Evanston’s Morgante Wilson Architects names newest partner

Renata Buenrostro (Photo courtesy of Morgante Wilson Architects.)

Evanston, Ill.-based Morgante Wilson Architects, Ltd. named Renata Buenrostro as its newest partner. Buenrostro, who has served as MWA’s director of architectural interiors since 2017, joined the firm in 2000 as an architectural project manager, a position she held for four years before being promoted to associate of architectural interiors.

As partner, Buenrostro will help ensure MWA’s projects are focused on design excellence, innovation and meticulous execution. She will also continue to lead her department, overseeing all architectural interior projects for the firm in addition to mentoring and training team members. As part of MWA’s holistic and collaborative design process, Buenrostro will continue to collaborate with the firm’s architectural and interior design project managers to ensure a cohesive approach to all aspects of each project. Buenrostro specializes in private residential work, with past projects including numerous lakefront homes on Chicago’s North Shore and in Michigan.

Buenrostro was born and raised in Mexico City, where she graduated from the Ibero-American University. She is a licensed architect in Mexico and an international AIA member. She studied history of architecture at University of Illinois Chicago, and art history at École du Louvre in Paris.