Ignite Glass Studios Name Best ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Event Space by Crain’s Chicago Business!

The Epstein-designed & engineered Ignite Glass Studios was just named Best Out-of-the-Box Event Space by Crains Chicago Business! Ignite was picked as the top event space in this category because of the fact that attendees of parties and corporate outings invariably take part in creating a unique work of art in Ignites glass blowing studio. Ignite features a 15,000 sf studio with two furnaces, four glass warming glory holes that reach 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit and as well as in-house artists that demonstrate glass blowing techniques and/or teach workshops.

Heres a link to the Crains article -http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/event-spaces-2015

For those of you unfamiliar with Ignite, Epsteins design and engineering team was tasked with taking an existing disjointed building located at 401 N. Armour and creating a coherent program and design to match the ambitious goals of Ignite Glass. To accomplish this charge much of the existing facility shell was reused and substantially renovated, with the event space component being the only piece of new construction.

Lastly, Epsteins design efforts on Ignite were awarded a sustainABILITY Award in 2013 by the American Institute of Architects (Chicago Chapter).