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Environments for Aging 2019: Inclusive Design in Senior Communities

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THIS EVENT HAS PASSED LCM’s Steve Montgomery, AIA, LEED AP and Armando Tobias, AIA will co-present ‘The Compelling Case for Inclusive Design in Senior Communities’ at the 2019 Environments for Aging conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Integrating inclusive/universal design allows for flexibility to address specific needs among the user groups in any senior community. …

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Solace of Mahomet, Illinois

LCM is providing architecture services for a new 15.5 acre residential development in Mahomet. The master plan calls for 200 two and three bedroom rental units in low-rise structures. This is a housing type that is scarce in this family-friendly community. An 8,000 sf clubhouse, featuring an outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, and a mutli-purpose room, …

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Green Street Fields South Mixed Use Development Phase II

Size 90,600 SF Construction Type New Construction LCM Architects is providing architecture services to Green Street Realty for the development of mixed-use buildings. Phase II includes two, four-story buildings featuring 99 two-bedroom apartments and ground level commercial uses. Setting the buildings back from a main street bisecting the Fields South site creates two plazas, which are …

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FHA Client Spotlight: Focus

Scope of Services Accessibility Plan Reviews Trainings Select Projects Include: Courthouse Square Wheaton Focus Spectre 831 Emerson 1717 Ridge Reserve at Glenview With a significant portfolio of residential projects since their inception in 1993, Focus has built a strong reputation as a premier developer, general contractor, and consultant. They collaborate with LCM Architects on design and …

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Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education

Size 32,000 SF Construction Type New Special Recognition Chicago Tribune, feature Military Advance Education, feature Falcons Landing Military Life Plan Community Blog, feature College Planning & Management, feature Student Housing Business, feature The University embraced a universal design approach in developing an innovative program and facility that integrates veterans with disabilities into academic and civilian …

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The University of Chicago Student Housing

Construction Type Renovation LCM evaluated residential buildings, ranging from 3-story apartment buildings to 80-unit buildings that were originally hotels, to determine where it would be feasible to provide accessible units of a variety of types and locations around campus. We designed the necessary alterations and provided oversight during construction of 39 apartment units in six …

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Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST

Nearly 40,000,000 multifamily buildings are subject to the design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act. Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST is an initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to promote compliance. LCM is the Program Manager of this nationwide program, which provides technical guidance to the public through a …

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Green Street Fields South Mixed Use Development Phase I

Size 78,000 SF Construction Type New Construction LCM Architects is providing architecture services to Green Street Realty for the development of mixed-use buildings. Phase I includes two identical three-story buildings featuring 56 one- and two-bedroom apartments and first level retail and office space, for which LCM is designing tenant build outs. Complementing exterior elements of …

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