HISTORY

Steve Hall and Nick Merrick, former principals from the renowned studio Hedrich Blessing, founded Hall + Merrick in 2017. Their philosophy of creative architectural and design photography, meticulously seen and crafted, has been passed down to Kendall, who joined them on camera in 2018 and became a principal in 2022, giving rise to Hall+Merrick+McCaugherty Photographers.

Hall+Merrick+McCaugherty work from their long established tradition: masterfully presenting clients' vision and design through interpretative, intelligent and graphically composed photographs. Established as a leading architectural photography studio, both in the US and internationally, their collaborative work process provides architects and designers with unique project portfolios essential for awards, publication, and marketing.


AWARDED PROJECTS

2022 

Eastlake, Sounding Boards, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award , Honor Award, 2022

Lamar Johnson Collaborative, POPCourts! , Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award , Honorable Mention, 2022

Perkins+Will, Corporate Headquarters , Niles, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture L, Citation of Merit, 2022

Ross Barney Architects, Searle Visitor Center | Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Architecture XS/S, People’s Choice, 2022

BNIM, The University of Iowa Psychological and Brain Sciences Building - Iowa City, IA

  • AIA Kansas City, Architecture L, Honor Award, 2022

Hastings Architecture, Asurion Gulch Hub, Nashville, TN

  • AIA Tennessee, Restoration & Renovation, Merit Award, 2022

SOM,  Spatial Laminated Timber Pavilion, Chicago, IL

  • AIA National, Small Projects Award, 2022

HGA | Snow Kreilich Architects, Arthur J. Altimeter Social Security Administration Building, Woodlawn, MD

  • The Chicago Athenaeum, The American Architecture Award for Government Buildings, 2022

DMSAS, Dickies Arena, Ft. Worth, TX

  • ICAA Texas John Staub Award, Civc Architecture Award, 2022

HGA, Crystal Clinic Orthopedic Center, Akron, OH

  • International Interior Design Association Healthcare Design Awards, Best of Competition for Hospitals | Community, 2022

Wheeler Kearns, Ryan Learning Center, Chicago IL

  • Interior Design’s Best of the Year Award, Government/ Institutional, Honoree, 2022

Eastlake, Downtown Grand Rapids Office, Grand Rapids, MI

  • Interior Design’s Best of the Year Award, Large Corporate Office, Honoree, 2022

Perkins+Will, Aspen Group, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Design’s Best of the Year Award, Large Corporate Office, Honoree, 2022

Lamar Johnson Collaborative, Triangle Square, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Design’s Best of the Year Award, Large Multi-Unit Housing, Honoree, 2022

TURF, TURF Experience Center, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Design’s Best of the Year Award, Large Multi-Unit Housing, Honoree, 2022

DMSAS, Vanderbilt University | Nicholas Zeppos College, Nashville, TN

  • SARA National Design Award, Excellence Award, 2022

2021 

Hall+ Merrick+ McCaugherty Photographers - Architects Newspaper - Best of Practice, Photography Studio (Midwest) 2021

Eastlake Studios, 33 E Washington, SAIC, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture, Honor Award, 2021

Perkins+Will, Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Divine Detail , Honor Award, 2021

SCB, Academic and Residential Complex at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Distinguished Building, Citation of Merit, 2021

Kreuck Sexton Partners, CME Center, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture, Citation of Merit, 2021

Gensler, 545wyn, Miami, FL

  • AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture, Citation of Merit, 2021

Charlie Greene Studio, 600 W Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture, Citation of Merit, 2021

Wheeler Kearns, The Night Ministry, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture, Special Recognition, 2021

  • AIA Illinois, Honor Award, 2021

BNIM, Physiological + Brain Sciences Building, Iowa City, IA

  • AIA Iowa, Honor Award, 2021

BNIM, CTE Center, Overland Park, KS

  • AIA Kansas City, Honor Award, 2021

HGA / Snow Kreilich Architects, Arthur J. Altmeyer Social Security Administration Building, Woodlawn, MD

  • AIA Minnesota, Honor Award, 2021

VJAA, Chicago Infill, Chicago, IL

  • AIA Minnesota, Honor Award, 2021

Hastings Architecture, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN

  • AIA Tennessee, Restoration & Renovation, Merit Award, 2021

Hastings Architecture, Montgomery Bell Academy Wellness Center, Nashville, TN

  • AIA Tennessee, Interior Design, Merit Award, 2021

Hastings Architecture, Christ Presbyterian Academy Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN

  • AIA Middle Tennessee, Honor Award, 2021

Hastings Architecture | DMSAS, Nicholas S. Zeppos College and West End Tower, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

  • AIA Middle Tennessee, Merit Award, 2021

Kahler Slater, Symphony Center of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee, WI

  • AIA Wisconsin, Honor Award, 2021

Krueck Sexton Partners, CME Lobby, Chicago, IL

  • Architect Newspaper Best of Design Award, Honorable Mention, Interior/ Office, 2021

Ross Barney, Lincoln Park Zoo Visitors Center, Chicago, IL

  • The Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Award , 2021

Hastings Architecture, Peabody Plaza, Chicago, IL

  • Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute of Design Awards 

Krueck Sexton Partners, 10+30 S Wacker, Chicago, IL

  • US Glass Magazine Design Awards | Commercial Interiors, Winner

2020 

BNIM, Palomar Community College Maintenance and Operations Complex, San Marcos, California

  • The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture & Design Green Good Design Award 2020

  • AIA Kansas City Honor Award 2020 

  • San Diego Green Building Council Merit Award, Living Building Challenge Category 2019

  • Orchids and Onions Awards | San Diego Architectural Foundation Malone Grand Orchid Award 2019

  • ENR National Best of the Best Green Project 2019 

BNIM, Miesblock, Des Moines, Iowa

  • AIA Iowa Honor Award 2020 

  • AIA Kansas 2019 AIA Kansas Design Award 

BNIM, University of Iowa College of Nursing Renovation, Iowa City, Iowa

  • AIA Iowa Merit Award 2020 

  • AIA Kansas City Citation Award 2019 

BNIM, Lutheran Church of Hope, Grimes, Iowa

  • The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture & Design American Architecture Award 2020 

  • AIA Kansas Honor Award, Architectural Project 2019 

  • AIA Iowa Honor Award 2019 

  • AIA Kansas City Merit Award 2019

Bruce Fox Design, The Lodge, Chicago, IL

  • ICAA Acanthus Award | Residential Architecture Under 5,000 GSF 

Bruce Fox Design, One Bennett Park, Chicago, IL

  • Luxe RED Award | Best Use of Color, Chicago 

Charlie Greene Studio, 600 W Chicago, Chicago, IL 

  • Interior Design Best of the Year | Finalist 

Eastlake Studios, Opploans, Chicago, IL 

  • Startnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Design Awards 

HGA, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN

  • AIA Minnesota Honor Awards | Design for Integration and Design for Change 

John Ronan Architects, Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Technology, Chicago, IL

  • National AIA Award-Architecture

Morris Architects Planners, Green Line Performing Arts Center, Chicago, IL

  • Small Projects-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

Perkins+Will, 311 West Monroe, Chicago, IL

  • Fast Company Innovation by Design Award | Workplace | Honorable Mention 

Perkins & Will, UCSD Center for Novel Therapeutics, La Jolla , California

  • Malone Grand Orchid San Diego Architectural Foundation, Orchids and Onions, 2020 Best Projects

  • Award of Merit Higher Education & Research Category, ENR California Region, 2019

Perkins & Will, Center for Coastal and Deltaic Solutions, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  • Honor Award AIA Northwest and Pacific Region, 2020

  • Sustainability Award US Green Building Council LA, 2018

  • AIA Honor Award Gold Rose AIA Baton Rouge, 2018

Perkins & Will, Piedmont Wellness Center, Fayetteville, Georgia

  • Gold, Healthcare Over 10,000 SF, Design Excellence Award ASID Georgia, 2020

  • Ambulatory – Specialty Clinic IIDA Healthcare Design Awards, 2020

Perkins & Will, Mansueto Office, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Architecture-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

Ross Barney Architects, McDonald’s Chicago Flagship, Chicago, IL 

  • Archmarathon International Architecture Awards | Sustainability, First Prize 

Ross Barney Architects, Searle Visitor’s Center, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL

  • The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design | American Architecture Award 

Symbiotic Living, Live Work and Be Well, Chicago, IL 

  • AIA Chicago Small Projects Award | Residential | People’s Choice 

Valerio Dewalt Train, Vue 53, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Wheeler Kearns, BZAE School, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

  • Divine Detail- Makom Rina, Honor Award, AIA Chicago

  • Divine Detail- Tallit, Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Wheeler Kearns, Lakeview Penthouse, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Architecture-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

2019

Barkow Leibinger, Smart Factory, Chicago, IL

  • National AIA Award-Architecture

BNIM, Makers Quarter Block D, San Diego, California

  • Arch Daily Building of the Year Nominee 2021

  • The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design Green Good Design Award 2019

  • San Diego Green Building Council Merit Award, LEED BD+C Category 2019

  • Orchid and Onion | San Diego Architectural Foundation Orchid for Architecture 2019

  • AIA San Diego Citation, Design Excellence Awards 2018

  • AIA Kansas City Merit, Architecture Large, Design Excellence Awards 2018

  • AIA Kansas Honor, Excellence in Design, Design Awards 2018

  • AIA Iowa Merit, Excellence in Design 2018

  • AIA Central States Region Citation, Design Awards 2018

BNIM, Johnson Community College Fine Arts and Design Studios, Overland Park, Kansas

  • AIA Kansas City Architecture Medium: Merit, Design Excellence Awards 2019

  • AIA Central States Region Honor Award 2019

Booth Hansen, Farm On Ogden, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Special Recognition-Community Focused Food AIA Chicago

DMSAS, Vanderbilt, E. Bronson Ingram Residential College, Nashville, TN

  • Honor Award, AIA Gulf States

  • Palladio Awards

Eastlake Studio, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL

  • IIDA Chicago Red Award | Large Office 

  • CS Interiors, Best of Design | Into the Future 

Eastlake Studio, Media Company HQ, Chicago, IL 

  • IIDA Chicago Red Award | Small Office 

Huntsman Architectural Group, - The 300 -, Chicago, IL

  • IIDA Northern California Honor Award | Serve 

  • IIDA Illinois Red Award | Contract 10,001-25,000 sf 

  • 31st Annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards | Redevelopment of the Year 

John Ronan Architects, Courtyard House, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

John Ronan Architects, Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Technology, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

John Ronan Architects, Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Technology, Chicago, IL

  • Devine Detail-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

Perkins & Will, i3 Illumina Campus, San Diego, California

  • Honor Award AIA San Diego, 2019

Perkins & Will, Interface Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Award of Honor AIA Georgia, 2019

  • Design Excellence Award - Silver ASID Georgia, 2019

Perkins & Will, Hamad Medical City Medical Education and Simulation Center, Doha, Qatar

  • Award of Honor AIA Georgia, 2019

  • Highly Commended – Design for Adaptation and Transformation Category European Healthcare Design, 2019

Robbins Architecture, Lake Mendota Retreat, Chicago, IL

  • Small Projects-Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Ross Barney Architects, McDonald's Chicago Flagship, Chicago, IL 

  • AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards | Distinguished Building Award, Citation of Merit 

  • Prix Versailles, The World Architecture and Design Awards | North America- Restaurants, Special Prize Exterior 

Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Vital Proteins, Chicago, IL 

  • INC Magazine | The World’s 10 Most Beautiful Offices of 2019

ZGF, University of Arizona Bioscience Research Laboratories, Tucson, AZ

  • Green Building Initiative, 2019 Green Globes Project of the Year Award

2018

BNIM, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska

  • Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business Award 2019

  • AIA Iowa Merit, Excellence in Design 2018

  • AIA Central States Region Citation, Design Excellence Awards 2018

BNIM, University of Iowa Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, Iowa

  • AIA Iowa Merit, Excellence in Design 2018

  • AIA Central States Region Citation, Design Excellence Awards 2018

Eastlake Studio, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL 

  • Chicago Crain’s Coolest Places to Work | Finalist 

Eastlake Studio, Active Campaign, Chicago, IL 

  • IIDA Chicago Red Award | People’s Choice 

Eastlake Studio, One S Dearborn Lounge Conference Center, Chicago, IL 

  • IIDA Chicago Red Award | Small Contract 

HBRA Architects, Jenkins and Nanovic Halls-U of Notre Dame, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Special Recognition For New Design In A Historic Context, AIA Chicago

Krueck Sexton Partners, United Airlines Terminal 7 LAX, Los Angeles, CA

  • ENR California California Region Best Project Award - Airports/Transit

  • City of Los Angeles Green Business Program

  • Audubon International Green Hospitality Program - Gold

Perkins & Will, UHealth Lennar Foundation Medical Center, Coral Gables, Florida

  • Merit Award, Built Project American Institute of Architects, Georgia, 2018

  • Silver Design Award, Corporate - Healthcare Over 10,000SF American Society of Interior Designers, Georgia, 2018

  • Best of Healthcare Over 35,000 SF International Interior Design Association, Georgia, 2018

Perkins & Will, Skender, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Architecture Award-Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Perkins+Will, Sterling Bay Offices, Chicago, IL

  • Chicago Crain’s Coolest Places to Work | Winner 

  • Interior Design Best of The Year | Nominee 

Robbins Architecture, Mountain Retreat Suspended Stair, Chicago, IL

  • Devine Detail-Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Studio Gang, U of Chicago North Residential Commons, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Honor Award, AIA Chicago

Wight & Company, Will County Courthouse, Joliet, IL 

  • Justice Facilities Review | AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice, Citation (HighestHonor)

ZGF, UCLA Wasserman Football Center, Los Angeles, California

  • USGBC - LA Sustainable Innovation Awards, Award of Merit

  • The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Ar, Good Design Award, Graphic Design

  • Interior Design Best of Year Awards, Honore

  • Engineering News-Record California, ENR California 2018 Best Projects Award - Award of Merit, Sports/Entertainment in SoCal

  • Architizer A+ Awards, Special Mention, Architecture + Branding

ZGF, Arizona State University Bio Design Institute C, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Engineering News Record, ENR Southwest 2018 Best Projects - Project of the Year

  • AIA Los Angeles, AIA Los Angeles Design Awards - COTE Honor Award

2017

BNIM, BNIM Office, Kansas City, MS

  • Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business 2018

  • AIA Kansas City Design Excellence Award, Interior Architecture - Citation 2017

  • AIA Kansas Excellence in Interior and Adaptive Reuse - Merit Award 2017

Eastlake Studio, Pandora, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Architecture-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

HBRA Architects, Lincoln Park House, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

John Ronan Architects, Blu Dot, Chicago, IL

  • Devine Detail-Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Krueck Sexton Partners, Crown Fountain, Artist Jaume Plensa, Chicago, IL

  • Ten Year Award-Honor Award, AIA Chicago

Perkins & Will, American Express Headquarters, Miami, FL

  • Honor Award, AIA Miami

Perkins & Will, BMW Site Operations Center, Spartanburg, South Carolina

  • Honor Award AIA Georgia, 2017

Perkins & Will and David M. Gresham Design, Morningstar, Inc., Chicago, IL

  • Interior Architecture Award-Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Studio Gang, Writers Theatre, Chicago, IL

  • National AIA-Interior Architecture Award

Wheeler Kearns Architects, The Alice at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

  • Interior Architecture-Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

Valerio Dewalt Train, U of Chicago Lab Schools-Gordon Parks Hall, Chicago, IL

  • Distinguished Building Award- Citation Of Merit, AIA Chicago

CLIENTS

Accend 

BAMO 

Barkow Leibinger 

bKL Architects  

BNIM 

Booth Hansen 

Bruce Fox Design 

Bulley & Andrews  

CANNONDESIGN 

Chicago Architecture Biennial 

Cooper Carry  

David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc.

Design Bridge 

DLR Group | Staffelbach

Eastlake Studio 

Elmhurst Art Museum 

FCA 

Fentress Architects 

Fulton Developers 

Fyoog 

Gary Lee Partners  

Gensler 

Gould Evans 

Hastings Architecture 

Haworth 

HBRA Architects 

HED 

HGA Architects  

HOK 

Holly Hunt 

Huntsman Architectural Group

IA | Interior Architects  

Irvine Company 

Johnston Marklee 

John Ronan Architects 

Kathryn Quinn Architects 

Kaufman | O'Neil Architecture 

KBD Group  

KEATING  

Krueck Sexton Partners 

Kuchar Studio 

Laura Ress Design 

Level Inc. 

Mary Ellen Henderson

MCA Chicago 

Michele Oka Doner 

Morris - Architects Planners

moss Design 

MRSA 

Northwestern University 

OKW 

OZ Architecture 

Otherwise Inc.  

PACE Kuwait  

Perkins & Will 

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Richard Beard Architects 

Robbins Architecture 

Ross Barney Architects 

SCB 

Searl Lamaster Howe Architects

Shure Corporation 

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Stephen Yablon Architecture

Sterling Bay

STR Architects 

Studio Gang 

Studio RMR 

Suzanne Lovell INC 

Symbiotic Living 

The Lamar Johnson Collaborative

TUMU Studio 

TURF  

tvsdesign 

twofold studio 

Unispace 

VDTA 

von Weise Associates 

Wheeler Kearns

Whitney Architects 

Wight & Company 

WJW 

ZGF Architects 


© Steve Hall

© Nick Merrick

© Kendall McCaugherty