Merit in Architecture Winner

Aldi Corporate Headquarters

A 67,250 sf expansion of the US Corporate Headquarters campus for Aldi. The program for the addition was to accommodate the space needs of the Corporate Purchasing Group including offices, workstations, conference rooms, sampling kitchen, supplier meeting rooms and support spaces. The space in the existing building was then reallocated between the Corporate Administrative offices and the Batavia Divisional offices. The exterior of the addition was designed to complement the architectural vocabulary of the existing buildings while providing a new clearly identifiable main entrance.  The interior space takes orientation and view into account, as the corporate complex surrounds a landscaped courtyard.  The interior of the new lobby features granite flooring with classic finishes to suggest a timeless, elegant corporate identity. A new two-story glass lobby functions as a link between the existing building and the similarly scaled addition.  The addition is rotated 90° to the existing building with both framing a new landscaped courtyard visible through the glass lobby. The owner required that the addition blend seamlessly with the existing campus.

2008 AIA NEI Sponsors

Platinum
AMSCO Engineering
M.G. Welbel & Assoc.

Gold
Berg Engineering Consultants, Ltd.

Silver
20/10 Engineering Group, LLC
AVI Midwest
Degler Design, Inc.
Design Perspectives
Drucker Zajdel Structural Engineers
ECS Illinois, LLC
Eriksson Engineering Associates, Ltd.
Euclid Insurance
Illinois Brick Company
R. I. Johnson & Associates
Northfield Block Co.
W.B. Olson, Inc
Ragnar Benson Construction, LLC
The George Sollitt Construction Co.
W-T Engineering

Contributor
Aerotek Architecture & Engineering
Aucutts - A Robinson Brick Co.
Building Stone Products
City Five Development
Clay Products
McCluskey Engineering Corp.
Metro Design Associates, Inc.
RAMM Brick & Supply

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