This featured architectural photography project was at GT Prime Chicago. Chicago’s newest, edgy-chic restaurant steakhouse. GT Prime is a modern interpretation of the classic Chicago steakhouse restaurant and is located at 707 N Wells Street in Chicago’s bustling River North neighborhood.

Our architectural photography client was appointed as a lighting specialist during construction of the new River North restaurant. Marketing hired Miller + Miller Architectural Photography to photograph the GT Prime building exterior facade. Our photography focus was to capture the exterior photos of the building with a focus on the lighting and ambiance it provides. Additionally, for this exterior Chicago photography building project, the photography shoot was to include photographs of the restaurant building’s front door, and photographed across the street with a focus in on the facade captured during the late afternoon into the evening lighting hours. We planned for our photography shoot of the restaurant building to begin in the early evening, to capture both sunset dusk and night after dark photos.

Photographing the Chicago restaurant storefront building at night not only produces dramatic images but also fulfilled the client’s need to focus in on their lighting product.  The GT Prime restaurant photo shoot was photographed during different times of the day, providing professional marketing images for our client who was looking to showcase their lighting product from the evening’s golden hour until after dark.  Most important for this photography client, was ensuring our photos visually showcased through photographs the lighting casting beams of light along the valance of the exterior elevation of the building. Using our 10+ years of commercial photographer expertise, knowledge and photographic technical ability, our professional architectural photos of the building illustrate how the light grazes onto the wood paneled walls of GT Prime adding drama to the Chicago storefront of the restaurant’s front doors & entryway. Appointing eye-catching lighting was a genius part of the restaurant’s construction.  The unique way the dramatic lighting at the GT Prime Chicago restaurant was added into the building’s construction provide drama, while impressing the eye of potential future patrons driving, or walking out front of the restaurant location on Wells between Huron and Superior streets.

GT Prime Chicago Steakhouse www.gtprimerestaurant.com features cocktails & wines, mixed grill options, and creative small plates. With an emphasis on sourcing from local farms and cuisine highlighted by seasonal Ingredients, GT Prime was prominently ranked recently as a Top 50 Steakhouses in America. The Boka Restaurant Group and Executive Chef/Partner Giuseppe Tentori have curated a meat-centric menu indicative of Giuseppe’s signature sharable plates at his sister restaurant, GT Fish & Oyster. While many restaurants forgo specialty lighting design due to budget constraints, GT Prime and Boka Restaurant Group consistently make restaurant lighting a high priority understanding the importance quality lighting providing for not only lavish room lamp decoration for the high-end restaurant’s eye-catching atmosphere, nonetheless still maintaining a balanced focus on comfort and ambiance. Balancing functional illumination, the Chicago Tribune has complimented GT Prime as “dramatically lit”!  The impressive GT Prime restaurant is designed by Karen Herold of Studio K Creative. The distinctive and memorable restaurant design features Karen’s signature interior design esthetic that is both timeless and eclectic. Boka Restaurant Group selected LG Construction Development Group founded by Brian Goldberg and Marc Lifshin to complete the restaurant real estate development and build the two-story, 5,600 square foot luxury restaurant.  Architecture of the GT Prime restaurant is by Jonathon Splitt Architects Ltd. Exterior LED lighting by Tempo LLC Industries.

Miller + Miller Chicago Architectural Photography company excels at providing marketing images for clients in a variety of industries to include hospitality, fine dining, hotels, and restaurants. Our diverse list of clients spans across numerous construction appointed specialties – to including the lighting industry, interior designers, and the team of specialists who work together to finalize construction on a building. Do you desire a collection of images for marketing and promotional use for your company and interested in booking a shoot? Contact Miller + Miller about your Chicago architectural photography needs!