Studio Gang Architects

Studio Gang Architects
The Aqua Tower in Chicago
Key architects	Jeanne Gang
Founded	1997
Projects	Aqua Tower, Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center

Studio Gang Architects is an American architecture and urban design firm with offices in Chicago and New York. Founded by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang in 1997, the Studio is known for its focus on sustainability, material experimentation, and collaboration. The firm’s works range from the 82-story Aqua Tower to smaller civic, education, and arts projects, such as the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership and the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park. Studio Gang’s master planning projects, such as the Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Northerly Island Framework Plan, have won awards for sustainability and overall design.

Studio Gang was founded by Jeanne Gang in 1997. The Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre, completed in 2003, won praise from critics; the Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center, finished the following year, garnered the firm additional accolades.Aqua Tower and the Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, both finished in 2010, increased Studio Gang’s global profile significantly, winning acclaim from architecture critics.

The firm’s projects explore new typologies, materials, and techniques: the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership is a purpose-built structure for social justice education and utilizes cordwood masonry for its exterior walls. The WMS Boathouse at Clark Park, and Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571, featuring a sculptural roof that translates the motion of rowing, are two of four boathouses intended to revitalize the Chicago River.[3] The Studio's Northerly Island project opened to the public in 2015. Major projects, such as Writers Theatre, the University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons, and City Hyde Park were completed in 2016.

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