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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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…