Christ Church – Lake Forest
Lake Forest, Illinois
As part of an expansion to the historic Christ Church–Lake Forest campus, Eckenhoff Saunders designed a new 11,000 sf two-story Parish House, which was connected to the main meeting house by a new enclosed walkway. The project also included enlarging the church’s pre-function meeting space by 2,000 square feet and constructing tiered seating in the existing sanctuary balcony. The new Parish House provided three classrooms, two large multi-purpose spaces, and new offices.
In the Meeting House, an existing pantry was relocated to serve church members’ functions better. The masterplan for the facility includes an additional Parish House, sunken gymnasium, and site improvements. Eckenhoff Saunders worked with Christ Church to capitalize on the building’s loft-style and integrated exposed wood and masonry in the interior design.