FitzGerald Designs Its New Chicago Studio 

Architecture and design firm FitzGerald has unveiled a new Chicago studio. The project was a milestone, as the team was both designer and client. It was a real-time case study which allowed the group to pilot ideas centered on the future of work, featuring flexible spaces that emphasize collaboration.  In 2019, the architects were set to relocate, but when COVID hit, plans were put on hold, and they decided not to lease the original building they had chosen. Not only was it a time of change across the globe, but one for FitzGerald as well. “There was a changing of the guard at the firm a few years before, and the pandemic added another layer to this shift. It was the most difficult time to build out a space, but it was also an opportunity to re-envision how we wanted to work,”  said Kristen Larkin, principal at FitzGerald.  While planning …