The Flad Architects design of the Ascendium Education Group Headquarters is meant to give the impression that the building is ascending from the landscape as it sits atop a hill overlooking Madison, Wisconsin. We shot these interiors in January with an exterior shoot coming in June 2022. So you’ll have to wait until then to see the ascension I saw in the fresh snow. We were able to get a bright sunny January interior shoot day which is sometimes rare in the Midwest.

Here is a sneak peak at this wonderfully designed building.

Just north of Downtown Chicago, IL sits one of the most impressive athlete facilities I’ve ever seen on a university level. The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Fieldhouse was designed by Perkins & Will and built by Walsh Construction. It provides year round practice and training facilities to the student athletes at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, not to mention the almost 360 degree views of Lake Michigan.

Read more about this project in this Architect Magazine article.

Read more about ABI’s work with Northwestern University here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots Ryan Field House and Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL for architecture firm Perkins & Will Chicago Office, Construction Company Walsh Group in Chicago, IL.

NELSON Worldwide was called to renovate the Law firm Husch Blackwell’s office in Pheonix, Arizona a few years back. Because of the Pandemic in 2020 they were unable to photograph the space until now. This Large space was designed with a range of collaborative spaces, open workspaces, and small private room for more focused individual work. The modern and sleek design is colorful and crafty while on the cutting edge of architectural interior design.

The new St. Ambrose Wellness and Recreation Center has 97,100-square-feet of space and is located adjacent to, and just west of, the current Physical Education Center on the north side of the St. Ambrose campus near its Lombard Street border in Davenport, Iowa.

Read more about ABI’s work with Russell Construction here.

AJ Brown Imaging Quad Cities Architectural Photographer shoots St. Ambrose Wellness and Recreation Center in Davenport Iowa for Architecture firm RDG Planning and Design based in Omaha, Nebraska, Construction Company Russell Construction in Davenport, Iowa

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is a global Law firm with 31 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. With their Headquarters in Philadelphia, PA, This is their newly updated Downtown Chicago office designed by the Law design experts at NELSON Worldwide.

I spend one day photographing the office in late 2021. Here are a couple of my favorite architectural images from the day.

This is Lakeland College’s New and updated Luther Student Center Designed by the Educational design experts at Legat Architects.

The project consisted of 19,000 share foot expansion and a 26,000 square foot modernization. The project combined Admissions, Student Services, and Student Life into one location helping create a strong first impression to incoming students and eases navigation for enrolled students.

Here are a couple of the best architectural photos from our shoot at this college in Mattoon, IL.

Exelon is a fortune 100 company based in downtown Chicago, Illinois. They decided to renovate their headquarters located in the Chase Tower downtown Chicago, IL. The renovation was designed by Shive Hattery’s Chicago design studio. Exelon previously occupied 11 floors in the Chase Tower. They came to Shive Hattery with the idea of decreasing their footprint down to seven floors. Here are a few of the images from our shoot.

Via shive Hattery:

“By shedding four floors in downtown Chicago, Exelon was able to reduce maintenance and leasing costs. Increasing the efficiency of the spaces allowed the company to bring outside departments into the headquarters. The fresh new look and amenity spaces combined with its downtown location will support staff attraction and retention.”

Ajinomoto is a 100 year old company that was founded on the discovery of flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG). They are now a global leader in the research, development, manufacture of amino acid-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, sports nutrition, health and beauty industries. They wanted to establish their North American Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois so they called on Shive Hattery to design a space that reflects on their robust company history and also celebrates the companies future.

Here are a few of my favorite architectural images at Ajinomoto in Itasca, IL.

This project was an architectural renovation and expansion of the Seeley G. Mudd Library building at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. The building provides collaborative spaces for the students as well as state of the art research facilities for the students and faculty. The project in total is 149,000 square feet.

Read more about ABI’s work with Walsh Construction here and here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photographer photographs Seeley G. Mudd Library at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL for architecture from Flad Architects in Madison, Wisconsin, construction company Walsh Construction Walsh Group in Chicago, IL.

Having outgrown their current space, Centra Credit Union commissioned RATIO to research and design a new corporate headquarters building on Columbus’ west side. The new 55,000 GSF building will be constructed on the existing headquarters campus, where it was founded over 77 years ago.

The building captures core elements and history of the company through balancing transparency with a strong foundation. Completed in 2020, the custom design will use flexible, collaborative spaces to bring the Centra team together while also allowing the company to maintain its presence and provide a high level of service to its members.

LEO A DALY designed a landmark Ambulatory Care Center on the campus of the Omaha VA Medical Center. The facility provides much-needed services, greatly benefitting veterans in the Omaha area.

The design of the Omaha VA Ambulatory Care Center draws on patriotic iconography to honor veterans. For example, the primary facade expresses the form of an American flag rippling in the wind. It combines sophisticated structural design with aesthetic composition to depict freedom. The western façade conveys honor using glass panes of different hues that evoke the ribbons awarded to service members.

The Omaha VA Hospital has been selected as an honoree in Interior Design‘s prestigious Best of Year award in the category of Healthcare. The project was feted in the magazine’s Best of Year Awards ceremony, hosted by editor in chief Cindy Allen and air on DesignTV by SANDOW during Best of Design 2020, a virtual festival honoring this year’s design highlights and outstanding achievements.

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Read more about the work that LEO A DALY has done with ABI here.

The 6 Story Carson Group Headquarters was designed by the architectural giant Leo A Daly in Omaha Nebraska. It is currently being showered by architectural design awards and deservedly so!

JE Dunn served as the general contractor and they also house their Omaha office out of the west wing of this monstrous building.

Here is a small architectural photo tour of the Omaha building.

If you would like to see more you can find it at these links:

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With the project sight adjacent to the Mississippi River the views from this building are outstanding. The IHMCVU previously had over 300 employees scattered through out the Quad Cities. This new headquarters consolidates them all under one roof. The headquarters now serves as the center of operations among IHMVCU’s 13 locations in Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa. Designed by Leo A Daly in Omaha, Nebraska and built by Davenport, Iowa construction company Russell Construction.

Read more about this project in this Building Design + Construction Magazine article.

Read more about the work that LEO A DALY has done with ABI here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union in Moline, IL for Architecture firm Leo A Daly Omaha Office, Construction Company Russell Construction in Davenport, Iowa , Interior design by Pigott Inc in Des Moines, Iowa.

HOK designed this $30 million transformation of an existing facility in Evanston, IL at Northwestern University. This athletic facility will house the universities men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling, baseball and softball programs. The space includes three courts, top-of-the-line sports medicine, athletic training and rehabilitation areas; ultramodern strength and conditioning facilities; technologically advanced team meeting rooms; and an expanded performance nutrition hub for wrestling, baseball and softball. The training area in the north portion of the facility houses 40 yards of turf and a 14,000 square-foot indoor hitting and pitching facility for baseball and softball.

Read more about ABI’s work with Northwester University here and here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots Trienens Performance Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL for Architecture firm HOK Chicago, IL, Construction Company Walsh Group in Chicago, IL.

 Twin EF-4 Tornados devastated Pilger Nebraska in 2014 taking the school with it. BVH Architecture designed the new school which combines the Wisner and Pilger Nebraska schools under one roof.

This Arch Daily article perfectly describes the situation and design of this state of the art school.

Read more about ABI’s work with BVH Architecture here and here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots Wisner Pilger Public School in Wisner, Nebraska for Architecture firm BVH Architecture in Lincoln, Nebraska.

RDG was contracted to create a functional offices space for MCL Construction based out of Omaha, Nebraska.

RDG is a fast rising architecture firm based out Omaha that has done great work for organizations such as University of Nebraska.

Every year there are 1 or 2 projects that really hit me. This is definitely one of them. I’ll never forget The Niobrara Valley Preserve and how good it was to me. BVH Architecture thank you for allowing me to photograph this amazing project and land.

Read more about this project in this article on Dezeen.

Read more about the work that BVH Architecture has done with ABI here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photographer photographs The Nature Conservancy Niobrara River Valley Preserve in Nebraska for architecture firm BVH Architecture in Omaha, Nebraska

Technically called the Willa S. Cather Dining Complex, this new building replaces an existing dining center on the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus. ABI was hired by BVH Architecture to photograph the new building.

Read more about this project on BVH Architects website.

Read more about ABI’s work with BVH here.

AJ Brown Imaging Nebraska Architectural Photography shoots Cather Dinning Hall inLincoln, Nebraska for Architecture firm BVH Architecture Lincoln Office

WTW Architects of Pittsburgh has teamed with RDG Planning & Design to design a $28 million renovation and expansion of the University of Nebraska’s East Campus Union in Lincoln, NE.

“Special features,” according to Paul Knell, WTW principal-in-charge, “include a new central atrium, new dining marketplace, expanded ballroom and new retail components including a Starbuck’s café. Additionally, a new south entrance will connect the Union facility to the future Legacy Plaza.”

RDG is a fast rising architecture firm based out Omaha that has done great work for organizations such as MCL Construction.

The new 85,000-square-foot building features large 8-foot by 12-foot wall expanses. Instead of simply painting these walls, or hanging generic artwork from them, IMT Insurance wanted to use the space to visually represent the types of insurance it offers: home, farm, auto, and business.

Read more about ABI’s work with Shive-Hattery here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots IMT Insurance Corporate Headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa for Architecture firm Shive Hattery based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Construction Company Weitz in Des Moines, Iowa

Hamilton Elementary is Moline, Illinois' first new school in fifty years. It was designed by Legat Architects to prioritize academic achievement. The design emphasizes versatility, interaction, and discovery. This project was a complete remodel of the existing 100 student school.  It now has a capacity of 600. 

Read more about ABI’s work with Legat Architects here.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots Hamilton Elementary School in Moline, IL for Architecture firm Legat Architects Chicago Office, Construction Company Russell Construction in Davenport, Iowa

This project enables Grinnell College to re-think its approach to teaching and research in non-STEM fields. Flexible and adaptable design attempt to foster synergies among students and faculty by supporting active, collaborative learning. There is an expansive addition that unifies two landmark buildings – the 1917 Alumni Recitation Hall and Carnegie Hall to create tech-rich environment.

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots Grinnell College Humanities and Social Studies Center in Evanston, IL for Architecture firm EYP Washington DC Office

Scooters Coffee Dominates the coffee world in the Midwest. They came to BVH Architecture needing to expand physically and in exposure. They decided on a building sitting on an Interstate 80 frontage road. I am not sure if I have ever seen an architectural renovation transformation quite like this one!

I’ve added a few more pictures because I love it so much!

Read more about ABI’s work with BVH Architecture here.

AJ Brown Imaging Nebraska Architectural Photographer shoots Scooters Coffee Corporate office in Omaha, Nebraska for Architecture firm BVH Architect Omaha Office

1001 South State in Chicago, IL is currently the newest high-rise in Chicago's South Loop standing 40 stories high.  It was designed by world renowned Solomon Cordwell Buenz and constructed by Walsh Group.  This Apartment building has it all, from swimming pools and work out facilities to a bike repair room and a dog run. 

AJ Brown Imaging Chicago Architectural Photography shoots 1001 South State in Chicago, Illinois’ South Loop for Architecture firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz Chicago Office, Construction Company Walsh Group in Chicago, IL.

This energy efficient green home was designed by Chicago, Illinois’ leading green design architect Nate Kipnis and his team at Kipnis Architecture + Planning. We have photographed many homes in the Chicago area for Nate Kipnis. He has recently opened a satellite office in Boulder, Colorado!

AJ Brown Imaging Midwest Architectural Photography shoots this private residence in Chicago, IL for Green Environmental Architecture firm Kipnis Architecture + Planning based in Chicago, Illinois