About

Architrave, Ltd. is an award-winning firm incorporated and licensed to practice architecture in the State of Illinois in 1986. A growing staff offers architectural services including sustainable building design and construction administration, urban and site planning, preparation of feasibility studies and space planning. Architrave's practice has focused on design for institutional clients including commercial, healthcare, educational, science and technology, and transportation project types. Completed projects include LEED Certified new buildings, additions to existing structures, renovations, restorations, and tenant space developments.

Architrave Ltd. offers architectural design services tailored to the requirements of each project. Services are provided entirely in-house by Architrave staff. Architectural services are commonly organized into phases. Typically, these are Pre-design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding and Construction Administration. Although the value and requirements of each phase may vary from project to project, this organization provides a framework in which the design evolves. From inception through completion the ongoing process of investigation, analysis, documentation, and review ensures the owner’s concurrence, approval, and most importantly, that expectations are exceeded.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measureable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
— Louis Kahn