Architecture and construction firms
Three architecture and two construction firms have been selected to design and build the new,
state-of-the-art Ann & Robert
H. Lurie Children's Hospital of
Chicago. Children's Memorial selected these firms for their extensive national and
local experience.
Architects
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca LLP (ZGF)
The architect of record, ZGF is a national firm
specializing in architecture, urban design and interior design. ZGF brings a
portfolio of nationally-recognized, top-ranked pediatric hospitals and research
institutions, including Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Doernbecher Children's
Hospital in Portland, Oregon; and The Children's Hospital at Fitzsimons in
Denver.
Solomon Cordwell
Buenz (SCB)
One
of Chicago's
largest and most recognized architectural practices, with extensive experience
in institutional, research, high-rise, mixed-use and transportation facilities.
During its 75 year history, SCB has made a lasting contribution to the Chicago skyline, having
designed more than 40 high-rise buildings. SCB designed the Children's
Memorial Research Center and has a long history of working with some of
Chicago's most respected institutions, including
Loyola University of Chicago and Rush University Medical Center.
Anderson Mikos Architects
ltd (AMA)
AMA has
worked with Children's Memorial for more than 22 years as the hospital's
“internal architect.” With a staff of more than 55, Anderson Mikos has dedicated
its practice exclusively to the planning and design of health care facilities.
President and CEO, Dave Mikos, has more than 30 years experience with Children's
Memorial as a designer of facilities created to give comfort and specialized
care to children and their families.
Construction firms
M.A. Mortenson
Was selected for its ability to provide the
hospital's leaders with a national perspective on health care construction. The Minneapolis-based company is known
throughout the country for providing management of new, freestanding
facilities. Since the year 2000
Mortenson has completed 220 health care construction projects totaling 1.1
million square feet and $2.2 billion.
Power Construction Company, LLC
Power has been a leading health care contractor in the
Chicago area
since the late 1960s. The company
has worked with Children's Memorial in the past, and built the recently opened Northwestern Memorial Prentice Women's
Hospital.
Separately the two firms have build more than 50 projects for
Children's Memorial and have developed three million square feet of health care
facilities on the Northwestern University campus adjacent to
the hospital's new home in Streeterville.