The studio
Dirk Denison Architects is a Chicago-based firm recognized internationally for award-winning design that reflects the uniqueness of each client’s needs to live, work, learn, and create. With over 30 years of experience, we have developed an experience-driven process that crafts a narrative specific to each project. Considerations of legacy, sustainability, and preservation are often present in our work, further enriching the conversation.
Recognition
- —2024 Chicago Architecture Center Missing Middle Infill Housing Competition Winner — Two- and Three-Flat Chicago Switch-Flat
- —2023 Engineering News-Record Midwest Regional Best Projects Award Best Institutional or Hospitality Project — IIT Mies Towers
- —2023 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Higher Education — IIT Mies Towers
- —2022 Architect Newspaper Best of Design Awards Restoration & Preservation — IIT Mies Towers
- —2022 ASHRAE Illinois Excellence in Engineering Award — Carman Hall IIT Mies Towers
- —2021 ASHRAE Illinois Excellence in Engineering Award — Cunningham Hall IIT Mies Towers
- —2020 ASHRAE Illinois Excellence in Engineering Award — Kacek Hall IIT Mies Towers
- —2019 NewCity Design’s Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago Hall of Fame
- —2018 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Interior Architecture — Logan Circle Apartment
- —2018 Interior Design Best of the Year Small Apartment, Finalist — Logan Circle Apartment
- —2018 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Divine Detail — Oscillating Stair, Near North Penthouse
- —2018 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Unbuilt Design — Park West Development
- —2018 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Distinguished Building — Lake Michigan Residence
- —2016 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Interior Architecture — Oz Park Residence
- —2015 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Distinguished Building — Midwest Poolhouse
- —2015 AIA Small Projects Award Citation of Merit — Cast Aluminum Table, Lake Michigan Residence
- —2014 IIDA Illinois Red Awards Residential - Residence — Bannockburn Residence
- —2014 AIA Chicago Small Projects Awards Citation of Merit — Cell Table, Oz Park Residence
- —2013 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Distinguished Building — Carmel Residence
- —2013 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award Divine Detail, Citation of Merit — Courtyard Screen, Carmel Residence