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  • InnerWorkings HQ

    InnerWorkings (INWK), is a global marketing execution firm serving Fortune 500 brands across a wide range of industries. INWK partnered with Eckenhoff Saunders to deliver a turn-key project and to re-imagine its headquarters located in Chicago. The firm worked closely with INWK to integrate architectural elements resulting in a bright, active space combined with open office…

  • Designer Joins ESA

      Eckenhoff Saunders is pleased to welcome Ann Nelson, Senior Architectural Designer, to our healthcare team. Before joining the firm, Ann was a staff member of Matthei & Colin Associates for twenty-five years. She primarily worked on projects ranging in size and complexity, including clinical areas, catheterization laboratories, MRI 3T, radiology, and surgery/prep. “I like…

  • 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…

  • 203 N LaSalle Wins TOBY Awards

    203 North LaSalle is the recipient of two TOBY awards from the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA) for their regional and local renovated building categories.  The TOBY Awards Program was developed by BOMA International in 1985 to honor and recognize quality in office building operations and award excellence in office building management.…

  • Erie Family Health Centers Opens

    Erie Family Health Centers doubled its footprint in Evanston/Skokie, increasing access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. Eckenhoff Saunders teamed with IFF, NorthShore University HealthSystem, and Reed Construction to expand the clinic to 8,500 SF. With the expansion and addition of 17 new exam rooms, Erie’s Evanston/Skokie Center will be able to accommodate 4,000 more patients over the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Fellowship Hall

    Designed as a Fellowship Hall for the nearby congregation of St. Patrick’s Church, the space also serves as an event venue for building tenants at 625 W. Monroe. The 20,000 sf space features design cues from the original OSP church building of 1850, including Romanesque masonry elements, wood doors, and the subtle use of Celtic…

  • 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.…