ABOUT AUREUM
Architecture of Timeless Beauty and Performance
Aureum Architects designs buildings that inspire, endure, and perform. With more than 25 years of experience, we serve ecclesial, educational, residential, and institutional clients throughout Southeast Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and across the United States. Our work includes chapels and oratories, churches, schools, conference centers, and finely crafted residences—each designed to reflect the mission and identity of the people and organizations it serves.
We believe architecture communicates meaning. Through thoughtful proportion, clarity, and high attention to detail, we create spaces that uplift the human spirit and strengthen community life. Our approach combines artistry with technical excellence—balancing beauty, performance, and long-term durability.
As a co-founder of Sacro Sanctum Architects, LLC, Aureum Architects contributes to a collaborative practice offering liturgical consulting, expanded staffing for large projects, and a shared foundation in traditional design knowledge.
Clients trust Aureum Architects to unite vision and practicality—delivering enduring architecture of timeless beauty and performance that serves generations to come.
Expressing Mission and Identity
We believe architecture communicates. For your home or faith community, a building is more than a structure—it is a visible expression of mission, values, and identity. Our designs give form to these ideas, creating places that inspire confidence and strengthen both community and family life.
Responsible Design
Beauty and responsibility go hand in hand. Our goal for energy-efficient architecture is to manage water, air, and vapor movement while exceeding code requirements for insulation. We design for daylighting, acoustics, and strong connections to nature, creating healthy, uplifting environments. And we emphasize durable construction—buildings intended to stand for more than 100 years, serving generations to come.
Palette and Craft
Our architecture draws from a refined palette of light, nature, and material. We shape spaces where sunlight, shadow, and landscape come together in harmony, creating environments that enrich daily experience. Guided by classical principles of order, proportion, and balance, we integrate modern materialsstone, glass, wood, metal, and fabric with care and purpose. Each material is selected for its beauty, durability, and authenticity, and assembled with craftsmanship that honors both tradition and innovation.
Natural light and thoughtful landscaping connect interior and exterior, promoting comfort, well-being, and a sense of belonging. Art and sculpture often play a role in completing the composition, deepening the atmosphere and giving form to the spirit of the place.
Full Architectural Services
Aureum Architects provides a full range of services, including feasibility studies, zoning and special use approvals, conceptual design and programming, design, construction documents, and construction administration. We serve clients in the Midwest and beyond.
Why Aureum Architects
Clients trust us to unite vision and practicality. We respect budgets, honor missions, and deliver designs that balance innovation with tradition—leaving a legacy that endures.
Kenneth Shane, NCARB
Founder, Lead Architect
As an architect, my clients value that I listen to them and their goals become my goals. Many elements of a building are carefully orchestrated, from aesthetics to functionality to high performance, to create an elegant whole. It is very satisfying to meet the goals of a client and create a design that attracts people and helps them flourish.
Get in Touch
Contact us to schedule a consultation. You can send a message or give us a call. We look forward to connecting with you.