Industry Involvement
AltusWorks engages with the larger architecture community through involvement and leadership in professional organizations.
Professional Organizations
American Institute of Architects
Association of Preservation Technology International and Western Great Lakes Chapter
Building Enclosure Council
Construction Specifications Institute
International Code Council
Lambda Alpha International, Ely Chapter
Landmarks Illinois, Emeritus Board and Skyline Council
Natural Stone Institute
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Partners for Sacred Places, Professional Alliance
Preservation Action
US-International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Women in Restoration & Engineering (WiRE)
Recognition
Project Awards
2021 Sacred Places, Faith+Form Adaptive Reuse, St.Peter’s Episcopal Church Rehabilitation
2020 Chicago Building Congress, Merit Award Finalist for Renovation& Adaptive Reuse UNDER $15M, Museum of Science and Industry Exterior Repairs
2018 Friends of the Chicago River, Green River Aware for River-Sensitive Design; Metropolitan Brewery and Taproom
2015 Design Evanston Award for Rehabilitation, Evanston History Center, Charles Gates Dawes House
2014 City of Evanston Preservation and Design Award Innovative Solutions in Preservation, Evanston History Center, Charles Gates Dawes House
2014 Urban Land Institute Vision Award, Mixed Use Project, Harper Theater and Retail Building Redevelopment
2014 Hyde Park Historical Society Marian and Leon Despres Preservation Award, Harper Theater and Harold Building Rehabilitation
2013 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and Landmark Illinois Awards, Rehabilitation Project of the Year, Harper Theater and Harold Building Rehabilitation
Honors
2013 ALA Featured Architect
2009 Professional Alliance Spotlight in Sacred Places
2006 ALA Featured Architect
Publications
2016 APT Revisiting Mid-Century Modern
Presentations
2022 IIT Adaptive Reuse
2019 Society of Industrial Archeology, History of Chicago Union Station
2019 Preservation Partners of Fox Valley, Adaptive Reuse
2019 WGLAPT: John Alexander Low Waddell & the Construction of the Northwestern Elevated Railway
2018 GreenBuild Chicago – Adaptive Reuse
2017 Adaptive Reuse of Chicago’s Shuttered Schools
2014 Real Estate Publishing Group – Conference Re-positioning/Value-Added, Historic Preservation panel discussion
2013 Learning from Historic Schools, The Continued Use and Preservation of Neighborhood Schools
2011 IIT Historic Preservation & Energy Efficiency Panel Discussion
AltusWorks supports the local Chicago community through industry sponsorships and volunteer work.
Industry Sponsorships
ACE Mentor Program Building Futures, 2021, 2022
Association of Preservation Technology Western Great Lakes, 2021, 2022
APT WGLC / CHSA Symposium: Preservation of Industrial Archaeology and Its Construction History, 2019
Ballsy Ladies Golf Un-Outing, 2020
Blinderman Burger Bash for InSTEM, 2019
Celebrate Summer on the Water with Foley & Lardner and AltusWorks, 2014-2017
Cook County Forest Preserve Foundation Conservation Cup Golf Outing, 2022
DuPage County Habitat of Humanity, Women Build Event, 2022
Edgebrook Elementary School Spring Fling and Talent Show, 2016
Evanston History Center Mother’s Day House Walk, 2010-present
Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer, 2014-present
Gift Theatre, Release The Gift Season. 2021 Season Release Bash
Illinois Craft Brewer’s Guild, Craft Brew week, 2020, 2021
International Council of Shopping Centers, Chicago Aldermanic Reception
Joey’s Angels Charity Golf Outing, 2019
Landmarks Illinois, Annual Corporate Sponsor 2018-present, Legendary Landmark celebration, 2014-2018
National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, Chicago, 2017
Partner for Sacred Places, 2017-present
Related Midwest & LendLease Annual Charity Golf Classic benefiting SOS Villages, 2016, 2018
Six Corners BBQ Fest and JeffFest, 2014
Volunteer Work
AIA Positioning Pullman Ideas workshop, 2017
Association for Preservation Technology, Bulletin Peer Reviewer
ACE Mentor Chicago
City of Chicago, Modernizing Chicago’s Construction Code, Phase 2, 2018-2019
Design Trust Chicago Working Groups (MAPPED, Chicago Neighborhood Design Guidelines)
DuPage County Habitat for Humanity, Women Build Event, 2022
Friends of the Forest Preserves
Lambda Alpha International, Old cook County Hospital Building, Unlocking the Potential, Team Bennett, 2014
Landmarks Illinois, Adaptive Reuse Studies and Easement Committee
Misericordia
Rust Belt Coalition of Young Preservationists
Young Professionals in Transportation, Chicago