Krueck Sexton Partners
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{{Infobox Architectural Practice
|image= Spertus Institute.jpg
|name= Krueck Sexton Partners
|architects= Ron Krueck
Mark Sexton
Tom Jacobs
|city = Chicago, Illinois, United States
|founded= 1979
|significant_projects= Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Steel and Glass House
Herman Miller National Design Center, Chicago
CME Center Lobby Repositioning {{!}} 10+30 S. Wacker Drive
|website=https://ks.partners/|}}
Krueck Sexton Partners (formerly Krueck + Sexton Architects) is an architecture practice in Chicago, Illinois, United States, founded by Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton in 1979. Tom Jacobs was named the third principal in 2011 and now serves as one of the Co-Managing Partners with Mark Sexton. The practice is well known for its residential work and its corporate office projects.
Overview
Krueck Sexton Partners has completed a variety of projects that have received US national and regional awards. {{cite web|title=Krueck+Sexton Architects|url=http://www.ksarch.com/|publisher=Ksarch.com|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
Among the firm's designs are Chicago's Spertus Institute and Crown Fountain.{{cite news|url=http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2008/05/18/features/travel/9eb68d112d22a11073e308a4c8d0eb9a.txt?page=2|title=Boat tours capture some of Chicago's architectural history|work=SaukValley.com|publisher=Sauk Valley Newspapers|agency=Associated Press|date=18 May 2008}} Spertus Institute is known for its all glass façade that provides views towards Grant Park and Lake Michigan, where 726 panes of glass in over 500 different shapes and sizes were used.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/arts/artsspecial/12chicago.html?pagewanted=1|title=Creative Visions, but for Many Millions Less|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 March 2008|first=Thomas|last=Mullaney}} Krueck and Sexton worked in close collaboration with artist Jaume Plensa to help realize his design for Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park.
The firm has also completed restoration work on Mies van der Rohe's 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments where the facades were recoated and cleaned, the plaza was restored with a new concealed drainage system, and new sandblasted glass was used in the lobby, which more accurately represents the original design.{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/54260/mies-van-der-rohe-lake-shore-drive-restoration-kruek/|title=Mies van der Rohe’s Lake Shore Drive Restoration / Krueck & Sexton Architects|work=archdaily.com|date=29 March 2010}}
Honors and awards
Krueck Sexton Partners has been the recipient of many national and regional awards for their designs, most notably for the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, the Steel and Glass House, Crown Fountain, Herman Miller National Showroom in Chicago, and Phillips Plastics Custom Molding Facility.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} The firm's work has been featured and exhibited nationally and internationally.{{cite web|title=Kreuck+Sexton Architects|url=http://www.ksarch.com/outreach/awards/awards.php|publisher=Ksarch.com|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
- AIA Chicago Chapter Honor Awards{{cite web|title=AIA Chicago Design Night Archies|url=http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2011dea/archives.asp|publisher=Aiachicago.org|accessdate=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428155032/http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2011DEA/archives.asp|archive-date=28 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
- Chicagoans of the Year, Chicago Tribune, 2005, Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton{{cite news|last=Kamin|first=Blair|title=Ronald Krueck and Mark Sexton: Partnership takes modernism in new directions, makes it look easy|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/12/25/ronald-krueck-and-mark-sexton-partnership-takes-modernism-in-new-directions-makes-it-look-easy/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 25, 2005}}
- American Institute of Architects National Young Architect Award, 2012, Tom Jacobs{{cite web|title=American Institute of Architects|url=http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/2012/young-architects/tjacobs/index.htm|publisher=Aia.org|accessdate=29 October 2014}}
- Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence{{cite web|title=Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence|url=http://www.brunerfoundation.org/rba|publisher=Bruner Foundation|accessdate=3 September 2013}}
- AIA Illinois, Capitol Award,{{Cite web |title=DESIGN AWARDS |url=https://www.aiail.org/design-awards |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=AIA Illinois |language=en}} 2024, [https://ks.partners/projects/mahalia-jackson-pop-court/ Mahalia Jackson Pop! Court]
Selected projects
=Cultural/Public=
- Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, IL completed 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/39707/spertus-institute-of-jewish-studies-krueck-sexton-architects/|title=Spertus Institute / Krueck & Sexton Architects|work=archdaily.com|date=5 November 2009}}
- Crown Fountain, Chicago, IL 2004{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/32972545|title=Glassworks|work=vimeo.com|date=16 November 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/109201/the-crown-fountain-krueck-sexton-architects/|title=Crown Fountain / Krueck & Sexton Architects|work=archdaily.com|date=4 February 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/32208381|title=Innovating in Chicago Today|work=vimeo.com|date=16 November 2011}}
- Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago, IL un-built{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/113130/chicago-children%E2%80%99s-museum-krueck-sexton-architects/|title=Chicago Children's Museu / Krueck & Sexton Architects|work=archdaily.com}}
=Preservation=
- 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments Restoration, Chicago, IL completed 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/54260/mies-van-der-rohe-lake-shore-drive-restoration-kruek/|title=860-880 Restoration / Krueck & Sexton Architects|work=archdaily.com|date=9 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/32207239|title=Restoring Modernism|work=vimeo.com|date=16 November 2011}}
References
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External links
- [https://ks.partners/ Krueck Sexton Partners website]
- [http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/caohp/id/7190/rec/1/ The Art Institute of Chicago, Oral History of Ronald A. Krueck]
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Category:Architecture firms based in Chicago