Then and Now

Then: From 1977 to 2022 drivearchitecture functioned as a multidisciplinary, multidimensional practice in Chicago providing a one-stop solution for clients requiring comprehensive strategic planning and design services including expertise in architecture, engineering, interior and graphic design.

During this time drivearchitecture designed over eight million square feet of commercial, institutional and residential projects for over seven hundred clients in the Chicago Metropolitan area, including long term relationships with Motorola, Grainger, Hewitt/Aon, Kaplan Educational, 20th Century Fox, Parker-Hannifin, Hewlett-Packard, Elkay Manufacturing, Baxter Pharmaceutical, Pace Bus, and VanVlissingen & Co.

With a bias toward context, complexity, and resource conservation, we excelled in the renovation, restoration and adaptive reuse of existing buildings and historical structures. The majority of which were located in urban cores and walkable town centers with public transportation.

NOW: In 2022 we shifted away from a conventional practice to focus our experience on investigating alternative narratives and design strategies that provide ways to effectively manage human activity operating within the overarching structure of nature.