Jeanne Gang, “Defining Practice, Embracing Blur”

Jeanne Gang, FAIA, LEED AP, is the founding principal of Studio Gang, an architecture and urbanism collective located in Chicago and New York. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Jeanne received her Master of Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is a MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.

Jeanne is internationally renowned for bold and functional designs that incorporate ecologically friendly technologies in a wide range of striking structures. She has been sought out by numerous organizations seeking to engage her creative approach for mission-oriented architecture and design. Employing this approach, she has produced some of today’s most compelling design work, including the Aqua Tower, Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, WMS Boathouse at Clark Park, and Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Jeanne is currently engaged in major projects throughout the United States, including the expansion and renovation of the American Museum of Natural History; tall buildings in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York; the Fire Rescue 2 training facility in Brooklyn; Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois; and the University of Chicago Campus North Residence Hall.

Jeanne’s work has been exhibited widely, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her design proposal, titled Polis Station, for community-oriented police stations was recently exhibited at the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. She is the author of Reveal: Studio Gang Architects and Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago’s Waterways.

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