Kellogg School of Management wins Design Evanston Award

October 8, 2024

We’re thrilled to share that the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University has been honoured with a Design Evanston Award in the New Construction Category. 

The Design Evanston Awards celebrate significant aesthetic and functional improvements in the Evanston community, recognizing project owners for their contributions to design excellence across various categories, including new construction, adaptive reuse, and urban design. 

This year, the Kellogg School of Management is one of nearly 40 projects chosen by Design Evanston for its contribution to good design in Evanston. A five-storey LEED Platinum building, it was designed to expand the interactive and social values of business education in a creative, collaborative, team-based environment. It responds to the scale of the campus as well as the force and power of Lake Michigan to the east, and the iconic Chicago Skyline to the south. 

Its tiered, cantilevered, and fluid form gives the sense of structure in motion against the shore of Lake Michigan. The sculpted, undulating form weaves around the building, revealing multi-level terraces and interstitial spaces that foster informal social activity and cross-pollination. 

The interior is connected through pathways and terraces that facilitate circulation and visual transparency. It provides a variety of signature classrooms and convening spaces for all scales of learning and collaboration. At its heart is Gies Plaza, a three-storey atrium and meeting place for students, faculty, and visitors. 

Recently, the Kellogg School of Management was designated number one in Fortune’s rankings of the best executive MBA programs. 

Read more about the project here.