Creating places to...
LearnWhether it's designing new facilities in character with a campus landscape or renovating historic buildings for today's educational technology and accessibility standards, our depth of experience assures excellent results. Add our expertise in preservation and sustainable design, and the result is a complete service package tailored to higher education, as shown by our more than 100 projects for the University of Illinois alone. We're also pre-qualified with the State of Illinois Capital Development Board.
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Live
We understand that living spaces, whether individual or multi-unit, must fulfill a unique level of personal expression. Our expertise allows us to design and build or renovate a variety of residential spaces, excelling in both form and function while creating or preserving values intrinsic to the structure. With more than 100 projects for 30 different sororities and fraternities, we specialize in sustainably adapting historic residences to meet today's complex building codes and emphasis on eco-friendly materials.
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Work
Our approach to designing vocational spaces takes into account a thorough understanding of the flows, functions and employee or customer interactions that characterize the organization. This vital consideration influences not only the engineering and layout of how a structure is built or renovated, but also determines the mechanical and equipment requirements while maximizing energy efficiency. We've completed hundreds of projects for businesses and municipalities.
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Play
With more than 50 entertainment and food venues in our project portfolio, we excel in creating spaces where people have fun. Our approach captures the distinctive elements of each venue's personality to maximize the customer experience. At the same time, we consider those aspects in light of essential components such as functionality, safety and cost efficient design in building unique places.
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Worship
Encompassing numerous denominations and sizes, we have completed more than 170 church projects ranging from renovations to full design-build assignments, enhanced with the acquisition of Church Planning Associates in 2000 and ABRIS in 2007. We work hand-in-hand with church leadership and building committees from the initial steps of master planning and feasibility studies throughout the design and construction phases, using flexibility and honesty in building consensus for a chosen direction.
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