Award Description

Project Participants

* Owner – Elgin Academy, Elgin, IL
* Architect/Designer – DLA Architects, Ltd., Elgin, IL
* Structural Engineer – Pease Borst & Associates, Barrington, IL
* General Contractor – Pepper Construction, Barrington, IL
* Concrete Contractor – K Keup Concrete Construction, Batavia, IL
* Concrete Producer – Prairie Materials, Bridgeview, IL
* Masonry Contractor – G Porter Co, St. Charles, IL
* Masonry Supplier – Quick Brick & Belgard Hardscape, Mundelein, IL
* Masonry Supplier - Northfield Block, an Oldcastle Company, Mundelein, IL
* Other – PCI/Spec Mix, Elburn, IL
* Other – C.R. Schmidt Brick Paving, Warrenville, IL

Elgin Academy, founded in 1839 is an independent day school that serves Pre-School through 12th grade students. The design of the Harold D. Rider Family Media, Science & Fine Arts Center provides the 150 year old campus with a new cutting edge, environmentally friendly and energy efficient facility. The four story, 41,380 sf building is nestled into a hillside on an urban site that was previously a brown field along a primary entry corridor into Elgin’s downtown. The building houses a 300 seat Black Box Theater and Math Classrooms; and Music, Fine Arts, computer Graphics and Science Labs. The project is registered with the USGBC under LEED-NC 2.2 and is seeking LEED certification at the Gold Level.