years, like the installation of additional driveway lighting and mismatched paints, did not consider the experience of the building users.
Hicks Architectural Group reviewed the original structure of the canopy for damage and its load-bearing potential. We then worked with the WaterFord Condominium Association to develop pragmatic lighting, signage, color, and repair solutions for the renovation.
Our final design reflected a unique massing similar to the original canopy but more pragmatic — with a textured, ultra-high performance concrete “rainscreen” panel. We also designed energy-efficient LED direct and indirect digitally-controlled lighting, legible building address fonts, and sympathetic color adjustments.
Hicks Architectural Group meticulously renovated this 4,800 square-foot luxury condominium along North Michigan Avenue as an urban nest for two empty-nesters. The project included the design of new built-in millwork, LED lighting, and renovated kitchen and room finishes.
Hicks Architectural Group expanded the second floor of this cramped, though beloved, 2,100 square-foot single family home. We were able to capture habitable space under a new roof and transform the rear of the house to more resemble the street-side cottage elevation.
Hicks Architectural Group prepared designs for first- and second-floor renovations and a third-floor addition for this 4,500 square-foot single family townhouse.
