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Cure Your Blues

Partnering with Architects to Reach The Loftiest Summits

From the broadest scope to the smallest detail, O’Brien Metal meets the specific aesthetic and practical needs of your clients. No plan strays from your vision.

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Architectural Bling

Sculpting High-End Metal Environments

O’Brien Metal wields cutting-edge technology to craft intricate interiors and extraordinary exteriors for Chicago's and New York’s paramount edifices.

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Finish with A Flourish

Inventing Modern : Reinvigorating Classic

Our work reflects the nexus of creativity and technique. Let us be your herald. With stunning visuals, we make your metalwork worth remembering.

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A Team Effort

Forging the Perfect Team

Superlative work begins with superlative people. O'Brien Metal fosters an environment of cohesion, collaboration, creativity, and craftsmanship.

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Your plans, wrought to life.

Metal Sherpas bring a design-build approach to creating sublime metal works.

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  • CAD
    Function Detailing Constructability
    Aesthetics

  • CAM
    Fabrication Technology Casting
    Forging

  • Mock-Ups
    Specialty Metals Creative Specialty Finishes
    Products

  • Ideas
    Collaboration Culture Shared Goals
    Results

  • CAD: Computer-Aided Drafting. Not your typical shop drawing process.
  • Function: Art with everyday functionality — not just another pretty surface.
  • Constructability: A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Guiding the transition from architectural idea to built reality.
  • Aesthetics: Designs contoured to complement the environment — seamlessly pair with natural beauty and enhance urban elegance.
  • CAM: Computer-Aided Manufacturing. From machining to lasers to water jets, our sophisticated processes achieve precision above all else.
  • Fabrication: Our fab shop is truly fab. State of the art metal manufacturing is our game.
  • Casting: Sand and lost-wax casts can fashion any shape imaginable—no pattern creation is too complex.
  • Forging: Some like it hot. Our metal artisans hammer, roll, and shape with the pride and precision of the blacksmithing tradition.
  • Mock-Ups: Refined style begins with a defined plan.
  • Specialty Metals: The best metals make for the finest metalwork. Whether bronze, copper, stainless steel, aluminum, or others, we'll select the right medium for the job.
  • Specialty Finishes: Patina, plating, or brush. We offer an assortment of options to style the perfect look.
  • Products: Stay tuned – exciting new products coming shortly.
  • Ideas: Everyone in the company has a voice, and every voice gets our ear.
  • Collaboration: Besides "I’m cold," the most commonly spoken phrase in our office is: "Let’s figure this out."
  • Shared Goals: We partner with Architects, Landscape Architects, and Designers in the early stages of their projects and lend our expertise from start to finish.
  • Results: We don't rest until the job is done—and done right.
 

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