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Legat Architects is a trusted advisor in every sense.
We start by listening and being present to fully understand our clients’ perspectives and the challenges ahead in any new opportunity—before offering our thoughts. Our diverse, experienced, and energetic team always brings a high level of professionalism and expertise to each opportunity.
Our team is energized by new projects, no matter how complex. We apply the art of interaction— with both clients and communities—to craft designs that improve performance and impact lives. Whether we create a new regional icon or revive a 100-year-old building, we accept each opportunity wholeheartedly. And whether the client representative is a single person or an entire community, we jump at the chance to collaborate and develop solutions.
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The Interior Experience
People spend 95% of their time indoors.
Legat’s Interior Design group helps create environments where people perform their best, places that are engaging, productive, healthy and adaptable.
Environments where the story of each client vision is told by the crafted selection of materials, colors, textures and graphics.
Interior Design becomes the perfect balance between function, performance, maintenance, budget and vision.
Planning and design experience ranges from Fortune 500 companies and national retailers to hotels, colleges and universities.
When talking about Interior Design, it is important to emphasize space planning, functionality, color, pattern, rhythm, balance, scale, materials, performance, maintenance, budget, vision, ergonomics, environmental graphics, sustainability, acoustics, lighting, as well as physical and mental well-being.
Environmental Graphics are a celebration of vision, spirit and space; an intentional application of art; a wonderful way to express the soul of a building; a tool that engages and creates a bond between the students and the programs within; an expression of the client/owner.
OVERSIZED TEXT AND GRAPHICS.
They create a statement; great for wayfinding applications and visual identity. Simple, thoughtful, and inspiring. In this particular case, the graphic was design to have a layering effect-- a corridor experience as well as a conference room background.
EXPRESS BRAND IDENTITY AND BELONG.
Our client wanted to be recognized by its surrounding community. It was important to showcase a familiar territory; a common ground. The pride of belonging to a whole gave a deeper dimension to this mural—it was not just a graphic, it became the talk to the town!
RECOGNITION, HISTORY AND GRATITUDE.
This college wanted every student who came into their new Student Center to experience these emotions. The tribute honors an influential past college president who believed in the each student’s potential. The graphic is located in the heart of the building so it can resonate in each student’s heart.
EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONAL DESIGN.
Experiential design embraces many design disciplines including graphics, architecture, interiors, art, and landscape design. All work together with the visual opportunities of wayfinding, defining identity, communicating information, and creating experiences that connect students to place. A successful project is when all these disciplines work together to materialize a function, an intent—to convey a message.
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RENOVATION
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
LEED ID+C REGISTERED
A makeover transforms an underused building into office suites and common areas for 60+ College of DuPage employees. The design, incorporating staff input, uses the preengineered building’s open plan to create a daylight-filled space with views to the natural areas around the building.
CENTER FOR ADVANCED SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE
ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
This satellite facility not only expands the simulation program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS), but also allows the institution to create partnerships with regional healthcare providers seeking training. Those who benefit range from paramedics and nurses to RFUMS students and even local high school students exploring STEM careers.
Lighting and space simulation were key Interior design guidelines The vision was to create real time experiences as well as teaching opportunities.
Colors, materials and space planning simulated real healthcare environments.
Color psychology plays an important role in healthcare and educational environments, Softer palettes and natural materials relax and comfort the occupants.
COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY
A 42,000-square-foot expansion and a 25,000-squarefoot renovation allow more class offerings, promote energy efficiency, and create a new south entrance for the campus.
The project received LEED Platinum certification for its sustainable innovations, including a geothermal heating/cooling system, photovoltaic panels, rainwater harvesting, a daylighting system, and energy efficient mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
An engaging building.
Textures, warm interior colors and materials made this building a destination
Functionality, proper lighting, body and visual ergonomics made this building a teaching tool.
Sustainable Interior practices made this building a testimony of the College’s Vision.
DAVID K. HILL FAMILY LIBRARY
HARPER COLLEGE
LEED-NC SILVER REGISTERED
This award-winning project includes the complete renovation of a three-story library designed for the internet age. The upgrades save energy and maintenance costs, improve functioning, and create a more inviting library with a wider array of services.
The complete gut and renovation relocates the library from the first and second floors to the second (active) and third (quiet) floors. The first floor showcases tutoring, writing, and student success services, all of which were previously tucked away and hard to access on the third floor. The Academy, geared toward faculty enrichment, moves from the first floor to the southeast corner of the third floor, encouraging faculty to observe and interact with students.
The renovated library responds to the paradigm shift from “content consumption” to “content creation” and has become the most popular destination on campus.
STUDENT CENTER RENOVATION
OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Renovations transform classrooms and offices into a bustling student center at the heart of Oakton Community College’s campus. The space enhances the student experience and encourages students to spend time on campus and provides a hub for Oakton’s 50-plus student clubs and organizations.
Natural light, access to exterior views. softer furniture shapes and subtle biophilic elements incorporated in colors, materials and in environmental graphics created an engaging and comfortable setting where community happens and were students are celebrated
A place to gather, a place to think a place where every student can call home.
An environment of caring and support.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT TUSCARAWAS
DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LEED GREEN BUILDING GUIDELINES
The 50,000 square foot Performing Arts Center promotes economic development of the Tuscarawas Valley and enriches Kent State University’s academic and cultural programs.
The softer lines of the building exterior were the reflected in the Interior.
A clean, open lobby where building shapes were emphasized by the use of minimal color. Surrounding the warm, enticing performance space within.
Key Interior design elements were based on light, acoustics, visual connectivity, ergonomics, and the creation of community spaces.
TURNER HALL EXPANSION AND RENOVATION
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
An addition and renovations revive the 55-year-old Turner Hall to respond to program growth and draw more attention to the University of Illinois’ College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES). The 38,000-square-foot project features a spacious atrium and student gathering areas. Upgrades to classrooms, labs, and conference rooms create more space and support modern technologies. The renovation portion of this project was completed in two phases to avoid disruption to the occupied building.
Natural light, exterior views, definition of space by intentional color and material application, and program related environmental graphics embraced the soul of this building,
HOMELAND SECURITY EDUCATION CENTER COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
The HEC stands as an epicenter for state-of-the-art multi-jurisdictional training in the Midwest. It is designed to prepare firefighters, police, and other first responders for international and domestic terrorist incidents, as well as man-made and natural disasters. The facility includes an interior immersive street scene for various training scenarios.
The 60,000-square-foot center houses the college’s Criminal Justice and Fire Science Technology programs, as well as the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy and the COD Police Department. The HEC creates a new gateway on the west side of the campus. Sited at the intersection of two busy roads, the center displays two volumes: a rectangular glass and steel-gridded stair hall, and an auditorium with undulating metal-clad walls. The auditorium doubles as a mock courtroom for the criminal justice program. A crenellated glass wall defines student gathering zones along the north corridor, and displays an outdoor path.
A new facility consolidates Ascentra Credit Union’s administrative functions, previously spread out over several dated buildings. It features a branch bank on the first floor, open offices on the second and third, and executive suites on the fourth.
The new headquarters launches a longrange plan to revitalize downtown Bettendorf. The facility’s location on a major corner of the new Bettendorf Town Square mixed-use development encourages additional growth and sets an aesthetic tone for future facilities.
ASCENTRA HEADQUARTERS
RUSSELL CONSTRUCTION (CLIENT)
HEADQUARTERS
RIVERSTONE GROUP
New headquarters celebrates materials producer’s 125-year legacy, attracts employees
This competition-winning headquarters design consolidates all RiverStone Group offices in one building. The light-filled facility pays tribute to RiverStone’s rich history and to the aggregates that the company quarries. It also entices new employees with amenities such as a patio that overlooks a ravine, a creek, a tree line, and a golf course.
