Archeworks is an alternative design school with a difference. In place of a traditional curriculum, students work in multidisciplinary teams with nonprofit partners to create design solutions for social and environmental concerns.

Archeworks was founded in 1993 by internationally known architect Stanley Tigerman, FAIA and award winning designer Eva Maddox FIIDA. Archeworks is located in the heart of River North, Chicago’s cultural arts district. Students meet and work in Archeworks’s unique studio building, designed by Tigerman in 1997.

Over the years, Archeworks has worked with over 75 partners and have completed more than 40 design projects. Student teams have addressed subjects ranging from eldercare, elementary school education, and universal design to micro-enterprise, sustainable food systems, and homelessness.

Students are supervised by faculty from Chicago’s design community. Past program facilitators include Douglas Garofalo, AIA, Ammar Eloueini, Michael Newman, Jason Pickleman, Jeanne Gang, Brad Lynch, Ben Nicholson, and current directors Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen.

Archeworks is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and receives funds from grants from foundations and corporations, tuition fees, and donations from individuals.

Archeworks welcomes students from a broad range of disciplines, both design-related fields and otherwise. The one-year training program meets evenings and offers a postgraduate certificate.

ABOUT OUR FOUNDERS

Stanley Tigerman, FAIA
M Arch, Yale University

Principal of Tigerman McCurry Architects and the former Director of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture, Stanley is a practicing architect and product designer whose work is internationally recognized.The author of six books, he has been a visiting professor at numerous institutions. The winner of over 125 design awards, he represented the U.S. at the Venice Biennale in 1976 and 1980.

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Eva Maddox, FIIDA, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP B.Sci, University of Cincinnati

Eva is Principal of Perkins & Will | Eva Maddox Branded Environments, a research-based design practice she created to identify & integrate a client's DNA into tangible experiences. She is the recipient of Chicago Magazine's 2002 Chicagoan of the Year; and 2000 Star Award from the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) honoring her outstanding leadership and contribution to design. In 1999, Eva was elected to IIDA's College of Fellows and in 1992, she was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

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Co-founders Stanley Tigerman and Eva Maddox