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...
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...
This renovation and addition to the St. Hubert Catholic Church included a new entrance to the church off the main parking lot with an elevator for handicap access to both levels of the building. The interior renovation included the formation of a new Narthex/Gathering Space,...
JNKA designed this elevator addition and exterior masonry portico to provide handicap access to the the existing 1890’s church and lower level parish hall. To preserve the historic front facade, the new entry was located at a former side entrance. The portico incorporates pointed arches,...
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,...
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...
JNKA was commissioned to design a new vertical extension of the center portion of St. Mary of the Angels Church’s front facade. Originally constructed in 1920, this portion of the historic church’s facade was dismantled in the 1990’s due its poor condition and structural instability....
This new Romanesque church was designed for the parish of St. James after extensive structural problems meant their original church had to be demolished. The siting of the church makes it visible on many sides, so it was important that the church be beautiful and...