Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Trusted Architectural Design Services in Naperville, IL
Healy Bender is a full-service architectural design firm specializing in educational, worship, municipal, and commercial facilities. Our practice emphasizes practical, cost-conscious, and community-minded solutions, with projects spanning the Chicago suburbs and beyond. Founded in 1935, we maintain a client-centric approach, ensuring every project balances aesthetic, technical, economic, and functional requirements. Our team of dedicated professionals delivers tailored solutions for new construction, renovations, and maintenance projects, prioritizing client needs over architectural self-expression.With expertise in LEED certification and sustainable design, we are committed to creating spaces that enhance community vibrancy while meeting long-term energy goals. Our principals remain directly involved in all projects, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness to client needs throughout the design and construction process.
Services
New Facilities
Additions and Renovations
LEED Design
Space Planning
Construction Administration
Facility Assessments
Sustainable Design
Bond Referendum Support
Master Planning
ADA Compliance Reviews
Details
- Year established: 1935
Highlights and features
- We offer over 85 years of combined experience in architectural design.
- Our team includes LEED Accredited Professionals with specialized sustainability expertise.
- We maintain direct principal involvement in every project from start to finish.
- Our designs prioritize community impact and long-term cost efficiency.
- We provide tailored solutions for educational, municipal, and commercial facilities.
Associations and certifications
- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Services
New Facilities
We design custom new facilities tailored to client needs, including schools, worship centers, and municipal buildings. Our approach balances aesthetics, functionality, and budget constraints while incorporating sustainable practices. Projects emphasize long-term value and community impact.
Additions and Renovations
Specializing in facility upgrades, we deliver additions and renovations that enhance existing spaces while maintaining structural integrity. Our solutions address modernization needs, code compliance, and improved functionality for educational and commercial clients.
LEED Design
Our LEED-certified professionals implement green building strategies that reduce environmental impact and improve energy efficiency. We guide projects through the certification process while maintaining budget and functional requirements for new and renovated facilities.
Facility Assessments
We conduct comprehensive evaluations of existing facilities, identifying maintenance needs and providing 3-10 year budget projections. Assessments cover structural, mechanical, and systems analysis to support informed capital planning decisions.
Construction Administration
Our team provides continuous construction phase support, ensuring design intent is maintained through site observations, contractor coordination, and quality control measures that guarantee project success from start to finish.
People
David Patton
President, Principal-In-Charge
AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C with extensive experience in architectural production and project management. Focuses on delivering practical, cost-effective design solutions while maintaining direct client involvement.
Jacob Been
Vice President, Principal-In-Charge
AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C specializing in design leadership and sustainable architecture. Brings expertise in educational facility planning and LEED certification processes to client projects.
Clifford Bender
Vice President, Principal
AIA with deep experience in architectural design and client relations. Focuses on creating functional spaces that meet specific community and institutional needs while maintaining budget constraints.
David Healy
Chairman, Principal
AIA with decades of experience in architectural practice. Provides strategic leadership while maintaining commitment to practical design solutions that serve client objectives and community needs.
Questions
What types of architectural services do you offer?
We specialize in new facilities, additions, renovations, LEED design, space planning, and construction administration for educational, municipal, and commercial clients.
Are you experienced with LEED certification projects?
Yes, we have LEED Accredited Professionals on staff and actively incorporate sustainable design strategies into our projects.
Do you work outside the Chicago area?
While based in Illinois, we've completed projects in Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, and other regions.
How do you handle facility assessments?
We conduct comprehensive evaluations of building systems and provide 3-10 year maintenance budgets with repair recommendations.
What makes your firm different from other architects?
Our client-focused approach combines practical design solutions with over 85 years of collective experience and direct principal involvement.
Reviews (5)
Ann Logan
Dec 14, 2020
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Positive:Professionalism
Great architects with great ideas for K-12 schools! Impressed by their master planning abilities.
Great architects with great ideas for K-12 schools! Impressed by their master planning abilities.
Jack Weber
Nov 24, 2020
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Positive:Professionalism,Responsiveness
Very knowledgeable design professionals. Well known in the southwest suburbs for their schools, churches, and public works projects. Over the many years I've worked with them, they've always been there to answer questions we've had on our school buildings and how best to keep them maintained.
Very knowledgeable design professionals. Well known in the southwest suburbs for their schools, churches, and public works projects. Over the many years I've worked with them, they've always been there to answer questions we've had on our school buildings and how best to keep them maintained.
Stone & Qwack Llc
Oct 24, 2020
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I was a product of the plainfield school system saw first hand the work of Healy bender and snyder, I think that rich is the glue that held their personality toghether. I have done work for them screwd up one job redeemed myself with another I must say I am not a fan of Healy bender they lack something. A swager.
Renee Cain
Jul 10, 2020
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Positive:Professionalism,Quality
Really enjoy seeing the quality building and renovation on the churches and schools in my hometown. (Plainfield). They are a well known innovative firm that has a great reputation for quality workmanship.
Really enjoy seeing the quality building and renovation on the churches and schools in my hometown. (Plainfield). They are a well known innovative firm that has a great reputation for quality workmanship.
George Gogola
Aug 19, 2019
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A showplace for practical applications of office design and layout, efficient storage, and productive use of space.
