Work History:
From 2009-2012 I completed a variety of architectural work in Chicago in various high rises and single family homes along with larger scale work for the Crestwood Public Library, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Gleacher Center, and a bandshell design for the city of Kankakee. Much of these projects were completed on a contract basis in conjunction with a few fi rms in Chicago including:Product Architects, Waechter Architects, TKA Partners and Albert Fabro Architect.
2004-2009 I worked at Solomon Cordwell Buenz as a Design Team Member for the 72 story tower,The Legacy Tower, Chicago Il. Developed a full bid set for a mixed-use, residential development in-cluding 3 towers at Cityfront Square as Project Architect & Designer, San Jose, CA. Extensive design and completed CDs for Hanover Tower as a Project Architect & Designer for that 57 story tower com-plex, Houston TX and developed Design Feasibility Studies for Chicago Development Companies such as John Buck Development, Golub & Co., Lurie Management LLC, Fifi eld Companies, and Baker Development
I worked for A. Epstein & Sons as an exterior wall designer and detailer for the McCormick Place Expansion, Mc4West, a 2.2 million sqft. steel structure from DD through to CA. This was a design that included multiple custom curtainwall systems, precast concrete panels, masonry and window wall systems that my team designed and coordinated through to construction.
1997-2003 I worked at Lucien Lagrange Architects on a multitude of Chicago high-rises including840 LSD, 510 West Erie, 2520 N. Lakeview, 175 West Jackson, The Hard Rock Hotel, Hyatt Park Tower
After graduating from Syracuse University with a 5 -year Bachelor of Architecture degree, I moved back to Chicago to work at Hammond Beeby and Babka, where I spent a year on the design team for the Chicago Music and Dance Theater (MAD), that later became the Harris Theater for Music & Dance
I am profi cient in Autocad 2012 for 2d drafting and 3d solid and surface modeling, Sketchup, 3d Stu-dioMax for rendering and lighting, Photoshop and InDesign CS5.5 for page layouts and renderings, Offi ce Suite for documents and spreadsheet creation, Powerpoint for meetings and presentations
My personal interests include the study of Urban Planning and city growth patterns, sustainable building strategies for multi-use building typologies, urban renewal strategies and universal accessibility in build-ings and urban design
Board Membership and Affi liations include the GCE High School, Global Citizenship Experience Board Member and Design Consultant, Children’s Memorial Hospital Volunteer
I am a Registered Architect in the state of Illinois and a LEED Green Associate with intentions of taking the LEED AP BD+C or the LEED AP ND depending on the nature of my next architectural endeavor.
Professional references available upon request.
James G. Young, Architect ph:312.375.6415 [email protected] professional goal is to develop as a creative and focused designer while honing skills related to construction and detailing in the vain of a project architect. In the past, I have sought out jobs where those two worlds come together. Additionally I have tackled new endevours related to architecture and planning as a curriculum designer and teacher in a new Chicago high school-called GCE. I started working with this school in its infancy and have helped create a set of innovative classes that expose teens to architecture and urbanism through math, science, history and the humanities. My command of architecture’s current design software tools enables me to produce working drawings, present design concepts or bring buildings to life through renderings for my clients. I aim to be a good leader and am motivated by my passion for this profession and all it encompasses.
The Legacy TowerMesa DevelopmentChicago, ILAs a member of the design team from this project’s inception, I was responsible for the design and detail of the exterior windowall, balconies and overall building form. Additionally, I worked on the design development of the some amenity spaces and a half a dozen condominium build-outs.
The Legacy at Millennium Park is a 72 story skyscraper in Chicago. The building preserves the historic masonry and terracotta facades of the Chicago Landmark Jewelers Row District along Wabash Avenue at East Monroe Street. The tower and mixed-use podium was designed with 360 luxury condominium units as well as 460 parking spaces. Additionally the building includes 41,000 sq ft. of classroom space for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the lower fl oors, athletic facilities for the Uni-versity Club, a sky-bridge between the University Club and the building podium, and private amenities for tower residents includ-ing an athletics and aquatic center as well as residential lounges located throughout the tower. The building’s narrow design is intended to maximize vantage points to the Lake Michigan and Millenium Park from all residences in the tower.The Legacy Tower was designed in 2004 while at SCB.
Hanover Tower at Boulevard PlaceHouston, TX
Hanover Tower at Boulevard Place was designed in 2007 while at SCB.
I was a member of the design team and project architect from design development through contract documents for this rental building. Both the exteri-or and the typical unit fl oor lay-outs were designed exhaustively to accommodate the developer’s needs, both for unit fl exibil-ity and tight budget constraints.
Hanover Tower at Boule-vard Place was designed for a site in Houston, Texas, next to the future Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Post Oak neighborhood. The 57 story building includes boutique hotel style ameni-ties including a concierge and bellman, as well as two separate lounges, catering kitchens and wine storage.
A 19,000-square-foot roof-top pool terrace with exten-sive landscaping features will be atop an attached, 6 level parking garage, able to accomodate 350 cars.
The units include stainless steel appliances, granite slab countertops, crown molding, hardwood fl oors and travertine tile and will be larger than compara-tive rental units in Hous-ton. With these additional features and amenities, along with the building’s generous fl oor plans, over-sized kitchens and living spaces, Hanover hopes to attract sophisticated rent-ers that can’t currently be accommodated in this upscale neighborhood.
Hotel and mixed-use complex was designed for Baker Development in 2005 while at SCB.
Hotel and Condominium ProposalBaker Development Co. Highland Park, Il.
This speculative, high-end hotel was designed for a site in Highland Park, just 12 miles north of Chicago. The complex of buildings was developed around a landscaped court-yard concept that acted as an extension of the hotel ballroom and its expan-sive lobby. This exterior amenity would be shared by the hotel and two con-dominium buildings with retail and offi ce space at their bases. The modern aesthetic for the build-ings was meant to serve as a counterpoint to the adjacent masonry church.
As a member of the design team, within a very small frame of time, I was tasked with building a working set of pricing draw-ings that included plans, eleva-tions and a 3d model. Since this was a new builing type for our developer client, we also shaped the program of this complex and offered creative ways to incor-porate hybrid uses to invigorate the site. The commercial and residential parts of the program were shaped and suggested by our team and to benefi cial results.
I worked on the schematic design through to construc-tion on this 24 story condo-minium tower. Per the cli-ent’s request, a great deal of unit types were offered in this unusually shaped building where all of the views are spectacular.
510 West Erie Smithfi eld PropertiesChicago, IL
This 24 story tower in Chicago’s River West neighborhood sits on a parallelogram site that helped to inform the overall shape of its sculptural design. Above the raw concrete structure of the entry and garage levels sits an all steel structured tower. Additionally, the unit fl oors are clad in glass and painted steel w-shapes. Even its lateral bracing chevrons are expressed on the exterior. The faceted form offers a great variety of unit sizes and views and is a modern, industrial aesthetic fi ts well along the Chicago River.Design, Construction Documents and Administration was performed for Smithfi eld Properties in 2002 while at LLA.
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Cityfront Square Development Urban West Associates San Jose, CA
I was a member of the design team and project architect from design development through con-tract documents for this 3 build-ing development. The project is an exercise in balancing a need to maximize the residential use while remaining contextural in scale and material palatte. An extra effort was made to sub-merge parking underground and to activate street level activity with lush, landscaped destina-tions and retail to extend the ex-isting walkability of the district.
Cityfront Square sits in the historic, downtown district of San Jose where it is bound by Market, San Carlos and First Streets. Its main entry opens up across from a large city park, affording our towers long views across the city. The project also backs up onto First Street, along a street car line and next to the landmarked Montgommery Hotel. It is a set of three residential towers: two include 220 condominiums each and one with 245 rental units. Three underground parking levels for 950 cars, street level retail and a rasied amenity deck, all to be shared by the hotel, round out the program. Overall the density proposed is about 320 units per acre, which makes for a fairly compact and surprisingly, contexturally sensitive project. At 285’-0”, the towers are as tall as the FHA will permit on this site and they are to be clad in stone colored precast concrete with a natural stone base.Mixed-use proposal was designed for Urban West Associates in 2006 while at SCB.
Mixed-use proposal was designed for Urban West Associates in 2006 while at SCB.
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Cityfront Square Development Urban West Associates San Jose, CA
Condominium and mixed-use building was designed for John Buck Development in 2004 while at SCB.
Mid-Rise Condominium Proposal John Buck Development Co. Evanston Il.
This 184 unit, 10 story condominium complex was designed for a site on Chicago Avenue in Evanston, just 6 miles north of the city proper. The unique site is both conveniently located close to city-bound pub-lic transportation and adjacent to the single-family homes of an upscale, quiet suburb.
At the street, this ma-sonry clad, glass struc-ture has a retail compo-nent that continues the dense, Chicago Avenue fabric. This is backed up by a 2 story garage topped by an east fac-ing landscape terrace.
The terrace provides an elevated view to Lake Michigan, that is about a 1/2 mile away and breaks up into intimate, green amenity spaces for the condominiums above. These treelined courtyards are meant to shade the glassy east facades and serve as a stylistic contrast to the otherwise modern-ist design aesthetic.
As a member of the exterior wall design team, I helped to produce all of the con-struction details for a multitude of clad-ding systems that included precast, mason-ry, aluminum curtainwall and window wall. Additionally, we tackled the design of many of the main spaces adjoining these facades.
Mc4WestDesign & ConstructionChicago, IL
I worked on the exterior wall design of Mc4West for A. Epstein & Sons (Architect of Record) in 2005.
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THESE DIAGRAMS AND CALCULATIONS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE IN NATURE AND ASSUME THE MAXIMUM POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE ZONING BONUS. ALL ASSUMPTIONS, CALCULATIONS, DIMENSIONS AND AREAS MUST BE CONFIRMED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE PURCHASER.
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ZONING DISTRICT: DC-16
SITE AREA: 64,460 SF
F.A.R.: 16 BASE + 4 BONUS= 20 MAX. F.A.R. AREA 64,460 SF X 20= 1,289,200 SF EXIST. BUILDING= -645,000 SF REMAINING F.A.R. AREA = 644,200 SF
MINIMUM LOT AREA: 100 SF PER DWELLING UNIT 65 SF PER “EFFICIENCY” DWELLING UNIT 50% MAX. “EFFICIENCY” UNITS ALLOWED MAX. UNITS ALLOWED (ASSUMING 25% “EFFICIENCY” UNITS)= 706
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL .55/ D.U. 1.1/ D.U.
OFFICE N.A. 1/2800 GSF
HOTEL N.A.* 1/10 ROOMS
RETAIL N.A. 1/1000 GSF
* NO MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR HOTELS WITHOUT ASSMEBLY SPACE
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS: NO SETBACKS REQUIRED IN DC-16 DISTRICT
HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS: NO HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN DC-16 DISTRICT
OPTION B: PARCEL 1 ONLY
ZONING DISTRICT: DC-16
SITE AREA: 26,834 SF
F.A.R.: 16 BASE + 4 BONUS= 20 MAX. F.A.R. AREA 26,834 SF X 20= 536,680 SF MINIMUM LOT AREA: 100 SF PER DWELLING UNIT 65 SF PER “EFFICIENCY” DWELLING UNIT 50% MAX. “EFFICIENCY” UNITS ALLOWED MAX. UNITS ALLOWED (ASSUMING 25% “EFFICIENCY” UNITS)= 294
PARKING REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL .55/ D.U. 1.1/ D.U.
OFFICE N.A. 1/2800 GSF
HOTEL N.A.* 1/10 ROOMS
RETAIL N.A. 1/1000 GSF
* NO MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR HOTELS WITHOUT ASSMEBLY SPACE
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS: NO SETBACKS REQUIRED IN DC-16 DISTRICT
HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS: NO HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN DC-16 DISTRICT
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Zoning Analysis: Lurie ManagementChicago, IL
This series of massing diagrams was developed in order to identify the most appropriate uses for the site at Lasalle, Monroe and Wells per the Chicago Zoning Code. These images best illustrate how to break down the components of a site, both in 3d massing diagrams and by following the letter of the zoning code, so that the most fi nancially feasible and programatically creative forms can emerge. This is one of many planned development proposals I had the pleasure of preparing while at Solomon Cordwell Buenz.
Design and Zoning Analysis was proposed for Lurie Management in 2006 while at SCB.