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  • Headshot of Juan Devia, Senior Interior Designer and Associate at Eckenhoff Saunders

    Juan Devia Returns to Eckenhoff Saunders as Senior Interior Designer, Associate

    Eckenhoff Saunders is pleased to welcome Juan Devia, NCIDQ, back to the firm as Senior Interior Designer, Associate. Juan returns to Eckenhoff Saunders with expanded experience and perspective and continues to play a key role in supporting the firm’s interiors group and advancing projects through his thoughtful, user-focused design approach. His design expertise and collaborative…

  • Taylor Smith Joins Eckenhoff Saunders

    Eckenhoff Saunders is pleased to welcome Taylor Smith to the firm as an Architectural Designer. Taylor brings three years of post-graduate experience across multiple markets, including large-scale community and transportation projects at her previous firm, SOM. At Eckenhoff Saunders, she will support our multifamily market. Welcome, Taylor! Meet our team

  • Architectural rendering of Emanuel Congregation redevelopment in Edgewater with new synagogue, housing, and retail space.

    Project Update: Emmanual Congregation Campus Redevelopment

    Project Update: Emanuel Congregation Campus Redevelopment (Edgewater) A recent Chicago Sun-Times article outlines the latest concept for a major redevelopment of Emanuel Congregation’s lakefront campus at 5959 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The proposal, led by developer Fern Hill with Eckenhoff Saunders as the lead architectural design firm, would replace the existing synagogue…

  • Victoria Grzyb Joins Firm

    Please join us in welcoming Victoria Grzyb to Eckenhoff Saunders. Victoria brings five years of experience across multiple markets, including Workplace and Civic. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois Chicago. At Eckenhoff Saunders, Victoria will be supporting our Healthcare market. We are excited to have her on the…

  • Wishing You a Happy New Year

    As we begin the new year, Eckenhoff Saunders extends our sincere thanks to our clients, partners, and consultants for the collaboration and trust that made the past year a success. Our work is grounded in strong relationships, thoughtful design, and a shared commitment to creating environments that support people and communities. We look forward to…

  • 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,…

  • Residential Building Proposed at 1728 N. Clybourn Avenue in Lincoln Park

    A new five-story, 59-unit residential building has been proposed for a long-vacant lot at 1728 N. Clybourn Avenue in Lincoln Park. The project, designed by Eckenhoff Saunders for Contemporary Concepts Inc., aims to bring new housing options to a highly walkable corridor near the North Avenue retail district. The design breaks down the nearly 200-foot-long…

  • Howard Brown Health Halsted Building Tour

    Eckenhoff Saunders is proud to have designed the new Howard Brown Health Halsted flagship facility, a five-level, 91,000-square-foot healthcare center serving Chicago’s Northalsted neighborhood. As part of AIA Chicago’s Healthcare Knowledge Community programming, the organization is hosting a building tour and panel discussion to highlight the project’s design and its role in supporting inclusive, community-centered care.…

  • Ribbon Cutting Celebrates After School Matters’ New Facility at 1065 N. Orleans

    Photo: After School Matters ribbon cutting at 1065 N. Orleans. Eckenhoff Saunders served as lead architect for the new facility. After School Matters (ASM) welcomed students, families, mentors, and community leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new facility at 1065 N. Orleans in the Cabrini Green community on Saturday, November 8, 2025. The…

  • Edgewater Lakefront Redevelopment: Emanuel Congregation Campus

    Eckenhoff Saunders is proud to serve as lead architect, partnering with Emmanuel Congregation and Fern Hill, on a proposed redevelopment of the synagogue’s lakefront campus at 5959 N. Sheridan Road in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The vision reimagines the property with a new synagogue and a significant residential component. Multiple massing options are being studied to…