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Sustainable Action Plan
The mission of the AIA 2030 Commitment is to support the 2030 Challenge and transform the practice of architecture in a way that is holistic, firm-wide, project-based, and data-driven. As a signatory of the AIA 2030 Commitment, creating a three-year Sustainable Action Plan (SAP) is the first step. SAPs establish a long-term firm-wide strategy that…
Life Sciences
Eckenhoff Saunders collaborates with healthcare, higher education, and corporate research and development groups to create engaging and functional laboratory environments. Our experience in these sectors of architectural practice gives us a broad knowledge base that easily translates over from one area of practice to the other. We are well versed in defining required automation levels,…
Seed + Spark
Seed + Spark takes its readers in search of a better understanding of the future of learning – and, by extension, the future of humanity. Believing “the future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed,” Seed + Spark provides a framework for remaking our schools, our workspaces, and our social structures in ways that…
Education Snapshots
The Francis W. Parker School Kovler Family Libary was recently featured in Education Snapshots. Desiring to promote their progressive form of education with an equally innovative library space, this historic private school in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago undertook a complete renovation of its outdated facility. To learn more about this exciting project, please visit…
Outstanding Project Award
The Spring 2020 Education Facilities Design Awards edition of LEARNING BY DESIGN magazine has been released featuring Sixty-Seven (67) recently completed educational facility design and construction projects from early childhood, middle school, high school, specialized education and higher education college and university environments. All published projects were judged, scored, and granted facility design awards based…
AIA 2030 Commitment
The places where we live, work, and play represent the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in America, as well as around the world. The design and construction industry has made significant strides toward creating high-performance buildings of all types and uses. As a result, the industry is positioned to have a profound impact by…
Students Design Memorial
After School Matters, a non-profit organization providing year-round, after-school opportunities for Chicago high school teens, teamed with LIUNA Chicago Laborers’ District Council and Eckenhoff Saunders to design a unique mosaic honoring fallen laborers. The art is prominently featured on LiUNA’s new expanded training facility in North Austin. Eckenhoff Saunders led the design effort for LiUNA’s…
Kehrein Center for the Arts Opens
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place for the grand opening of the Kehrein Center for the Arts and new Sistema Ravinia Auditorium in Chicago’s Austin Community. The original building by Belli and Belli Architects, circa 1956, had been vacant since the mid-1970s. Eckenhoff Saunders dedicated several years to re-design and bring this 22,000 SF, 950-seat auditorium…
ESA Honored by LISC Chicago
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design – Third Place Eckenhoff Saunders Architects for Michael and Karyn Lutz Center Recreational opportunities for teens were almost nonexistent in Belmont Cragin, a neighborhood located on the Northwest Side of Chicago, where one-third of residents are under 18. Thanks to the donation of…
Catalyst Construction Starts
Music and the arts may not come to mind when you think of Chicago’s west side. But in a neighborhood with a bad rep for crime, there’s a new plan to change the focus, by building a performing arts center in Austin. The hope is to replace violence with violins. “When people value their lives, they value their community.…