A 1936 Lutheran orphanage renovated as Des Peres City Hall. The former service rear, now the public front, steps down through a new brick plaza into the original basement, recast as the public ground floor housing Municipal Court and Public Works.

The Chicago Park District relocated from downtown to a former railyard in Brighton Park. A two-story circular building, bisected by a path and clad in aluminum sunscreens. Interior brick walls use salvaged Chicago common brick in a pixelated relief pattern.