Nagle Hartray Architecture


Nagle Hartray Architecture is a Chicago architecture firm, founded in 1966. The company's early reputation was grounded in single-family and multi-family housing. Recent and current projects reflect diversification of the former focus, emphasizing educational, spiritual, civic, and media communication programs. Nagle Hartray has received over 75 industry design awards to date. In 2017, the firm merged with Sheehan Partners to form Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects.

Design

Chicago Tribune critic Blair Kamin characterized the firm as "one of the medium-sized firms that makes Chicago's architecture scene so strong. Its lineage stretches back to the office of Harry Weese. So does its appreciation of quirkiness and sophisticated contextualism."
The AIA Chicago 2009 Firm Award Jury said of the firm's work: "The architecture is an excellent and deft blend of design that is both rich yet restrained, contemporary yet referential, and powerful yet understated."

Selected buildings

Fountaindale Public Library District :: Bolingbrook, ILWestern Illinois University Multicultural Center :: Macomb, ILHarpo Productions :: Chicago, ILSt. Mary of the Springs :: Columbus, OHOak Park [Public Library, Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park Public Library] :: Oak Park, ILLewis and Clark Visitors Center :: Hartford, IL:The visitors center is sited near where Lewis and Clark prepared the Corps of Discovery before setting forth on their search for the "Northwest Passage." The visitor's progression through the center references these preparations in contrast to the drama of the journey itself. While the entry is modest and low-roofed, the visitor's experience culminates in a "soaring space" occupied by a replica of the Corps' keel boat: "The wedge-shaped form points west and recalls the prow of a ship slicing through the prairie."University of Chicago Laboratory Schools :: Chicago, ILLincolnshire Village Hall :: Lincolnshire, IL
  • '''Greyhound Bus Terminal :: Chicago, IL'''

Recognition

Selected awards

Selected publications

  • 2010: "Beach House," 21st Century Houses: 150 of the World's Best
  • 2010: "High Impact," Trends: Home & Remodeling
  • 2009/10: Residences featured in Ranches of the American West and Lakeside Living
  • 2008: "On the Waterfront," Chicago Magazine
  • 2006: "St. Mary of the Springs Chapel," Houses of God: Religious Architecture for a New Millennium
  • 2005: ''Houses: The Architecture of Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney''