John Ronan Architects

ARTICLES

Everyday Grandeur at John Ronan’s Chicago Park District Headquarters

August 1, 2023

A new park, a community field house, and public courtyards link the Park District's new offices with the Brighton Park community.

Advice for Young Designers Entering the Profession

John Ronan

August 12, 2020

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A seasoned architect shares lessons from his career with emerging designers.

Independence Library and Apartments by John Ronan Architects

Chicago

Josephine Minutillo

October 1, 2019

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In Chicago, a public library combined with affordable housing aims to become a neighborhood center.

John Ronan Designs Visitor and Education Center for Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

Miriam Sitz

June 17, 2019

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The expansion will be located adjacent to Wright’s famed home and studio in Oak Park, to the west of Chicago.

Gallery House by John Ronan Architects

Chicago

Linda C. Lentz

April 1, 2019

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A meticulously detailed new residence reinterprets a Chicago neighborhood's architectural roots.

Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship by John Ronan Architects

Chicago

Josephine Minutillo

October 25, 2018

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A rare new building at IIT channels the spirit of Mies while looking to the future.

Courtyard House

Michigan

May 17, 2018

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The clients—an empty-nester couple—wanted a two-bedroom, single-family residence.

Erie Elementary Charter School

Lamar Anderson

January 16, 2014

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A four-story, 17,000-square-foot addition to the kindergarten- to eighth-grade Erie Elementary School’s existing quarters in a former Catholic school in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.

South Shore International College Prep High School

Mining Modernism for Students and the Community: A high school with an academic program exploits early-Modernist vocabulary.

Suzanne Stephens

January 16, 2012

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As many American architects know too well, public schools in the U.S. lose out big-time on the scale of invention compared to their European and Asian counterparts.