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Chicago’s first Aesop store uses ten thousand reclaimed bricks

Another Brick in the Wall

Chicago’s first Aesop store uses ten thousand reclaimed bricks

Chicago and New York–based firm Norman Kelley recently finished Chicago’s first Aesop store. The high-end Australian skin care company frequently hires young architecture firms to design their stores, and Norman Kelley’s iteration takes its cues from the surrounding historic Bucktown neighborhood.

Consisting of ten thousand reclaimed Chicago common bricks, the floor and walls are clad in intricately woven herringbone and pinwheel brick bond patterns. In order to hold the weight of the all-brick interior, the floor of the structure was reinforced from the basement. An unused chimney was removed to create a completely open floorplan. In the center of the space, a black-stained white oak counter and a demonstration island are the only furniture in the space, keeping the focus on the black steel-clad shelves, embedded in the brick walls, holding Aesop’s famed soaps and lotions.

Norman Kelley has also recently finished a second Aesop store in Tribeca, New York.

1653 North Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL
Tel: 872-802-4626


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