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Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects is a leading architectural firm with offices in Chicago and London. Our fifty-plus year history is rooted in Chicago’s strong architectural heritage. We create innovative mission critical, educational, cultural, and recreation environments to help institutions and businesses achieve their scholastic, civic, and commercial goals. Our firm is distinguished by the diversity of our portfolio, which has resulted in a firm with an unmatched balance of design, management and technical expertise. The variety of our practice provides for a creative and energetic studio environment that attracts and helps us attract and retain the best team of architects.
Remembering Jim Nagle
We are saddened by the passing of our colleague, Jim Nagle, one of the very best architects we have known. Jim’s success came early as one of a group of architects who claimed design independence from the orthodox Modernism that dominated Chicago architecture at the time. Jim was a designer with good intuition and formidable […]
SNHA’s Neil Sheehan Featured on Bisnow
“There is some uncertainty in the market about how much of that demand for power is going to increase. If you didn’t anticipate the increase in power, you may not be serving the client.” Principal Neil Sheehan shares his thoughts on the rise in multistory data centers — and the power that’s fueling them. Read […]
SNHA Ranks #3 on Building Design + Construction’s 2020 Data Center Giants List
SNHA has been included in Building Design + Construction’s 2020 Data Center Giants list for Architecture and AE firms, ranking at #3 out of 29 firms. SNHA was also included on the Top 100 Cultural Facilities and Top 160 Multifamily Sector Architecture and AE Firms lists. View BD+C’s full Data Center Giants list here.
Fort Worth Data Center – Administration Building Wins AIA Chicago’s Distinguished Building Award
AIA Chicago hosted a revised format ‘virtual’ Designnight with SNHA’s Fort Worth Data Center – Administration Building receiving a Distinguished Building Award. We are proud to be considered among the Design Excellence candidates and award winners for 2020. Find the full list of recognized projects here.
Construction Update: St. Charles Public Library
With construction well underway at St. Charles Public Library, we can see the teen reading room taking shape along with the new main lobby and entry. We’re invigorated by the progress being made, and can’t wait for completion in 2021. We asked our own Brianna Saviano, Assoc. AIA, about the status of our library addition/renovation […]
SNHA Client Lightbox Opens $94 Million Lab-Grown Diamond Facility
“The building was conceived as a simple white box, carved away to reveal and recall the faceted structure of a Lightbox lab-grown diamond. The exterior features fritted glass panels and louver screens, while the white monochrome interior includes a precision-designed production floor with mechanical and electrical support spaces, as well as lab spaces, offices and […]
SNHA’s Zoe Cloonan Featured in commARCH’s September/October 2020 Issue
“The project was not a wholly unusual one for Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects—evaluate data centers with an eye toward improving their functionality and ‘future proofing’ for longevity. . . . It was the subject matter that made this one unique, and piqued our interest about what we would learn on a research trip to six […]
560 Lincoln Featured on Education Snapshots
SNHA served as architect of record on the 560 Lincoln project, a 450-bed, seven-story, comfortable live/work space that was the first new construction on Northwestern’s housing master plan. Read the full article on educationsnapshots.com here.
Catherine Murray, Tony LoBello Join SNHA Senior Leadership Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects Hires Catherine Murray as Principal Full-service architectural firm cites impressive employee growth for 2020 CHICAGO (August 28, 2020) – Chicago-based Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects (SNHA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Murray as Principal. Murray comes to SNHA from O2 Design (formerly oslund.and.assoc.) where she served as […]
2020 Mid-Year Staff Announcements
Through the first half of 2020, SNHA welcomes our new team members and celebrates career milestones: Associate Promotions Amy Schmieding, AIA, LEED AP Chheng Lim Jose Prados, ARB Laura Ross Mandi Miller, AIA Muhammad Khan, RIBA Ola Johnston, AIA Tom Veed, AIA, LEED GA Promotions Abi Sharma, AIA Brianna Saviano, Assoc. AIA Burke Welever, AIA […]