ABOUT
OUR TEAM BELIEVES THAT DESIGN EXCELLENCE CELEBRATES COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTES TO CIVIC PRIDE; IS CONTEXTUALLY APPROPRIATE AND ENGAGES STAKEHOLDERS; IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN FUNCTION AND OVERCOMES CHALLENGES; IS INHERENTLY SUSTAINABLE; AND RESPECTS PROJECT BUDGET AND SCHEDULE.
Architecture
Planning
Construction Management
Services
Architecture
Feasibility Studies
Building Analysis
Schematic Design
Design Development
Construction Documents
LEED/Sustainability
ADA Review
Presentations
Renderings
3D Animations
Specifications
Cost Estimating
Bid Phase Assistance
In-house Model and Mock-up Studio
Planning
Urban Design
Streetscaping
Space Planning
Feasibility Studies
Construction Management
Peer Review
Construction Services
Project Coordination
Field Observation
Awards
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2015cbc Interior Build Out Award
Adler Cosmology Gallery -
2015DBE Prime Contractor of the Year Award For Providing Architectural Service
Healy Station -
2014Illumination Award, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
Aurora RiverEdge Park -
2013Association of Licensed Architects, Gold Award
Aurora RiverEdge Park -
2012Association of Licensed Architects, Gold Award
Adler Cosmology Gallery -
2012AIA, Illinois Mies Van der Rohe Award
North Ave. Bridge -
2012Friends of the Chicago River, Green Ribbon Award
West Ridge School -
2010Mayor Daley's Chicago Greenworks Award
41st Street + Osterman Comfort Stations -
2010US Green Building Council, LEED Gold Certification
Evanston Fire Station #5 -
2009Association of Licensed Architects, Award of Merit
North Ave. Bridge -
2007Congress for New Urbanism, Award of Excellence
Brown Line Reconstruction Kimball to Western -
2006Association of Licensed Architects, Silver Medal
Manhattan -
2006AIA National, Award for Regional and Urban Design
Millennium Park Bike Station -
2004Chicago Architecture Foundation, Patron of the Year Award
Millennium Park Bike Station -
2003Association of Licensed Architects, Award of Merit
Near South Transfer Tunnel
History
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1984
Muller & Muller (M2) was founded in 1984 by a partnership between Jay and Cindy Muller. Over the past 30 years, M2 has been providing architectural services to a growing list of prestigious clients. From the original two member team, M2 has grown to a staff of 25 professionals. Their major project sectors include , transportation, education, industrial, municipal, recreational, exhibit, and commercial.
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1986
M2 begins work with Metra, igniting their transportation sector, and beginning M2’s longest standing client relationship.
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1989
The company incorporated in 1989 to form the Chicago architectural firm of Muller & Muller, Ltd. (M2).
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1992
The Public Building Commission becomes one of M2’s early public clients, and helps M2 break into the Education sector.
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1998
M2 moves from their offices on Elston Ave. to their current location in Chicago’s River West neighborhood.
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1998
M2 completes design of the Damen Ave. Bridge, one of the first non-bascule bridges in Chicago
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2000
M2 has been involved with many unique and ground breaking projects in the Chicago area. The McDonalds Cycle Center in Chicago’s Millennium Park has received accolades from around the world. It is one of the first facilities in North America created for bicycle commuters, providing storage for bikes, showers, bike repair, and even headquarters for the Chicago Police Lakefront Bike Patrol.
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2003
M2 completes design of the Near South Transfer Tunnel at State St. and Roosevelt Rd. This journey through time was one of the first tunnels to push creative story telling within a public transit space in the City.
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2007
The Aurora RiverEdge Park begins to receive the first of many awards. The park and amphitheater will officially open in 2013, bringing new life to the Fox River region in Aurora, IL.
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2012
M2 hires their first Beagle. He’s often found sleeping on the job.
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2014
The CDA Awards M2’s ID Badging project, at O’Hare International Airport , with 5 Green Planes. This is the first project under the CDA’s sustainability plan to receive 5 Green Plans.
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2016
Another bike related infrastructure project by M2, the Navy Pier Flyover, starts to take form. The three quarter-mile long elevated bike and pedestrian path threads through a complex and congested neighborhood in Chicago’s waterfront Navy Pier neighborhood, lifting users above street level car traffic, under highway ramps, and over water.
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2017
The CDA awards M2 with it’s largest project to date, the extension of Terminal 5 at O’Hare International Airport. This extension will enable the Airport to press forward with it’s largest project, OHARE21.
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2018
M2 expands beyond the midwest, and is chosen by Dallas Fort Worth Airport (DFW) to re-envision the concept of a holdroom gate area.