What We're Celebrating
Three cheers for some stellar achievements!
Nimah Mohiuddin is officially a certified LEED Green Associate from the US Green Building Council!
Fantastic work, Nimah!
Richie Hands was interviewed by NCARB about his journey toward licensure!
You always represent LJC so well, Richie! We're proud you're on our team.
Check out the full interview here.
Have you heard? AIA Conference on Architecture 2024 has opened its call for proposals!
We know every single one of our team members does incredible work, and we want to support you in sharing it with the rest of the industry. The A'24 Conference is officially open for proposals for educational sessions and tours (a new category!) and we want YOU to submit!
Learn more about the A'24 Call for Proposals here.
Interested in submitting? Never fear, the LJC marketing team is here! Send a note to news@theljc.com and the team will help make it happen.
Don't take too long to decide, though! Submissions close on October 5.
Three cheers for St. Louis NOMA's second annual Project Pipeline!
Hosted at Washington University in St. Louis, the team welcomed 30 students and 40 volunteers from across the city. We look forward to continued growth and the impact in the years to come!
A huge shout out to our very own Nic Smith, STL NOMA Project Pipleline Coordinator, for championing and facilitating this effort with the STL NOMA team! Another round of applause goes to Richie Hands NOMA National Chair of Project Pipeline!
What We're Up To
Take a look at what we've been getting up to this past month!
Our Chicago team rode their way into the office together!
Beep beep, other riders on the road, watch out!
We can't tell these LJC'ers apart, can you?!
Check out our LJC crew in the Sunshine State meeting with some potential clients!
What a RADIANT team!
The Kansas City office got to tour the Linda Hall Library!
The LHL focuses on STEM education and access in the community. The group even got to see a 500-year-old, second-edition Copernicus! What a way to say 'farewell' to the KC summer interns!
The Overland team bid their summer interns 'adieu'!
LA worked hard and played hard this summer, too!
LA intern Brian Slusher got to hang ten with the team!
The Chicago volleyball team SPIKE Collaborative had an awesome summer!
We were out and about at CitySCENE Chicago 2023!
Who Joined Us
Say "hello" to some new faces who joined LJC!
Who We Are
A monthly Q&A to help you get to know what some of your LJC colleagues are up to outside the office!
Get to know Erin Heiden!
LJC Office Location: Culver City
Title/Role: Associate
Focus: Interiors
Alma Mater: Kansas State University
What book would you recommend to just about anyone?
It’s got to be Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. This is a hilariously written memoir that contains thought-provoking one-liners, poems, phrases, and stories that completely changed how I think about the world. The physical book is great, especially for highlights/notes, but if you’d rather listen, McConaughey reads the audiobook, and it’s very captivating.
What does a perfect weekend look like to you?
Gathering some friends and rolling from one outdoor activity to the next (surfing, rollerblading, rock climbing, hiking, biking, beach volleyball, golf, you name it I’m probably down). Then throw in dinner at a brewery and I’d be a happy camper.
As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Honestly, an Interior Designer! I’ve always loved art and being creative. My grandma worked at a carpet store and would give me all the discontinued finish samples and I would pair them with floor plans and renderings of different spaces I would design. I truly get to live my dream every day. 😊
What We're Working On
Check out some of the latest and greatest milestones from this past month!
Pernod Ricard Distillery hit a HUGE milestone!
Integrated delivery never looked so... tall! The team set a record by placing the tallest insulated tilt-up panels ever! the 90'-11" panels were cast on-site and set with an 880 ton crawler crane. Three cheers for the amazing partnerships that keep making these feats possible!
We celebrated the ribbon cutting for the ASPIRE monument in Englewood!
The new monument in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago celebrates the rich legacy of educational institutions in the neighborhood and captures the inspirational spirit of all those who aspire to achieve.
Video by Sam Alcarez | Photos by Lauren McPhillips and Shelby Kroeger
The St. Vincent Greenway Expansion celebrated its opening!
Check out more about the event here.
What We've Wrapped Up
Check out the photos of some of our recently-completed projects!
Ferrero Innovation Center
Chicago, IL | 44,357 SF
The two-level tenant improvement for an innovation center houses office and laboratory space for the chocolate company's marketing and research development teams. This new office lives in the Macy's Flagship Building at 24 E. Washington, expanding upon renovation work we have previously completed with Clayco!
As always, learn more about this fabulous project on our website.
Photos by Tom Harris
Drive Capital
Chicago IL | 10,600 SF
A tenant improvement to support a burgeoning venture capital firm that fosters office collaboration. This new office lives in the Fulton East building in Chicago's Fulton Market district, a recently completed, next-generation office and retail building brought to life via our incredible integrated delivery process with Clayco!
As always, learn more about this fantastic project on our website.
Photos by Tom Harris
Who's Talking About Our Work?
Where some of our work has popped up in the news!
The ASPIRE monument was seen all over!
Patch.com: Skender & Collaborators Celebrate the Unveiling of the Aspire Monument
CBS2: 'Aspire' educational monument to be unveiled in Englewood
Fox32: New Englewood monument inspires pride, challenges negative portrayals of neighborhood
Chicago Tribune: ASPIRE, the community monument in Englewood, stands as a beacon for youth, reminder of academic achievement
Click here to read the story and watch the segment.
