About Expertise Projects Careers News + Insights Contact TAO Chicago LOCATION Chicago, Illinois MARKET Retail, Historical TYPE Renovation ARCHITECT SPACE Architects + Planners 38,000-SF new restaurant and nightclub for Tao Group, which has additional locations in New York, Las Angeles and Las Vegas Transformed a Historic Landmark building dating back to 1892, which originally served as home to the Chicago Historical Society and more recently the nightclubs Castle and Excalibur, into TAO Chicago 275-seat restaurant with stepped dining areas, custom ornamental iron spiral staircase, sushi bar and 16-foot Quan-Yin statue sitting within a koi pond Nightclub with two DJ booths and four custom-designed bars Three large murals created by New York-based artist Hush Custom furnishings and one-of-a-kind Asian relics, including antique Chinese doors, dragon columns, Buddha miniatures and more than 100 fortune cats called Maneki Neko Structural demolition and removal of all interior load-bearing walls Created step-by-step visual plans detailing shoring, demo and steel erection phasing and sequencing to maintain the structural integrity of the building Construction Award (March of Dimes) Photos © TAO Chicago/Warren Jagger Previous Project Next Project Related Projects WRIGLEYVILLE LOFTS NCH OUTPATIENT CARE CENTER ILLINOIS 5200 Prairie Stone Parkway Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192 210 N. Carpenter Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 CALIFORNIA 4417 30th Street San Diego, California 92116 79893 Country Club Drive Bermuda Dunes, California 92203 FLORIDA 9100 Conroy Windermere Road Windermere, Florida 34786 RESOURCES Prequalification Form Brand Guidelines Leo@Work Leopardo Store Leopardo – 45 Years of Relationships CONNECT Copyright © 2021 Leopardo Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.