RH - Restoration Hardware

"In its almost 100-year-old history, the Three Arts Club of Chicago served as the safe, supportive, and economical residence for over 13,000 young women as they studied the "three arts" - music, painting, and drama. It was founded in 1912 by social work pioneer Jane Addams. The club financed this beautiful, Byzantine building on swanky Dearborn Street to provide each resident with a room of her own as well as a chance to meet and collaborate with other artists in the same boat. All the residents were promising young, female artists who were new to the city and working to find their way in the world of the arts. The building was designed by Holabird and Roche. It opened its arched main doors in 1914 and was complete with all the trappings of an artist's retreat within the big city. This included a library, tearoom, studio space, dining room, and three floors of dormitory rooms centered on the spacious, inspiring open courtyard. The last of the club's residents moved out in 2004, and the building stood closed and unused until 2015 when Restoration Hardware moved into the 70,000-square-foot, landmark building. They transformed it into a six-floor spectacle of a furniture store that feels more like a museum. The grand staircase that once ushered up-and-coming artists out onto the town, a rooftop conservatory with unparalleled views of the Gold Coast, and a historic stage glittering with gilded mirrors, were all lovingly restored back to life after being shuttered for years. The crown jewel is the courtyard. It's open year-round thanks to a new pyramid of glass and steel with the grandest chandelier in the city of Chicago dripping from the pyramidion. There you'll be bathed in sunshine and surrounded by flowers and olive trees. "