Knapp-itecture

Oakbrook Fertility Laboratory

2010-07-03T15:48:00.000-07:00

This is where
the magic happens.

Koko Taylor's Celebrity

2010-07-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

Koko Taylor, Queen of the Blues.

Koko Taylor hired TR Knapp Architects to design a new Night Club in Chicago's South Loop. The club opened its doors in 1999 and operated for just over two years before Koko moved her operations to the new Riverboat Casino.

Koko Taylor died recently, in 2009.
We will miss her.

Villa Park Community Development Offices

2010-07-03T15:44:00.000-07:00

The Village of Villa Park hired TR Knapp Architects to convert an abandoned Fire House into their new community development offices.

The design and construction documents are complete and the project is waiting for funding
from the Village.

Village Crossing

2010-07-03T15:42:00.000-07:00

TR Knapp Architects provided design consulting and construction documents for Multi-Family Housing in Roselle, Illinois.

Dr. Dan Coffey

2010-07-03T15:25:00.000-07:00

A chiropractor.

Dr. Jennifer Fei

2010-07-03T15:24:00.000-07:00

Here is the Lobby of a Dentist Office in Oak Park.

Janke Construction Co.

2010-07-03T15:18:00.000-07:00

This is a New Construction Development at Roselle and Irving Park Roads. A mixed use facility, with ground floor retail, second floor residential units and a stand alone bank facility.

TR Knapp Architects provided Design Consulting and Construction Documentation for the building.

Construction broke ground in March of 2010.

Dupage County Forest Preserve

2010-07-03T15:17:00.001-07:00

The main Board Room for the Dupage County Forest Preserve at Danada in Wheaton.

Dupage County Forest Preserve

2010-07-03T15:17:00.000-07:00

The main Board Room for the Dupage County Forest Preserve at Danada in Wheaton.

Forest Preserve District of Dupage County

2010-07-03T15:15:00.000-07:00

We provided design consulting for the Dupage County Forest Preserve Headquarters at Danada in Wheaton.

King Bruwaert House Theater

2010-07-03T15:11:00.000-07:00

We did a small performance Theater.
Historic Preservation.

Union League Club of Chicago

2010-07-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

A general View of the Lobby

Union League Club of Chicago

2010-07-03T15:09:00.000-07:00

Before and Afters......

Union League Club of Chicago

2010-07-03T15:08:00.002-07:00

Here is the Shower Area.

Union League Club of Chicago

2010-07-03T15:08:00.001-07:00

A nice Detail Shot.

Union League Club of Chicago

2010-07-03T15:06:00.000-07:00

This photo is taken from the same angle as the rendering below.

Union League Club of Chicago

2010-07-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a nice photo, in the dark.

Union League Club of Chicago - Lobby Rendering

2010-07-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

From the elevator Lobby, looking in.

ULCC - Rendering

2010-07-03T14:52:00.000-07:00

Here is a rendering of the Lobby Areas -
You can see - It very closely resembles what was built.

Battlestations 21

2009-05-23T10:41:00.000-07:00

If you look closely, you will see that this port on a commissioned battle ship is named after Roxanne Knapp - Honorary Lieutenant in the US Navy.

Oakbrook Mall

2009-05-23T10:38:00.001-07:00

Here is a proposal we did for new vertical circulation, including elevator and escalator, at Oakbrook Mall. The project was never realized.

Oakbrook Mall

2009-05-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a proposal we did for new vertical circulation, including elevator and escalator, at Oakbrook Mall. The project was never realized.

Union League Club of Chicago

2009-05-23T10:36:00.000-07:00

This is the Employee Locker Rooms.
Completed in 2008.

Here is a rendering of the Executive Locker Rooms for the Union League Club Staff. The 5,000 sf locker room facility got an entirely new facelift after 100 years of neglect.

KB House Theater

2009-05-23T10:33:00.000-07:00

We did a full restoration of this House Theater which seats 75. The performance stage, built 75 years ago has now been fitted with a full state of the art media system with projection screen and sound system. All the theater chairs were restored using the original art deco detailing with new cusions and back rests. Hopefully we will have better photographs of the finished project soon.

KB House Theater

2009-05-23T10:31:00.000-07:00

This is the lobby for a small theater which is a lounge area with an art gallery. Photos of the Theater to follow. We did the architecture and interior design for the new lounge areas as well as the restoration of the theater.

Traffic Control, Inc.

2009-05-23T10:29:00.000-07:00

We did a 40,000 sf commercial interior in Woodridge that included two exectutive conference room and a large training room that seats 50.

1017 W. Washington - Chicago, IL

2009-02-07T15:45:00.000-08:00

65 Units of Loft Residential Condominium.
The photo is taken from the roof of Hoops Gym and Wishbone Restaurant which were also part of this Mixed Use Development.

The project was completed in 1993.
Credit goes to Mayer Jeffers Gillespie, Archs.
Tom Knapp was the Project Architect.

Gallery 312 - Chicago, Illinois

2009-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:00

Gallery 312 is a not for profit art galley benefiting children and artistic education of our youth. The gallery is located in the basement of an 8 story loft condominium building.

22 N. Morgan St - Chicago, IL

2009-02-07T15:42:00.001-08:00

Here, we removed the center of a 2 story building
to create a courtyard for Light and Ventilation.

Credit goes to Mayer Jeffers Gillespie for giving me a great start to my career.

14 N. Peoria - Chicago, IL

2009-02-07T15:39:00.000-08:00

We have worked on several large loft buildings in the past.

Credit goes to Mayer Jeffers Gillespie
who gave me a great starting point for my career.

386 East St. Charles Road - Lombard, IL

2009-02-07T15:36:00.000-08:00

Our space has doubled as an art gallery.
The art changes every 8 weeks, and we benefit from a changing environment with fairly decent art pieces on a regular basis.

386 East St Charles Road - Lombard, IL

2009-02-07T15:34:00.000-08:00

This has been our home for the last 2 years.
Unfortunately the exterior does not give credit to the interior environment which is actually a very nice architecture studio.

Wrightwood Avenue - Chicago, Illinois

2009-02-07T15:33:00.000-08:00

10 Units Condominium
The scale of this building was very well considered.
The stone detailing was simple and well executed.

Southport and Irving Road - Chicago, IL

2009-02-07T15:32:00.000-08:00

16 Unit Condominiums

N. Seminary - Chicago, Illinois

2009-02-07T15:29:00.000-08:00

3 Units - Apartments

This is pretty typical Chicago Walk-Up

Wrightwood Avenue - Chicago, Illinois

2009-02-07T15:27:00.000-08:00

10 Units on Wrightwood in Chicago.

This building turned out very well.
and was the basis for a later building in Madison.
This one turned out much nicer.

Francis Street - Madison, Wisconsin

2009-02-07T15:25:00.000-08:00

22 Units in Madison Wisconsin.

The design of this building was based on a building I had done 2-3 years earlier which turned out much better. I believe that money was tighter with the construction of this building, which serves as Dormitory Housing for UW Students.

Mohawk Street - Chicago, Illinois

2009-02-07T15:23:00.000-08:00

4 Unit Condominium.
Attached Parking for 4 Cars.
Roof Top Garden.

I need a better photographer.

Halsted and Lille - Chicago, IL

2009-02-07T15:22:00.000-08:00

16 Units Residential Condominium.
With Parking for 24 cars.

Diversey Avenue and Damen

2009-02-07T15:21:00.000-08:00

6 Unit Condominium Project.
Completed 2006

Damen and Irving Park Roads - Chicago, IL

2009-02-07T15:20:00.000-08:00

A three flat, designed about 12 years ago.

DC Spinal Wellness and Sports Rehabilitation

2009-02-07T15:17:00.000-08:00

This is a good looking building in Downtown Lombard. NO, we did not design it.

But we did design two retail storefront spaces on the ground floor. The construction of the project is complete, but for some reason the commercial spaces have not yet opened to the public.

We have been talking to the client to see if
we can assist him in opening, hopefully SOON.

Oakbrook Fertility Center

2009-02-07T15:14:00.000-08:00

Believe it or not, this is a State of the Art Fertility Laboratory with several specific laboratory elements that make this facility one of the most successful fertility treatment facilities in the Midwest.

The "Clean Room" laboratory has a fully automatic self-contained mechanical filtration system which filters 99.9% of particulate matter as well as chemical and biological contaminates.

Great Lakes Naval Base

2009-02-07T15:13:00.000-08:00

The Photo Lab

Battle Stations 21 - US Navy

2009-02-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

Welcome to Naval Architecture at its finest.

Battle Stations 21 - US Navy

2009-02-07T15:09:00.000-08:00

This project is too complex to discuss here.
If you want to understand the project or our involvement,
please feel free to call at any time. We would be happy to discuss some of the fascinating details of this State of the Art Naval Training Facility.

Koko Taylor's Celebrity

2009-02-07T15:07:00.000-08:00

We completed a new bar and entertainment facility for the Queen of the Blues, including bar service area, performance stage and private entertainment areas for Koko and her staff.

Union League Club of Chicago

2009-02-07T15:05:00.000-08:00

Here are the staff locker rooms
BEFORE construction.

Clearly they needed alot of work.
For a high end club, these facilities had not been updated in almost 60 years.

Union League Club of Chicago

2009-02-07T15:03:00.000-08:00

Here are the staff locker rooms after completed.

These are the executive staff lockers.
A huge improvement over the old facilities which had not been updated in over 60 years.

Union League Club of Chicago

2009-02-07T15:00:00.000-08:00

We completed the Staff Locker and Shower Rooms for the Union League Club of Chicago. The spaces are very tight, so the photos are cramped, but the interior finishes are very nice and warm.

Elmhurst Community School District 205

2009-02-07T14:59:00.000-08:00

Wire Mesh Caging for the Athletic Department.

Elmhurst School District 205 - Elmhurst, IL

2009-02-07T14:56:00.000-08:00

This is a presentation plan for a new warehouse facility in York Community High School in Elmhurst. The existing basement is now home to the School District's main storage facility. At 35,000 sf, the project included pallet racking, wire mesh partitions, dehumidification, interior finishes, and lighting.

We had to negotiate space requirements for 6 different departments and several school teachers.

Inshore Boat Unit - Weldon Spring, Missourri

2009-02-07T14:55:00.000-08:00

This is an all steel building under construction.

Inshore Boat Unit - Weldon Spring, Missourri

2009-02-07T14:53:00.000-08:00

This is a Boat Storage Facility designed for the US Navy and currently under construction in Missouri. The day we were there, the entire steel super structure was in place, and it was pouring rain.

It should be very near completion by now.

Lake Villa, Illinois

2009-02-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

The interior of the Warehouse Area
with Storage above the Tool Shed.

Meade Electric - Lake Villa, Illinois

2009-02-07T14:50:00.000-08:00

The plan review desk, used by Sub-Contractors to review plans before bidding.

Meade Electric - Lake Villa, IL

2009-02-07T14:48:00.000-08:00

We have done a handful of Corporate Interiors. This is only a very simple executive conference room for Meade Electric. The building has Stained Concrete Floors and Custom Cabinetry.

Meade Electric - Lake Villa, Illinois

2009-02-07T14:45:00.000-08:00

This was a new construction Office Warehouse facility for the regional headquarters of Meade Electric. The front portion is about 10,000 sf of corporate offices, the rear portion is about 25,000 sf of industrial warehouse.

The building is a preengineered steel structure,
with custom interior and exterior design.

HJK Enterprises - Carol Stream, IL

2009-02-07T14:43:00.000-08:00

This warehouse needed a new loading dock which would allow fork lift access from the exterior yard into the facility. We provided the concrete ramp and the loading door.

Our office provided this project as Construction Manager
and was responsible for all construction operations.

Industrial Warehouse

2009-02-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

Here is an interior view of the connection tunnels at ConAgra Foods. This was a very utilitarian project.

Industrial Warehouse

2009-02-07T14:39:00.000-08:00

We have done several warehouse facilities over the years.

2009-02-07T14:35:00.000-08:00

We have done 4 projects for ConAgra Foods in the past 12 years. ConAgra operated out of the facility on the right for 15 years, then bought the facility on the left to expand. They now have almost 500,000 sf.

The project shown is two connection tunnels for fork lift and pedestrian traffic between the primary storage facility on the left and the food processing facility on the right.

This project was completed in 2008.

Meade Electric

2008-09-27T11:05:00.000-07:00

The new home for Meade Electric in Lake County. New Construction.

Pheasant Chase Elementary School

2008-09-27T11:04:00.000-07:00

This is a new elementary school in Bolingbrook. TR Knapp Architects provided design consulting and construction documents for two new elementary schools, an addition to Bolingbrook High School and several small additions to existing grade schools.