Brook Architecture is a peer-and industry-celebrated architectural firm proudly serving the Chicagoland area for over 30 years. We design purposeful, high-performing buildings and places where people live, learn, work, play, and heal. As a business-centered practice, we deliver enduring value to our clients and communities by uniting beautiful design with disciplined execution. We begin every project by actively listening, providing honest, straightforward guidance, and navigating the complex realities of planning, design, and construction to turn ambitious visions into thriving spaces.

BKV Group is a holistic design firm providing a full complement of architecture, interior design, engineering, landscape architecture, and construction administration services. Our core belief is that regardless of project type, design has a profound impact on the community, and our responsibility as a multidisciplinary firm is to enhance the economic, aesthetic, social, and environmental context of the communities we shape and design. Since 1978, BKV Group has grown from a sole proprietorship into a diverse partnership with 250+ employees sharing knowledge across practice sites in Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC, creating relevant and meaningful design solutions that allow our clients’ dreams to become a reality.

CannonDesign is an integrated design practice at the nexus of strategy, experience, architecture, engineering and social impact. We create solutions that enhance human vitality, advance equity, strengthen communities and safeguard the planet. Our work has earned recognition from Fast Company as one of the world's most innovative design firms.

AltusWorks is a technically oriented architectural design firm which applies a high level of expertise to the creative problem-solving required for the restoration, adaptive reuse, rehabilitation, and expansion of existing and historic structures.

Founded in 2006, Baumann is a transatlantic organization with our headquarters in Washington, D.C. and offices in Chicago, IL and Frankfurt, Germany. Baumann provides energy efficiency and sustainability consulting services for the entire life cycle of buildings. Our services range from facility condition assessments, energy audits, and feasibility studies to the development of design concepts. We offer building commissioning, monitoring and optimization of building performance, and consulting for green building certifications.

SOM is a global collective of architects, engineers, and planners designing buildings, interiors, and public spaces that push the boundaries of technical and environmental innovation. From several of the world's tallest structures to developing new low-carbon building materials, SOM's designs anticipate change in the way we live, work, and build.

SEEK is a Chicago-based team of designers and architects dedicated to improving the built environment. We create buildings, masterplans, interiors, and objects across varied scales and types, prioritizing projects with positive social impact. Rather than a signature style, our approach responds to each site's unique context, program, community, and client. Collaboration ensures every voice is heard—shaping meaningful, lasting places.

Misiuna / McCarthy is an architecture and interior design firm based in Chicago, Illinois and Vilnius, Lithuania. Our aim is to create concise, coherent design that is considerate of clients and context. We work on residential, commercial, and institutional projects.

Architecture for Public Benefit is a mission-driven design practice creating beautiful, thoughtful spaces that expand access to good design. We collaborate with nonprofits, cultural organizations, public agencies, and communities to shape projects that reflect shared needs and values. Through award-winning work and inclusive community processes, we deliver architecture rooted in the public good.

HKS is an interdisciplinary global design firm. Our team of 1,800 architects, designers, planners and advisors across 29 offices partner with clients to design and develop elegant solutions to complex challenges. From iconic gathering places to healing environments, our designs enhance experiences and elevate outcomes for all stakeholders. Our work is inspired by curiosity, driven by research and technology and informed by a deep understanding of human and environmental needs. Proud to be a carbon neutral firm since 2023, HKS was named #1 Most Innovative Architecture Firm by Fast Company in 2026.