JNKA was invited to participate in a design competition for a new Coptic Orthodox Church near Chicago. The congregation had outgrown their existing church and sought design proposals for adding a larger church to their current facility as well as new church offices and classrooms...
JNKA developed this Master Plan for a new 39,000 s.f. parish complex, including a 450 seat church, baptistry, belltower, administrative wing, multi-purpose gymnasium, and an education wing. The exterior design features traditional Byzantine style domes and masonry detailing with clay tile roofing. The design also...
This one hundred year old Orthodox congregation sought to relocate their inner city facility to a suburban site, and in doing so, recreate their traditional approach to iconography and symbolism so necessary to their worship. The new 12,000 sf church includes a 250 seat Worship...
This multi-faith chapel was designed as an interdenominational meditation space in the administrative headquarters of a healthcare provider representing three Christian traditions. [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='2' up='' down=''] Located in the space of a former rectangular conference room near the main entrance to the building, a...
This project for St. Paul Catholic Church in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood provided the church with a new Parish Hall while making the building handicap accessible. The design included a new exterior ramp at the front entrance as well as a new elevator and interior stair...
JNKA developed a long-range Master Plan for the Saints Peter & Paul Cathedral Parish in Indianapolis, Indiana. The design includes a new main entrance and multi-purpose gathering space addition; an enclosed colonnade that provides access to the existing chapel and cathedral from the new gathering...
Friendship Center is the cornerstone of the redevelopment Master Plan for Friendship Village, a 600-unit continuing care retirement community. Designed as an independent facility to support the spiritual, conferencing and assembly needs of Friendship Village community, it integrates into the first floor of the communal...
The Cardinal Meyer Center is an adaptive re-use and addition to a historic Civil War era hospital building that is on the National Historic Registry. This 51,245 sf project for the Archdiocese of Chicago includes a basement plus three stories of offices for various departments...
The historic St. James Chapel at the Archbishop Quigley Center was renovated with new lighting, HVAC, and liturgical furnishings designed by JNKA. A new ornamental wood screen-wall incorporating the Gothic detailing of the existing chapel was designed to create an enclosed Narthex with a new...
The Archbishop Quigley Center, formerly the Quigley Seminary High School (constructed in 1917) was an adaptive-reuse project which included the full interior re-design of all four levels of the 86,700 sf Historic Landmark Building, converting it to a pastoral center and office headquarters for the...