Legat Architects

“. . . a delicate response to its neighbors . . .”

LEED Gold Leader

The facility became Wilmette’s first building to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project not only improves energy efficiency and reduces operational costs, but it also creates a healthier workplace and helps preserve the natural environment.

“Unusual for a government facility, this project inserts a modernist jewel-box into a suburban setting. The result is a beautiful, understated building rendered in the Chicago modern tradition. The building’s appearance simultaneously reveals and conceals its function, and livens up the community.”