From first line to last light.

Hallett & Voss is an architecture practice in Chicago. Workplace, civic, and master planning, carried from first sketch to occupancy.

See the work

What we take on

  • Workplace

    Towers and floors that earn the commute.

  • Civic

    Libraries, halls, and rooms the public owns.

  • Master planning

    Blocks, districts, and the long view.

  • Interiors

    Workplaces fitted to the teams that use them.

  • On the boards

    Work in design now, issued when it is ready.

How we work

Every project begins as a drawing set and ends as a place. We develop the two together, so what reaches the site is buildable, priced, and still the design.

We stay involved through construction, answering field questions and protecting the intent of the documents.

Structure, envelope, and cost planning start together on day one. Late surprises are usually early decisions deferred.

Visualization of a material sample board: brick coupon, glass square, precast panel chip, and basswood blocks on gray felt.
MATERIALS, SAMPLED

The live model behind this section shows the building's structural grid of nine meter bays, its core, and a vertical section cut through the south facade with program labels for the trading floor, the winter garden at levels eight and nine, and the mechanical floor.

Selected work

Dusk rendering of Kinzie Exchange, a fourteen-story Chicago tower with a lit two-story winter garden at its river corner.

Kinzie Exchange

CHICAGO, 2024

WORKPLACE / COMPLETED / 232,000 SF

Fourteen floors on a tight river site, with a two-story winter garden opening the eighth and ninth floors to the water.

Dusk rendering of Dearborn Commons, a branch library and neighborhood hall under one roof with a long covered porch.

Dearborn Commons

CHICAGO, 2022

CIVIC / COMPLETED / 41,000 SF

A branch library and neighborhood hall under one roof, sharing a single covered porch.

Aerial dusk rendering of Calumet Yards, six replanned city blocks with a continuous riverwalk.

Calumet Yards

CHICAGO, 2023

MASTER PLAN / ADOPTED / 28 ACRES

A former rail yard replanned as six blocks with a continuous riverwalk.

Interior rendering of The Monroe Room, a full-floor amenity level with dining and meeting commons at dusk.

The Monroe Room

CHICAGO, 2025

WORKPLACE INTERIOR / COMPLETED / 36,000 SF

A full-floor amenity level: dining, meeting commons, and a winter terrace.

Design visualization of Ashland Works, a former sawtooth-roofed tannery converted to workspace with its heavy-timber frame exposed.
LIVING RENDER

Ashland Works

MILWAUKEE

ADAPTIVE REUSE / ON THE BOARDS / 118,000 SF

A former tannery converted to workspace, heavy-timber frame retained and exposed.

The practice

Founded in 2003. Sixty-two people in Chicago, with a studio in New York. Licensed across fourteen states.

  • EST 2003
  • 62 PEOPLE
  • 14 STATES
  • 2 STUDIOS
Visualization of a basswood massing model of Kinzie Exchange on a studio workbench at dusk.
KINZIE EXCHANGE, ON THE BENCH

Start a project

Bring us a site, a lease, or a problem statement. We will bring the first drawing.