Firm Timeline

Booth Hansen was organized in 1980 with the idea
that spirited, meaningful, and useful buildings can
be realized with an organized, open, and creative
process. This process - generating many alternates
and allowing the best ideas to surface naturally —
achieves results that have received wide recognition.

These award-winning projects offer a selected
timeline of the firm’s evolving history.

2007
Cook County Courthouse — AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice Award; Cook County’s first LEED certified building.

30 West Oak — Development of the Year, Friends of Downtown

The Palmolive Building — Redevelopment of the Year, Commercial Real Estate Awards

2006
LaSalle Bank Theatre — Chicago Landmark Awards for Preservation Excellence

2005
Chicken Factory Private Residence — Distinguished Building Award, AIA Chicago

Ganz Hall — Interior Architecture and Divine Detail (for lanterns) Awards, AIA Chicago

Kohl Children’s Museum — Special Achievement
of the Year, Commercial Real Estate Awards; certified LEED Silver

2004
Homan Square Community Center — The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design

2002
Homan Square Community Center — Award of Excellence, Urban Land Institute

Old St. Patrick’s Church — National Honor Award for Interior Architecture, American Institute of Architects

2000
Republic Windows and Doors — The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design

1999
Republic Windows and Doors — Business Week/Architectural Record Award and Distinguished Building and Divine Detail Awards, AIA Chicago

1998
East Water Place — Distinguished Building Award,
AIA Chicago

Roosevelt University, Albert A. Robin Campus; Schaumburg, Illinois — Chicago Building Congress Recognition for Rehabilitation Project

1997
Firm of the Year, AIA Chicago

1992
Booth Hansen recognized in The Design 100, Metropolitan Home magazine

1989
Grace Place Episcopal Church — 10 Year Award Interior Architecture, AIA Chicago

1987
Terra Museum of American Art — Distinguished Building Honor Award, AIA Chicago

1985
Krannert Art Museum Addition, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign — Progressive Architecture Citation

1980-1990
Four private residential projects recognized as Record Houses in Architectural Record