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Eckenhoff Saunders Receives 2025 American Architecture Award for Oregon Winery
Eckenhoff Saunders is honored to announce that our Oregon Winery project in Dundee Hills, Oregon has been recognized as a 2025 American Architecture Awards winner by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, in collaboration with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The awards presentation took place on December 11,…
Zoning Variances Approved for North Broadway Hotel in East Lakeview
Eckenhoff Saunders is teaming up Rebel Hospitality to develop a new mixed-use hotel at 3440 N Broadway in Chicago’s East Lakeview neighborhood. The mercantile portion will span 4,719 square feet, while there will be 176 hotel rooms. There will be an additional 7,058 square feet of supplementary hotel space devoted to events, meeting rooms, and…
Hotel Development
Eckenhoff Saunders is partnering with Rebel Hospitality to develop a new 167 key hotel in Chicago’s East Lakeview neighborhood located at 3440 N. Broadway near the now-closed Treasure Island Supermarket. The development will complement sidewalk activity with a beautifully landscaped dining terrace adjacent to the street and significant new retail space. Other features will include…
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…
Chicago Riverwalk
Due to the Chicago Riverwalk’s popularity and growth and its architectural sightseeing river tours hosted by the Chicago Architecture Center, Chicago’s First Lady Cruises retained Eckenhoff Saunders to unify five individual trailers into a single ticket purchasing venue. A simple vocabulary of horizontal wood slats evokes a ship’s hull, while prominently branding the First Lady…
Hospitality Snapshots
Hyatt House Chicago / West Loop-Fulton Market was recently featured in Hospitality Snapshots. Conceived as a hospitality-retail mixed-use development, the hotel provides both traditional and extended-stay rooms with efficiency kitchens. Among the amenities are a fitness center, swimming pool, and exterior rooftop deck with sweeping views of Chicago’s skyline. To learn more, please visit Hospitality Snapshots or…
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…
New Staff at ESA
Eckenhoff Saunders is pleased to welcome Rakan Ayyoub architectural designer, Pedro E. Marquez, architectural designer, and Christina Mazurek, interior designer to our growing team! Rakan is an award-winning, innovative architectural project designer specializing in healthcare at Eckenhoff Saunders. He has an excellent understanding of healthcare project design and cutting edge design technologies. Pedro joins ESA as a designer…
Hyatt House Opens in West Loop
Eckenhoff Saunders served as architect of record and lead interior designer for the recently completed Hyatt House Chicago/West Loop-Fulton Market. Conceived as a hospitality-retail mixed-use development, the new 14-story, 167,000-square-foot Hyatt House provides both traditional and extended-stay rooms with efficiency kitchens. Among the amenities are a fitness center, swimming pool, and exterior rooftop deck with views…