Charles River Associates Chicago Office Building, CRA Illinois Interior Architecture
Charles River Associates Chicago Offices
New Interior Architecture at One South Wacker Drive, Illinois, USA – design by Elkus Manfredi Architects
January 27, 2020
Charles River Associates Offices Chicago
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects
Charles River Associates Chicago Office
Location: One South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Size: 35,620 GSF over two floors
Program:

Total Seats: 222
Notable spaces: 34th floor

Reception Gathering Area: 1

Board Room/Multi-Purpose Room: 1

Formal Conference Rooms: 3

Team Rooms: 6

Open Collaborative Touch-Down Spaces: 5
Notable spaces: 33rd floor

Great Room Café: 1
Formal Conference Rooms: 3

Team Rooms: 3

Open Collaborative Touch-Down Space: 1

Game Room/Meeting Space: 1

Project Scope
Elkus Manfredi Architects brings a transformative design approach to CRA?s 35,620-sf Chicago office at One South Wacker Drive. The workplace redesign unifies the company?s existing two-floor office and replaces the previously dim, dark, crowded environment with a daylight-filled, expansive workplace within the original two-floor footprint.

Design Intent
As with the previous CRA offices the firm has designed, Elkus Manfredi was charged with creating a balance of private spaces for the quiet, focused, head-down work that CRA consultants are largely engaged in, and inviting and inspiring gathering areas infused with natural light for the relaxation, refresh...