IN 1931, LOU SOLOMON BEGAN DESIGNING, DEVELOPING AND OPERATING HIGH-RISE

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE IN cHIcAGO. AS A RESULT OF HIS PRAcTIcE

MODEL, THERE WAS AN INHERENT EMPHASIS ON THE EcONOMIc AND OPERATIONAL IMPAcT

OF QUALITY DESIGN ON THE FIRM’S STAFF. IN THE MID-60’S THE FIRM WON A PIVOTAL

cOMPETITION TO DESIGN ONE OF THE LARGEST HIGH-RISE AND MID-RISE DEVELOPMENTS

OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES, THE cARL SANDBURG VILLAGE. cREDITED BY MANY AS

cHANGING THE cOURSE OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN cHIcAGO, THE SANDBURG VILLAGE

PROJEcT PROPELLED THE FIRM FORWARD, cONTINUING ITS LEGAcY OF AWARD WINNING

ARcHITEcTURAL, PLANNING AND INTERIOR DESIGN cOMMISSIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL HIGH-

RISE AND cAMPUS-BASED cOMMUNITIES.

DisciplinesArchitectureInteriorsPlanning

OfficeschicagoSan FranciscoAbu Dhabi

U.S.Boston, Philadelphia, Florida, Texas, Denver, californiaLicensed in 49 states

EuropeEngland, Slovakia, czech Repulic, Russia

Middle EastUAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

1930 1940 1950 1960

1931 Lou Solomon Late 1950s Lou Solomon and John Cordwell

Early 60s Sandburg Village model

1938 P.K. Wrigley House Addition

1941 Chicago Housing Authority Project

1948 L.R. Solomon | J.D. Cordwell & L.B.C. Construction offices at 61 W. Superior

Late 1940s A Lou Solomon Town House on Bellevue

1956 3430 North Lake Shore Drive Apartments

1958 30 E. Elm Street 1964 Carl Sandburg Village

1956 John Cordwell joins Lou Solomon ScB has 12 Employees

1963 John Buenz 1966 Tom Humes 1966 LR Solomon | JD Cordwell & Associates

moves offices to 444 Grant Place 1967 Ed Williams

1966 2880 Lake Shore Drive

1970s John Buenz, Tom Humes, Ed Williams and Staff 1980s John Buenz, John Lahey, Fred Abrams and Staff

1970 Edgewater Plaza

1971 McClurg Court

1972 111 East Chestnut

1979 Presidential Towers

1980 1418 North LakeShore Drive Apartments

1986 The Chicagoan

1988 Chicago Place

1989 Crate & Barrel Flagship Store

1998 One Embarcadero South

1999 Bristol

1999 Navistar International 1999 Tetra Pak North American Headquarters

1999 UIC Student Residence

2000 Sun Wall Competition

2002 The Heritage

2002 SCB Planning Established

2008 One Rincon Hill

2007 340 on The Park

2003 IBEW

2008 Mandarin Oriental Tower

1971 John Buenz becomes President of SCB Lou Solomon passes away1978 Fred Abrams

1982 John Lahey Bill Pumanes 1983 Gary Klompmaker 1985 John Cordwell leaves SCB Jim Curtin Pete Noone1987 First computer with AutoCAD

1990 CAD Standards1993 Beth Durkin

1993 SCB Interiors is Established

1994 Devon Patterson Mike White1996 Rebecca Friske Every production staff has their own PC1997 Martin Wolf1998 Mark Frisch John Cordwell passes away

2001 Ted Strand2002 Christine Carlyle2003 Gary Kohn2003 Interior Design Firm of the Year2004 Interior Design Firm of the Year2004 Render Farm Implemented2005 Sara Lee Awarded

1999 Sterling

1999 Bannockburn Corporate Office Center1979 110 East Delaware 1983 Chicago Hilton

1983 First Ft. Lauderdale

1985 American Yazaki

Staff Photo

1973 Harbor Point

2002 Gardner, Carton & Douglas

2004 Quinlan Center

1972 Sheraton Hotel - Oak Brook

1989 Northwestern Plaza

SCB1970 1980 1990 2000

Residential Design in chicago

chicago OwnedInternationally Known

More Residential High Rise Projects than Any Other chicago Firm in the Last 10 Years

ARcHITEcTURE

ResidentialOfficeHotelRetailEducational FacilitiesLaboratories + HospitalsInstitutionalTransportationRenovation / RepositioningSustainability

ARcHITEcTURE

Residential Towers

340 on the Park

Mandarin Oriental chicago

The Legacy

One Rincon Hill

conservatory Tower

The Heritage

Block 37

Parkview Towers

The Murano

The Streeter

50 East chestnut

Three Sixty Residences

Kilbourn Tower

Wells Street Tower

Sky55

Park Place

The Bristol

classic Residence by Hyatt

The Sterling

St. James court

900 S. clark

ARcHITEcTURE

Residential Senior Living

classic Residences by Hyatt

Turtle creek, Dallas, TX

Glenview, IL

Highlands Ranch, Denver, cO

The Mather

Evanston, IL

Presbyterian Homes

Garlands

Aventurra

Roseland Manor

Splendido Rancho Visto

ARcHITEcTURE

Office

cathedral Place

Madison West 645

199 West Monroe

111 West Illinois

Washington Square

Wells Kinzie Tower

Navistar International

Gale Research

IBEW Local 701

decODE chemistry

BP Amoco

Tetra Pak

corridors I, II, & III

Bannockburn

2 North LaSalle

625 N. Michigan Avenue

Qingdao china

ARcHITEcTURE

Hotel

San Jose Hotel

Hotel M

Alticor Hotel

Mondrian Hotel

Sheraton chicago Hotel

28 N. Franklin

Fairbanks court

chicago Hilton

Plaza 440

Embassy Suites

Peter Island Resort

Plaza Towers

Embassy Suites, Lombard

ARcHITEcTURE

Retail

crate & Barrel Flagship

crate & Barrel Retail Stores

The Heritage at Millennium Park

McDonald’s Flagship

Oakbrook center III

One charter Place

625 N. Michigan Avenue

Metro center Two Ninety

Plaza del Lago

ARcHITEcTURE

Educational Facilities Universities

Academic Buildings + Labs

UIc cOMRB

Graduate School of Business/Loyola

Quinlan center

Student Residences

Baumhart Hall

Kemper Hall

Slivka Hall

Lincoln Residence Hall

Regis Residence Hall

UIc Student Residence

Athletic Facilities

Notre Dame Athletics

Gentile center/Loyola

Dining Facilities

Simpson Dining center

Student centers / Museums

Information commons

LUMA

Simpson center

Lewis Tower

ARcHITEcTURE

Educational Facilities Universities

Academic Buildings + Labs

UIc cOMRB

Graduate School of Business/Loyola

Quinlan center

Student Residences

Baumhart Hall

Kemper Hall

Slivka Hall

Lincoln Residence Hall

Regis Residence Hall

UIc Student Residence

Athletic Facilities

Notre Dame Athletics

Gentile center/Loyola

Dining Facilities

Simpson Dining center

Student centers / Museums

Information commons

LUMA

Simpson center

Lewis Tower

ARcHITEcTURE

Educational FacilitiesK-12

St Ignatius

Easter Seals

chicago Jesuit Academy

Nazereth Academy

Mercy Home for Boys & Girls

ARcHITEcTURE

Laboratories + Hospitals

The children’s Memorial Medical center Institute for Education and Research Phase I & II

Ann & Robert H, Lurie children’s Hospital of chicago

Loyola University Quinlan center

UIc cOMRB

decODE chemistry

Rosalind Franklin University Medical School

St. Ignatius Labs

The University of chicago cummings center

The University of chicago Knapp center

ARcHITEcTURE

Transportation

United Airlines Terminal 1

Rickenbacker International Airport

Gary-chicago Airport

Fort Lauderdale Intermodal Transit Facility

FedEx cargo Facility

ARcHITEcTURE

Renovation/Repositioning

ING clarion

Loyola University Museum of Art

Loyola University chicago

Rosalind Franklin University

Millenium Park Plaza

100 South Wacker Drive

625 North Michigan Avenue

court House Place

St. Ignatius college Prep

Loyola University chicago

chicago Hilton

Lincoln Park Zoo Management

Lake Forest college

Mercy Homes for Boys

Northwestern University

crate & Barrel

ARcHITEcTURE

Government / Institutional

FBI Headquarters

USDA

GSA

Illinois Department of Public Aid

Illinois State Assitance center

Mercy Home for Boys

Illinois Department of Transportation

PlanningStrategic Planning

comprehensive Planning

Neighborhood Planning

code and Regulatory Analysis

Land Use and Zoning

Development Policies

Downtown and Business District Revitalization

Sustainable Development

Transit Station Area Planning

Urban Redevelopment and Reuse Planning

Urban DesignSite Planning and Design

District and corridor Planning

campus Planning

Transit Oriented Development

Parks and Open Space Planning

Form-Based Guidelines

Public Realm and Streetscape Improvements

Three Dimensional Modeling

Public / client Engagementcommunity Facilitation

Stakeholder Meetings and Forums

Design charrettes

Visioning Workshops

citizen Outreach

Visualization Tools

Planning

capital District city center

Master Plan

Abu Dhabi Airport city

Master Plan

Al Ain Airport Master Plan

River Danube city

Riverside District Master Plan

B.R.E.A.D Perambur

Master Plan

Fort Lauderdale Intermodal

Station Master Plan,

centex Meadows Pointe Transit

Oriented Development

Prince Abdulaziz Bin

Mousaed Economic city

Urban Design

Site Planning and Design

District and corridor Planning

campus Planning

Transit Oriented Development

Parks and Open Space Planning

Form-Based Guidelines

Public Realm and Streetscape

Improvements

Three Dimensional Modeling

Public / client Engagement

community Facilitation

Stakeholder Meetings and

Forums

Design charrettes

Visioning Workshops

citizen Outreach

Visualization Tools

Interiors

2005Interior Design Firm of the Year- Finalist

2004Interior Design Firm of the Year

2003Interior Design Firm of the Year

80% Repeat client Base

completed projects in 42 States

ScB Interiors Founded in 1990

ScB Founded in 1931

corporate Headquarters

Barry callebaut

BP Amoco

Lend Lease Retail & communities

Barilla America

Tetra Pak

IBEW Local 701

SPSS

ING clarion

ShopperTrak

decODE chemistry

Root Learning

chicago Underwriting

Edelman

Sara Lee

T.Y. Lin International

Superior Ambulance

chicago Sun Times

Unitrin

AT Kearney

Littelfuse

Scripps Networks

Marketing Werks

WMS Gaming

Law Firms

Drinker Biddle

Sachnoff & Weaver

Grippo & Elden

Barack Ferrazzano

Schopf & Weiss LLP

Fox Hefter

Barnes & Thornburg

SDF Law

Fisher Kanaris

NGE Law

Stein, Ray & conway

Hinshaw & culbertson

KJS Law

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd

Financial / Insurance

Madison capital

Allstate Insurance

ING Barings

Ziegler companies

optionsXpress

ABN AMRO

Kaufman Hall

chicago Title & Trust

Northlight capital

Brewers Investments

cNA Insurance

JOHN LAHEY, AIA CHAIRMAN

John Lahey, serves as Chairman of Solomon Cordwell Buenz, overseeing firmwide management for the company’s offices in Chicago, San Francisco and Abu Dhabi. Under his leadership, SCB has secured top rankings in almost every market sector of architecture and design. He also serves as Principal-in-Charge of Design on many of the firm’s residential, office, institutional, hospitality and planning projects.

MARTIN WOLF, FAIA PRINCIPAL

As a Principal at Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Martin Wolf works both nationally and internationally on a broad range of typologies that include commercial, civic, transportation, mixed-use and educational facilities. As Principal in Charge, he is responsible for the leadership of the design process that includes concept through completion. His hands-on design approach ensures the project meets the design intent along with the client’s goals and objectives.

MARK FRIScH, AIA, LEED AP BD+cPRINCIPAL

Mark Frisch is a creative leader who has spent his professional life developing an understanding of how buildings work and innovating on their integration into the natural and built environments. He currently serves as Principal in Charge of Technical Design, where he is responsible for comprehensive technical oversight of the office, initiatives in innovative materials, systems and sustainability, as well as implementing the firm’s rigorous quality assurance program.

GARY KOHN, AIA PRINCIPAL

As SCB’s Principal of Management, Gary Kohn is responsible for principal level management oversight of all projects in the office. His responsibilities include team organization at the outset of projects, contract review and negotiation, monitoring project schedules and staffing, and project delivery methods to produce quality projects that satisfy the client’s needs on every level

BETH DURKINCONSULTING PRINCIPAL

As Director of Interior Design, Beth contributes prolific design and management practice to SCB’s interior design studio. In addition to her retail/mixed-use, education and residential design background, Beth’s expertise in workplace design theory has been put into practice with the studio’s law firm, financial and management consultant clients. Beth’s guidance, knowledge and energy are the basis upon which the interior design studio successfully defines and accomplishes its goals. Her leadership, enthusiasm, and involvement in studio projects ensure total client service and team satisfaction.

PETER NOONE, AIA PRINCIPAL

Peter Noone joined SCB in 1985, and was named Principal in 2002. Peter has developed expertise in a broad array of project types, serving as Project Manager for high-rise condominium, office, retail, and higher educational projects. He is well versed in issues related to renovation, restoration, and has extensive California project experience. In addition, he is a hands-on manager who facilitates smooth communication throughout a project and effectively integrates and directs the efforts of team members.

DEVON PATTERSON,AIA,LEED AP BD+cPRINCIPAL

Devon Patterson has over 15 years of experience in which he has led in the design and planning of various types of large-scale projects including High and Mid-Rise Residential, Office, Higher Education and Retail projects. Devon is currently designing an advanced class room facility and a corporate headquarters campus. Both projects are seeking LEED platinum status. His clear understanding of the relationship of design and materials helps him to create a space that can be effective through both function and aesthetics

TED STRAND, AIA PRINCIPAL

As a Principal at Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Ted Strand is actively involved in the early design phases of projects and maintains continuing project oversight. Before joining SCB in 2001, he was an Associate Partner with Skidmore Owings & Merrill and was the firm’s Director of Far East Operations in Hong Kong from 1995-1999. Previously, Mr. Strand worked in Boston with The Architects Collaborative and then went on to become a founding member of Elkus Manfredi Architects. His extensive design experience on large-scale, mixed-use projects stretches from the United States to Europe and Asia.

JAMES cURTIN, AIAPRINCIPAL

Jim Curtin joined SCB in 1985 and was made Principal in 1999. Jim’s primary focus is high and mid-rise residential, Student Life and Senior Housing markets. He serves as the client’s representative and liaison with the team, providing the guidance and depth of experience to ensure that each client’s specific needs are addressed and satisfied. He provides design continuity for each project and ensures that the project’s fiscal and organizational objectives remain in focus from inception to completion.

cHRISTINE cARLYLE, AIA, AIcPPRINCIPAL

Christine Carlyle, AIA, AICP, NCARB founded and leads the SCB Planning Group based in Chicago. With over 25 years of city planning, urban design and architectural design, in both the public and private sectors, she brings a collaborative leadership and creative design approach to a wide range of national and international projects at a variety of scales. Christine’s work, which includes projects in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia, demonstrates an integration of innovative design, cultural responsibility and sustainability with the successful management and execution of complex projects.