UrbanLab

The studio

UrbanLab is an architecture and urban design firm in Chicago. Current projects include single and multi-family homes, new commercial and conversions of industrial buildings into live + workspace lofts, restaurant interiors, and museum installations. Urban design projects include a study for the city of Chicago and a masterplan for the downtown redevelopment of Aurora, Illinois. UrbanLab is also a research laboratory examining the City and Chicago megalopolis. The project, www.chil.us, investigates Chicago's status as a global city. Amongst other awards, UrbanLab received the 2009 AIA College of Fellows Latrobe Prize.

Recognition

—award winner — Riverview Bridge
—History Channel’s City of the Future Competition
—2007 Dubin Family Young Architect Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chicago
—2010 Architectural League of New York Emerging Voice
—2023 Design Excellence Citation of Merit Award, awarded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chicago — Medill House
—2022 Design Excellence Citation of Merit Award, awarded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chicago — Riverview Pedestrian Bridge and Bike Path
—2019 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan, awarded by the American Planning Association – Illinois (APA-IL) — ON TO 2050
—2019 Interior Architecture Award, Citation of Merit, awarded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chicago — Shane Campbell Gallery

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