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The City of Chicago commissioned Wight to oversee the restoration of the world’s largest Louis Comfort Tiffany art-glass dome, designed by Tiffany’s chief mosaicist, Jacob A. Holzer, in 1897. Our team oversaw the 7-month, $1.7M construction project that included the cleaning, repair, and/or replacement of more than 30,000 pieces of glass.

The Tiffany Dome was not a typical interior restoration; it was an opportunity to work on a rare piece of Chicago history which had been covered with a concrete and copper exterior in 1935. The goal was to bring the Dome, located in Preston Bradley Hall within the Chicago Cultural Center, back to its original grandeur of 1897.

Awards

2008 Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation

2008 Midwest Construction Project of the Year, Renovation/Restoration, Small Project

Preston Bradley Hall Tiffany Dome

Restoring a Chicago landmark to its original splendor.

Chicago Cultural Center