Eckenhoff Saunders News
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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…
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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…
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COVID-19 Update
Walt Eckenhoff, FAIA, Founding Principal The health and wellness of our staff, clients, and partners is our highest priority. We are working to prepare for multiple scenarios as the current situation unfolds, focusing on keeping people safe, securing a healthy work environment, and improving the effectiveness of our remote workplace access. We are following CDC…
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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.…
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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…
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Pediatric Center Opens
Advocate Children’s Hospital (Advocate) and NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) recently announced a strategic partnership, the Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance, to expand wide-ranging pediatric care in Illinois. As part of that new strategic alliance, Eckenhoff Saunders teamed up with Advocate and NorthShore to convert a former two-story furniture store located in Edens Plaza in Wilmette into…
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345 North Morgan
Eckenhoff Saunders is teaming with real estate developer Sterling Bay on the development of THREE FOUR FIVE at 345 North Morgan, a 230,000 SF ground-up office building located on one of Fulton Market’s most dynamic blocks. Directly adjacent to 1KFulton, home of Google’s Midwest Headquarters, and the Ace Hotel, the property exudes character reminiscent of the…
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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…
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Staff Promotions
Eckenhoff Saunders is pleased to announce the following staff promotions. Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on their new positions! Mark Parrucci, Promoted to Senior Associate Mark joined Eckenhoff Saunders in 2013 and works on various projects in the educational, hospitality, commercial, and residential markets. Mark currently works with After School Matters (ASM) in…
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Rush South Loop
Eckenhoff Saunders received a First-Place Design Excellence Award in healthcare for work at Rush South Loop from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Illinois. The Design Excellence Awards program recognizes ASID-IL membership for professional accomplishments and celebrates the chapter’s recent body of work. Design Excellence Awards are presented to honorees who excel in various…
