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Brininstool Kerwin Lynch

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The internationally recognized and award winning architecture firm of Brininstool, Kerwin and Lynch brings an identifiable aesthetic to diverse cultural, commercial, institutional, and residential buildings across a global market. Each project interprets a client’s vision while embodying the clarity and purpose that marks the firm’s design approach.

Brininstool, Kerwin and Lynch design buildings with a respect for materials, site locations and adjacent environments. Immediately recognizable in the firm’s work is an eye for detail, the juxtaposition of organic and manufactured materials, and the exploration of translucency and light. When incorporated with green technologies and sustainable building practices, these explorations result in surroundings that inspire—spaces that elevate the ordinary and positively impact how people experience them.

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Website: http://www.bklarch.com/
Email: dwangberg@bklarch.com
Address: 225 N. Columbus Drive Suite 100
Chicago , IL
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Thomas Kerwin, FAIA
Managing Principal

Before forming Brininstool, Kerwin and Lynch, Thomas Kerwin was a Managing Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago, where he started his architecture career in 1986. At SOM, Kerwin developed a special expertise in the management of highly complex, large-scale urban projects. Such projects have lead to numerous awards and worldwide recognition in the industry. Kerwin has participated in the design and construction of significant commercial and civic buildings around the world, including the Greenland Financial Center in Nanjing, China; Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China; White Magnolia Plaza and the Chongming Island Master Plan in Shanghai, China; Rockwell Center in Manila, Philippines; and the Broadgate Development Exchange House in London, England.

Along with more than two decades of international experience, Kerwin is committed to civic endeavors and projects in the Midwest and at home in Chicago. By advocating quality design to combine both civic and

corporate interests, his tireless efforts as a member of the Chicago 2016 Committee and as the Managing Partner of SOM’s Olympic team have earned him universal praise from the architectural community, city government, and business and civic leaders. His concern for the well being of urban and regional communities can be seen in his determination to positively shape their future.

Kerwin is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and a past president of the American Institute of Architects Chicago. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Architecture Foundation and is on the Board of Overseers for the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture. He is an active member of The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago Sister Cities International, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Urban Land Institute, Executives Club of Chicago, Landmarks Illinois, and Lambda Alpha International.

Kerwin received a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Ball State University, where he was presented the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005.
David Brininstool, AIA
Principal

With more than 30 years of experience with projects of various type and scope, David Brininstool brings immense expertise to Brininstool, Kerwin and Lynch. Before founding this firm, Brininstool was a Founding Principal of Brininstool + Lynch, Ltd., which he established with Brad Lynch in 1989. As a Design Principal, Brininstool was responsible for the firm’s residential high-rise projects and working with communities, developers, and government authorities to achieve design excellence, profitability, and improved quality of life for the affected stakeholders. Brininstool’s work includes R+D659 for Mesirow Financial, 1720 S. Michigan, one of six buildings for CMK Development, WR Sage West in Houston, and one of two projects for White/Peterman Properties.

His professional career in Chicago began in 1980 at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he worked on a number of high-rise projects, including Beacon Properties in Boston, Madison Plaza in Chicago, and Southland Center in Dallas. In

addition, he was a Project Architect on Olympia Center in Chicago. In 1984, Brininstool left SOM to become the Senior Project Architect at Pappageorge/Haymes, where he managed nine projects, including City Commons, a 62-unit luxury townhouse development, and Washington Square, a 150,000-square-foot office and retail development.

Previously, Brininstool was a board member and Vice President of the American Institute of Architects Chicago, the chairman of the AIA Chicago design committee, and a representative of the American Institute of Architects to the Architectural Record Editorial Advisory Board. Currently, he is a member of NCARB, a member of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and a design studio professor at the Graduate School of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Brininstool attended the University of Michigan, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Architecture in 1976. He holds architectural licenses in more than 10 states, including Illinois.
Brad Lynch
Principal

Brad Lynch’s vast experience with design has centered on commercial, cultural/institutional, planning, and special projects. His career started in 1989 when he founded Brininstool + Lynch, Ltd. with David Brininstool. As the Design Principal, he completed a variety of projects, including Chicago 2016, Claremont House, Corus Bank Headquarters, Perimeter Galleries, United Airlines, VSA Partners, and the Racine Art Museum (RAM). RAM received an unprecedented four AIA Design Excellence Awards.

He moved to Chicago in 1986 and interned at two architecture firms, including Pappageorge/Haymes, where he met Brininstool. From 1981 to 1985, before Lynch began constructing his own design work, he was a construction and project manager who restored Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Buildings in the Midwest. This work included the restoration of the Herbert Jacobs House and Wright’s first Usonian house, which is now a national landmark.

Lynch was a finalist and received the honorable mention for the 1995 Burnham Prize for architecture. He has been a lecturer and critic at more than 15 universities in North America as well as a visiting critic at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture in 2006 and 2008. Additionally, he has lectured for AIA Indianapolis, AIA Wisconsin, the Architectural League of New York, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the Hallmark Creative Lecture Series, and the Rice Design Alliance. In 2006, he was appointed to the National Register of Peer Professionals for the General Services Administration Design Excellence program, and he has been a frequent design juror and panel member for various chapters of the American Institute of Architects. Lynch has served on the Board of Trustees of Archeworks and is currently involved with the Illinois-Sao Paulo Chapter of the Partners of the Americas, where he sits on the Architecture and Urbanism Committee to create a sustainable planning initiative for the Atlantic rainforest city of Paranapiacaba, Brazil.

While completing his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Lynch also studied Art History, Engineering, and Landscape Architecture.

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