Elmhurst Toyota

Auto Dealerships
Award of Merit
Ideation Studio Inc., Chicago

Designers brought the outdoors in to this 27,800-square-foot showroom by installing a faux streetscape down the center-with streetlights, brick pavers, sidewalks and even storefronts. A café area, big-screen theater and children's playground make up the waiting area, while a construction zone defines the retail space.

Client: Elmhurst Toyota, Elmhurst, Ill.
Kurt Schiele, owner

Design: Ideation Studio Inc., Chicago
Jennifer Nemec, principal

Architect: Ideation Studio Inc., Chicago
Balay Architects Inc., Indianapolis

Carpeting: Lees Carpets, Kennesaw, Ga.

Ceiling System: Chicago Metallic Corp., Chicago
Celotex, Tampa

Flooring: Armstrong World Industries Inc., Lancaster, Pa.
Atmosphere Rubber Flooring, Minneapolis
Crossville Ceramics, Crossville, Tenn.,
Emil/Virginia Tile Co., Woodale, Ill.
Impo Glaztiels Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Stone Design, Glendale Heights, Ill.

Furniture: IntraSpace, Oak Park, Ill.

Lighting: Abolite, Cincinnati
, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Contrast Lighting, Quebec City, QC
Hilite/RLM, Chino, Calif.
Juno Lighting Group, Des Plaines, Ill.
King Luminaire, Jefferson, Ohio
Lightolier, Fall River, Mass.
LiteLab, Buffalo, N.Y.
SistemaLux, Roseville, Calif.
Tokistar Lighting Systems, Anaheim, Calif.
Translite Sonoma, Sonoma, Calif.

Metal laminates: Chemetal (a div. of The October Co. Inc.), Wheeling, Ill.

Paints: ICI/Glidden Paints, Avon Lake, Ohio

Plastic Laminates: Formica, Cincinnati
Advanced Technology Plastics, Wheeling, Ill.
ARPA, Wheeling, Ill.
Pionite, Auburn, Maine
Lamin-Art, Shaumburg, Ill.
Nevamar Co., Odenton, Md.

Solid Surfacing: Staron, Seoul, Korea
Marlite, Dover, Ohio
Avonite, Florence, Ky.,

Vinyl base: Johnsonite, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Wallcoverings: Lanark Wallcovering, Fairlawn, Ohio
Thybony, Chicago
MDC Wallcovering, Elk Grove Village, Ill
Metro Wallcoverings, Chicago

Metal laminate: Chemetal (a div. of The October Co. Inc.), Chicago
Centiva by International Floors of America Inc., Florence, Ala.

Photography: Jennifer Nemec, Chicago