| Finally, RATIO Architects’ founding principal Bill Browne will open a Chicago office this month. He found his long sought entry into Chicago when DeStefano disbanded a few months ago. Thirteen of its people joined Bill's Indianapolis-based firm. This month, they’ll set up shop at 401 E. Illinois St. Scott Sarver and Dae-Hong Minn, former DeStefano principals, will be managing principals for the new outfit known as SMDP. They’ll focus on international work and, as consulting principals for RATIO, will also snag Chicago commissions. Now, they’re designing a new downtown office building to be the HQ for a corporation Bill can’t name. He also hopes to do projects for higher ed, cultural institutions, and perhaps the convention sector. | |
| Hopefully Scott, snapped at the Super Bowl Village on Georgia Street that Ratio designed and is debuting this week in advance of Sunday’s game, will have some time for All American fun. He deserves it after he and Dae-Hong worked for years to complete the 1,800-unit, triple tower luxury residence in Busan, S Korea. The first residents arrived in December at the Doosan Haeundae Zenith Towers. In Xian, China, RATIO is doing landscape design and infrastructure planning at the waterfront. | |
| RATIO’s Gerogia Street design team: Brian Staresnick, Joe Fischer, John Jackson, Ben Ross, Tom Gallagher, Ken Boyce, Jennifer Higginbotham, and Jeremy Schwer. Georgia Street is a permanent attraction that links the Indianapolis’ convention center and Banker's Life Fieldhouse, the Pacers' home. It’s all about food, music, and drink. |
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