The new administrative building for the Evans Scholars Foundation serves as the headquarters of the organization – supporting day-to-day office operations and events held in conjunction with scholarship interviews and other related programming. The Evans Scholars Foundation is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide full tuition and housing college scholarships to golf caddies. The … Continued
A major renovation of an existing office building for Wintrust’s new corporate headquarters. Interior renovations spanned nine floors of the occupied 12-story building, featuring executive offices and boardroom, multimedia training facilities, bar and catering kitchen, cafeteria, conference center, commercial kitchen, marketing production room, data center, fitness center, main lobby, and restrooms. Base building improvements included … Continued
The Feehan Memorial Library (previously known as McEssy Library) was commissioned as the first new building on an established and historic Pontifical Seminary campus. The original library required a new addition that had to rise to the level of the seminary’s magnificent historic architecture.
A renovation of multiple program areas within an existing nonprofit music school, whose mission is to deliver access to the benefits of high-quality, tuition-free music education. Program areas included administration and staff office areas, circulation, and acoustically-sensitive music instruction labs including percussion and band studios. A small project in square footage, but a huge project … Continued
A complete renovation and expansion of The Cove School. The Cove School provides highly individualized education and life strategies for children with learning disabilities in grades K-12. The 32,000-SF renovation included construction of school classrooms, an activity center (gymnasium, lunchroom, and presentation stage), a multi-media center, literacy and evaluation centers, and an occupational therapy suite. … Continued
A 75,000-SF conversion of empty space to a state-of-the-art media arts academy in the historic 100-year old Burnham Center, located in downtown Chicago. This LEED Certified space includes classrooms, computer labs, recording facilities, a directing stage, a screening room, a motion-capture studio, offices, a conference room, and student lounges with raised floors and one-of-a-kind technology. … Continued
A complete interior renovation of the 9,800-SF auditorium and theatre, club room and restrooms. The upgraded MEPs in the auditorium included theatre lights and an AV system. Work was completed while school was in session and it was critical to implement a strategic logistics plan in order to minimize our impact in terms of noise, … Continued
This project was a re-imagination of the existing library space to create new, open collaborative entrepreneur center. The goal of the center is to provide an environment that fosters ideation and innovation, problem-solving, and collaboration between students, faculty, mentors, and community members. Work included construction of both shared and designated workspaces, a classroom that can … Continued
Part of a multi-phase master plan at Loyola Academy, this project included the demolition of the current aquatic center and construction of a new state-of-the-art facility. The John D. Norcross Aquatic Center features an eight-lane, IHSA-approved, competition-size pool with two one-meter springboards, a moveable bulkhead, a wet classroom, and a 294-seat spectator gallery with retractable … Continued
A demolition and renovation of the former law school lecture room for the newly established Arrupe College. The renovation of interior space included infill of the tiered lecture hall seating, a new window cut into the exterior facade, student dining and communal space, and a new kitchen and food service area.
