Student-focused spaces bring community feel to heart of college campus [Grayslake, IL] – For years, a rarely used student communal space resembling a sunken living room sat at the center of College of Lake County’s (CLC) main campus. Today, that same space is reimagined as a light-filled Student Commons connected to a new café, Welcome […]
La Grange Stone Avenue Train Station Restoration Wins Driehaus Preservation Award
Rehabilitation of 115-year-old community icon honored with Landmarks Illinois’ Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award [La Grange, IL] – Each year, Landmarks Illinois sets out to celebrate Illinois’ most outstanding historic preservation projects with the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award. This year, the nonprofit organization faced the difficult task of choosing 9 winners from 39 […]
LaSalle-Peru High School Model Classroom Improves Engagement, Interaction, and Concentration
Students and educators agree: it’s time to upgrade the cramped, stuffy, and dated classrooms in their 90-year-old school. “There’s no way I could work in this building,” said a LaSalle-Peru High School (LPHS) visitor at the start of this school year. “It’s way too hot.” No air conditioning is just one of many signs of […]
Mundelein High School Expansion Emphasizes STEM Education and Workforce Skills
Flexible spaces support active learning, display career-based programs, promote community and business partnerships [Mundelein, IL] – Mundelein High School’s (MHS) science labs hadn’t been updated since the school was built in 1961. That’s 55 years. Classes were cramped. Equipment and furniture were outdated. So two years ago, Mundelein High School District 120 was thrilled when […]
In Memory: Alan F. Bombick, AIA (1955 – 2016)
Alan F. Bombick, principal and urban designer at Legat Architects, passed away at age 61 This week, Legat Architects mourns the tremendous loss of Alan F. Bombick, a highly influential figure in urban design, a maverick in the architecture/engineering/construction industry, and a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend. We honor Alan’s vast contributions to the […]
