Among the 21st century projects that the firm has completed are The Pinnacle and Park Tower. The firm was responsible for the renovation of the Chicago LandmarkCarbide & Carbon Building that had originally been designed by Daniel Burnham's sons to host the originators of the Eveready Battery.[7] The firm has renovated Chicago's Union Station and is currently continuing its series of proposals to expand above the Chicago Landmark.[1] Currently, it pursuing the 26-story Union Station Tower,[8] which has been in various planning stages since 2002.[9] In the past twenty-five years it has been involved in attempted Union Station expansions such as the 55-story One Union Plaza (1989) and the Union Station Towers (1986).[10][11]
The company is described in the real estate industry as one of Chicago's premier residence architects.[17] The firm's reach extends throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, where it is expanding the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, Indiana for Boyd Gaming to be the tallest building on Lake Michigan outside of Chicago or Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the third tallest building in Metropolitan Chicago outside of Chicago.[18][19] The firm is a notable contributor to Chicago MayorRichard M. Daley.[20]
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^ ab"Lucien Lagrange Architects". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2008.