Welcome to Booth Hansen.
We believe principled ideas drive design and
collaborative action realizes architecture.
We believe in humanistic design grounded in principles: the guidance of history, the order of economy, and the overarching principles of beauty.
We believe that ideals do not live without reality; we collaborate to understand each other and create architecture.
These beliefs have always united our work.
Old St. Pat’s Church - 1998
We believe in spirited architecture that reflects ancient traditions through our contemporary understanding of culture. We radically renovated the oldest public building in Chicago to reinvigorate its sense of Celtic identity.
Palm Springs Residence - 2015
Arco Gas Station - 1970
Solar House - 2023
Palmolive Building - 2008
Shoreacres Golf Club - 1988
Bush Residence - 1972
Sand Valley Resort - in construction
New Buffalo Residence - 2015
Chicago Botanic Gardens - 2009
We believe in systematic architecture that embodies the universal harmonies of nature to reveal truth and beauty. We designed a home which produced spatial complexity through simple geometries.
Magnuson Guesthouse - 1975
30 West Oak - 2007
House of Light - 1983
The Chicken Coop - 1988-2009
We believe in performance architecture that realizes the necessities of economy. We collaborated on an a gas station which was among the first to utilize computer programming to optimize design.
Barglow Residence - 1969