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Conference Hotel Restaurant Office Building
Center
Summer 2021 | $6.25
s weeping
arches,
stained-glass
windows and
beautiful
patinaed
wood give
elegance to
the Purdue Memorial Union,
the heart of student life at
Purdue University in West
Lafayette, Indiana. The
Union Club Hotel recently
reopened after a $35 million
renovation, with all 182
guest rooms as well as public
spaces refreshed.
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Gateway
Hotel.
Modern Aesthetic in Historical
University Student Union Hotel.
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at a
glance
AWI MANUFACTURING
MEMBER:
D&L Wood Products,
Inc.
LOCATION:
Crown Point, Indiana
ESTABLISHED:
1992
Licensed
QCP Manufacturer
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Originally built in 1929
as an addition to Purdue
Memorial Union, the hotel
expanded several times
over the years and was last
renovated in the 1980s. The
newest renovations highlight
academic-inspired designs
and colors in art, upholstery The development needed
and carpet. The hotel will be to feel seamless from space
used as a learning lab for to space, provide sight lines
students in Purdue’s School from the union and within
of Hospitality and Tourism the hotel that pulled guests
Management. deeper into the heart of the
Design of the hotel was hotel, celebrate the legacy of
commissioned to Simone Purdue, and embrace where
Deary Design Group, Chicago, the university is going next,
while the architectural adds Carrie Tolman of Deary
woodwork was fabricated Design.
and installed by D&L Wood “We created a roadmap
Products, an AWI member of six pillars that dictated
firm from Crown Point, everything from the interior
Indiana. architecture vernacular to the
style of trim on the decorative
Design Objectives throw pillows,” she explains.
“The Union Hotel is “Those six pillars were to
physically a part of the reinvent the Union Hotel by
Student Union. Within the capturing the history of the
Union there is existing university and people that
woodwork that speaks to comprise it; preserve the
the history and legacy of the existing architecture and
university,” explains Pete highlight historical details
Reardon of hotel owner White by keeping the finishes
Lodging. “It was important to simple yet poignant; create
us that the Union Hotel felt a timeless experience that
cohesive with the rest of the resonates and inspires the
Union and the level of finish diverse group of people who
was consistent. However, this will experience the hotel;
wasn’t a restorative project. choreograph an environment
We wanted to make sure that provides improvised
that the hotel was modern in as well as formulated
its aesthetic as well. As this experiences, bridge the
hotel is also the gateway that gap between the multiple
many people experience the additions to the hotel over
university, we wanted the the years by making a
spirit of the university to be cohesive interior vernacular;
expressed visually.” celebrate and capture the
six pillars of Purdue through
visual content; and craft a
layered yet timeless solution
for the furniture as well as the
art that is heavily rooted in
the University’s history.”
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Adds Adam Ligda,
executive vice president of
D&L Wood Products, “we
collaborated with the design
team and general contractor
on a weekly basis throughout
the course of the project to
discuss submittal approvals,
design changes, woodwork
details, and field conditions.
These weekly calls provided
the necessary direction to
keep the fabrication on
schedule and the installation
moving efficiently. When the
final products were delivered
to the site, virtually all the
unexpected field conditions
and final installation details
had been addressed and
coordinated together as a
team, allowing for a truly
quality driven result.”
Woodwork Details
The restaurant ceiling
consists of several curved,
intersecting beams with brass
finished brackets, reports
Ligda. The Whiskey Lounge
includes 102 individually lit
and lockable liquor display
cabinets. Behind the front
desk are floating bookshelves
engineered to support over
4,000 pounds of books.
Custom metal cabinet doors
and trims adorn the back
of the main bar and the bar
curio cabinets.
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We specialize in the fabrication and installation of custom architectural
millwork, metals, glass, fabrics and stone across the country.
– Adam Ligda, Executive Vice President, D&L Wood Products
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Woodwork products are a mix
of plain sliced Red Oak and plain
sliced, quartered or rift White
Oak. An ebonized stain was used
in the Whiskey Lounge, while a
custom stain was used to match
existing areas of the restaurant
that were 50 years old.
Of particular note, continues
Ligda, is the custom bookshelf
behind the reception desk
which is a completely floating
feature supported only by in
wall brackets. “This required
extensive engineering and
coordination with the contractor
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to ensure the weight of the
bookshelves and the books
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were properly supported. In the 27 8" 27 8"
restaurant, the curved ceiling
31" 211 8" 211 8" 635 16" 211 8" 211 8" 31"
beams created challenges due 21 8" 21 8"
to the intersecting nature of
the design. These beams were
assembled on the ground into
four large quadrants and hoisted 30"
WOOD BEAMS
into the position supported by
custom brass plated brackets.
The Whiskey Room created R3301 4"
challenges due to coordination 941 8"
of the individual up lighting in 545 16"
each whiskey locker. Electrical
chases had to be incorporated METAL
BRACKETS METAL
into the design and fabrication of CROSS TIE
BRACKETS
each locker and metal inlays were
mortised into the cabinets that 141 4"
26"
chased around the room.”
“There are two areas that really 5915 16" 113 4"
stand out to me,” says Tolman.
26" 141 4"
“The first is the ceiling expression
in the restaurant. This expression
is made of stained wood panels 301 8"
WOOD BEAMS
that are roughly 12” to 15” tall
that are curved and interlock with
metal detailing that suspend from 543 8"
almost hidden metal support 941 8"
8815 16"
posts. The intricate pattern it METAL
BRACKETS
creates was inspired by the aerial
shots you see of fields where the
tractor has created these shapes 2915 16"
in the vegetation and celebrates
Purdue’s long history of
agriculture studies. The execution WOOD BEAMS
of all the pieces that are flawlessly
aligned ground the restaurant
RCP
experience and become an art @ LOUNGE FEATURE
piece in the ceiling.”
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1/4"X1/2" FLAT BAR 121 8"
2"
METAL 4"
The second area, she you stumble upon things that 3"
continues, is the front lobby. you didn’t know were there LIGHTING BY 17 8"
OTHERS
“The execution of the wall that you can’t necessarily 143 4"
WOOD VENEER 12"
panels, to the wall upholstery, remove. Again, it was the INTERIOR
12"
and then finally the banquette creativity of our team that 2"1 "
8
is an intricate dance between allowed solutions to be WIRE MESH PANEL
DOOR
materials, depths, and realized that didn’t take away 155 16"
precision. When you first from the spaces.” WOOD DOOR FRAME
glance at it the composition White Lodging and D&L 1 "
8
appears simplistic because Wood Products have been
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it is so beautifully executed collaborating on hotel projects LIGHTING BY
OTHERS
but upon further inspection across the country for the 1 "
8
you truly see the complexity past 25 years, says Reardon.
as well as the craftmanship of “They are a true asset to 157 16"
the woodworker.” our company and aid in the WOOD VENEER
1333 8"
feasibility of the project design INTERIOR
2"
Challenges, Collaboration providing an unmatched level
Well, the obvious special of service and producing the 143 4" 12"
problem was this project highest quality architectural
2"
was completed at the height woodwork.”
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of the Covid 19 epidemic, “We have worked with TRIM FRAME
says Tolman. “Everything Simone Deary on several
from the supply chain to the projects over the years,
employees executing the including two 1,000-room
work on site were affected. hotels, and have a great 471 4" 331 2"
It was by the ingenuity, working relationship. They
flexibility, and pulling share their vision for the
together as a community designed spaces and their
that truly made this project expectations of the final WOOD BASE 21 2"
successful. Another challenge products, and we work with 4"
we had is that when you them on the feasibility, 131 4"
1 "
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renovate an historic space constructability, and pricing
and pull back the old finishes to ensure it becomes reality.”
SECTION
@ WHISKEY LOUNGE
PROJECT: PROJECT OWNER: WOODWORKER: DESIGNER: GENERAL CONTRACTOR: PHOTOGRAPHER:
Perdue Memorial White Lodging D&L Wood Simone Deary Shiel Sexton Company Nathan Kirkman,
Union Club Hotel Merrillville, IN Products, Inc. Design Group Indianapolis, IN Camera Department, Inc.
West Lafayette, IN Crown Point, IN Chicago, IL Chicago, IL
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