These Chicago architects, builders, and landscape architects are making their mark on America's third largest city, creating beautiful residences and gardens for the Windy City’s most discerning clients. Whether renovating Gold Coast penthouses, building a new family home in Winnetka, or landscaping an estate in Lake Forest, these talents from the AD PRO Directory have an exacting attention to detail and ensure that the finished project showcases your vision. If you’re starting a project or dreaming for the future, these AD-approved Chicago architects, builders, and landscape architects should be your first call.
Architects
Boutique Chicago firm dSPACE Studio Architecture specializes in homes that enhance their occupants’ well-being. The firm, which offers architecture, interior design, and landscape services, is known for its modern designs, which exude warmth and feel deeply linked to their surroundings. Known for its attention to detail and emphasis on craftsmanship, dSPACE Studio Architecture operates out of offices in Chicago and Saugatuck and works on projects in the United States and abroad. The firm’s homes emphasize indoor-outdoor living and a connection with nature and feature green and sustainable elements when possible.
Whether renovating a historic Italian-style home or building a contemporary take on a classic log cabin, En Masse Architecture and Design approaches each project with curiosity and a collaborative spirit. Partners Mike Shively and Lucas Goldbach lead the architecture and design collective, which works on residential, hospitality, and boutique commercial projects of all scales, both locally and further afield in the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountain regions. From modern mountain homes to urban condos, En Masse Architecture and Design’s portfolio showcases a sensitivity to settings and highly personalized design solutions.
Chicago-based design-build firm Moss Design brings an impressive mix of construction know-how, architectural prowess, and interior design experience to its work, which includes everything from contemporary family homes to commercial spaces to landscapes. The firm has the ability to handle every aspect of a project from start to finish and places an emphasis on sustainability and site-specific design. The resulting homes feel deeply connected to their surrounding landscapes.
Natural beauty is showcased inside and out in the serene and artful homes created by Robbins Architecture. Led by architect Celeste Robbins, the Winnetka-based firm is celebrated for its warm, modernist homes that blend beauty and function while celebrating natural context. Robbins and her team utilize modernist design principles to create welcoming homes that are anything but cold. Robbins recently published The Meaningful Modern Home: Soulful Architecture and Interiors, which showcases the firm’s work across the country, from a ranch retreat in Wyoming to a lakeside home in Michigan.
A collaborative spirit drives the work of custom residential architecture and interior design studio Searl Lamaster Howe. The Chicago firm is not only attentive to its clients’ lifestyles and needs, but also to the context of the home, ensuring that each design compliments its surroundings. Searl Lamaster Howe works on architecture and interior design projects globally, and its portfolio includes residential, commercial, and institutional designs. Whether combining two Chicago apartments into one stunning space or building a modern home in the woods of Michigan, the firm makes sure each project is as functional as it is beautiful.
Landscape Architects
Founded in 2008 by Doug Hoerr and Peter Schaudt, Hoerr Schaudt designs beautiful, functional outdoor spaces, from residential gardens to parks, streetscapes, and green roofs. The firm’s two studios—Design and Siteworks—collaborate on each project to craft a vision that complements the site and bring it to life successfully. A plus: their continued landscape management program keeps each of their landscape projects healthy and thriving. Hoerr Schaudt is based in Chicago with offices in Kansas City and Los Angeles.
Builders
Equally adept at renovating high-rise apartments and breathing new life into Chicago’s historic homes, Ratia Construction is a full-service residential construction company trusted by leading firms such as En Masse Architecture & Design, Kadlec Architecture & Design, and Centered by Design. Working with a talented, trusted roster of subcontractors and tradespeople, the firm expertly manages each project. They’re known for its skill with custom details—take note of their Venetian plaster-coated vaulted ceiling in a dressing room, or a hand-carved stone façade on a historic home’s new additions.
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