Jeanne Gang
Founding Principal & Partner
Studio Gang

Jeanne Gang is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Known for an inquisitive, forward-looking approach to design that unfolds new technical and material possibilities and expands the active role of designers in society, she creates striking places that connect people with each other, their communities, and the environment. She has designed cultural centers that convene diverse audiences, public projects that connect citizens with ecology, and high-rise towers that foster community.

She has designed some of Chicago’s most recognizable places, including the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, two boathouses along the Chicago River, and towers that have redefined the city’s skyline: the 101-story St. Regis Chicago, now the city’s third-tallest building, and the 82-story Aqua Tower. She is also currently designing a new global terminal for O’Hare International Airport.

Outside of Chicagoland, her works spans the Americas and Europe and includes the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, the reimagined Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and the recently completed Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History, which the New York Times called “a poetic, joyful, theatrical work of public architecture.”

A MacArthur Fellow and a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Jeanne was named one of the most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine. She is the author of 3 books on architecture, with a fourth – The Art of Architectural Grafting – that released this Spring. In 2022, Jeanne was honored with the ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.

We are pleased to add Jeanne to a distinguished list of past Award recipients and hope you will join us in celebrating our 28th year and honoring her at the Award Dinner on December 5, 2024. To reserve your table, please contact ULI Chicago.

The proceeds from our Lifetime event support the outreach initiatives and community work led by ULI Chicago and its members. Join us and celebrate Jeanne’s accomplishments!