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29 Jul

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JNKA designed this new 10-story, mixed-use, student housing facility for a private developer to provide state-of-the-art housing for 1,077 students with 34,000 s.f. of retail space and a two-story enclosed garage with 284 parking spaces. The student apartments include three-bed, four-bed, and five-bed units complete...

29 Jul

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JNKA is currently in the Construction Documents Phase for this new senior living community in Glen Carbon, Illinois, for the Catholic Diocese of Springfield. The facility will be operated by Franciscan Ministries and will provide 108 Independent Living Apartments, 37 Assisted Living Residences, 32 Memory...

29 Jul

Posted at 11:28h in

Proposed design of an Independent Memory Care residence by JNKA Architects. The design is based on the Green House concept whereby the interiors are modeled after residential homes with a limited number residents to create a warm environment and strengthen relationships with staff. The design...

28 Jul

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JNKA designed this 38,000 s.f. addition to the Holy Family Villa skilled nursing residence in Palos Park for the Catholic Charities of Chicago. The addition includes a two-story masonry structure comprised of (2) 15-bed resident wings on the upper level with a variety of room...

28 Jul

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Completed in June, 2008, the Mar Thoma Shleeha Cathedral serves the Syro Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago. The 42,600 sf cathedral serves as the center of activities for 800 families in the Chicago area and for 100,000 members of the community in North America. The...

28 Jul

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Since 1929, the Holy Name Cathedral Rectory has been used by the priests, religious sisters, and administrative staff for living quarters, meeting space, and offices. The building had an outdated infrastructure and lacked modernized features for accessibility and safety. This project included a complete renovation...

28 Jul

Posted at 09:47h in

JNKA has an extensive history of working with Holy Name Cathedral Parish in Chicago. Making the facility accessible required an elevator addition for vertical access from street grade up to the worship level, as well as down to the parish support spaces. The addition was...

28 Jul

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JNKA has been serving Holy Name Cathedral Parish for more than ten years in master planning and executing a series of projects, including this recent renovation of the courtyard and construction of a new Marian Shrine. The devotional shrine housing a new statue of the...

24 Jul

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Located in rural upstate New York on a ten-acre plot of land, this mission church derives from the Boyko tradition of wooden construction, modified to incorporate a lower level gathering space on a steep, wooded terrain.  Approached by a hillside descent off the main access...

24 Jul

Posted at 11:25h in

Comprised of both short-term and long-term improvements to a parish near Indiana University’s home campus, this masterplan centers on interior renovations and a new main entrance and gathering space addition to the existing church building. The interior renovations restore a sense of the sacred throughout,...