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Cardiovascular Institute
NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to build a new, state-of-the-art Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) complex on NorthShore’s Glenbrook Hospital campus in Glenview. The project aligns with NorthShore’s commitment to community-connected care, recognizing the growing need for cardiovascular care that is centralized and easily accessible throughout the…
Howard Brown Health
Eckenhoff Saunders is teaming up with Howard Brown Health (HBH) to develop a new healthcare clinic in East Lake View. HBH is a not-for-profit organization serving the healthcare needs of the LGBTQ community in Chicago. After acquiring a 20,000 sf site on North Halsted Street, HBH set about programming a flagship center, consolidating family care,…
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,…
Healthcare Design
The Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance – Pediatric Outpatient Center was featured this month in Healthcare Design’s Remodel/Renovation Project Gallery. You can also learn more about this exciting project on our project page.
Design Showcase
The Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance – Pediatric Outpatient Care Center in Wilmette, IL, is featured this month in Healthcare Design Magazine’s 2020 Healthcare Design Showcase. Learn more about how Eckenhoff Saunders led the transformation of this wonderful space via Healthcare Design – August 2020.
Gottlieb ED Opens
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital’s renovated and expanded Emergency Department opened last week to meet the needs of Melrose Park and surrounding communities. Gottlieb is a member of Loyola Medicine, which includes Loyola University Medical Center and MacNeal Hospital. The Emergency Department is named in memory of Judd A. Weinberg, who, along with his late wife Marjorie,…
Healthcare Snapshots
Eckenhoff Saunders recently teamed up with Advocate Children’s Hospital and NorthShore University HealthSystem to convert a former two-story furniture store in Edens Plaza in Wilmette into the new Pediatric Outpatient Center for Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance. The project was featured this week in Healthcare Snapshots. The goal throughout the project was to create positive distractions that…
Health Facility Management
ESA Principal Mark Nichols, AIA, FACHA, LEED AP, discusses how advanced planning, design, and construction technology helps drive building project efficiency in Health Facilities Management’s 2020 Hospital Construction Survey. Article excerpt: Along with BIM, prefabrication, 3D projection mapping, modular construction, and 360-degree photography are among the most-cited technologies for design and construction projects, according to the survey.…
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…