Merit Award · 2026
Church Club Pickleball (formerly St. Cornelius Church)
Arda Design · Chicago, IL
Overview
The architect led the adaptive reuse of the closed 1965 Saint Cornelius Church into the Church Club. The Club incorporates religious and distinctive period elements of the midcentury Church, some discovered in the course of the project.
The renovation adds two pickleball courts in the former sanctuary, a bar at the altar, pool and dart rooms, multimedia rooms, courtside lounge seating and lockers, as well as upgrades to the restrooms and parish kitchen.
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