Florida-based Baker Barrios Architects, an award-winning, multi-disciplinary architecture and urban planning firm, announces the opening of its Chicago office, located on Wacker Drive in the Loop. This is the fourth office for the firm, joining practice sites in Orlando, Florida; Tampa, Florida; and Nashville, Tennessee. Brad Lutz has been hired to oversee the new office as managing principal and multifamily/residential practice leader.
“Over the past decade, a number of Chicago- and Midwest-based developers have expanded into the Southeast, where we’ve been one of the go-to architectural firms for decades,” said Baker Barrios Founding Partner and CEO Tim Baker. “Recently, we’ve also seen the inverse of that trend, with developers who have long been active in the Southeast expanding with a national focus. So, it made sense for us to join them and establish a physical presence in Chicago with a full-service practice site.”
Prior to joining Baker Barrios, Lutz spent 15 years with Humphreys & Partners Architects, most recently serving as its regional director in Chicago. His career has included direct involvement in the development of more than $1 billion in real estate assets across the Midwest and Southeast.
The Baker Barrios portfolio includes projects in a range of sectors including multifamily, mixed-use, healthcare, office/industrial, hotel/hospitality, entertainment and education. Recent projects include a 200,000-square-foot office for online entertainment creator EA in Orlando, Florida the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in Clearwater, Florida, and the 16-story luxury residential building Society Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee, along with several mid- and high-rise mixed-use towers throughout the Southeast.
