April 2013
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Driehaus Museum Garden Entrance
Richard H. Driehaus Museum 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL
The Driehaus Museum is housed in the Gilded Age home of banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson (1830-1914). The 25,000-square-foot mansion, built from 1879 to 1883, was one of the grandest residences of nineteenth century Chicago. Between 2003 and 2008, a meticulous restoration transformed the building into the Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Today,...
March 2013
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January 2013
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The Charles Deering Library Restoration Project
Introduction
HBRA Architects and O’Brien Metal, Inc. collaborated on a project for one of the country’s most prestigious universities. Northwestern University needed to restore the famous Charles Deering Library’s West Entrance to its striking historic condition and add period pieces that uphold the collegiate Gothic style architecture. The goal was to create bronze castings and authentic steel...
October 2012
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Restoring, Reinvigorating, and Conserving Historic...
O’Brien Metal, Inc. continues to expand and enhance its Creative capabilities and now provides Restoration services for historical objects both large and small. Within the scope of our capabilities are refinishing of interior and exterior bronze, brass, silver, nickel, and gold leaf gildings along with repairs to damaged castings and recreation of missing elements.
We will continue to invest in...
March 2012
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No Shape Is Too Complex: Recreating An Intricate...
Situation
For a project at one of Chicago’s most prestigious buildings, Eric J. Smith Architect of New York City needed to replicate highly ornate cast iron balcony railings—a defining feature of the century-old residence’s unique aesthetic. Originally designed by Benjamin Marshall in 1911, the historic property is a crown jewel of the affluent Gold Coast neighborhood. Its existing...
November 2011
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Architect-led design build approach yields...
Peter Gluck and Partners Architects, along with their construction arm, ARCS Construction Services, partnered with O’Brien Metal to create an stainless steel railing solution for the exterior of a lakeside Chicago residence. The goal was a railing which would blend with the residence’s defining beauty—both its unique architectural design and the neighboring Lake Michigan shoreline.
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