Thomas Roszak

Thomas Roszak
Roszak in 2020
Born	1966 (age 54–55) Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater	Illinois Institute of Technology
Occupation	Architect / Developer
Website	roszak.com

Thomas Roszak (1966, Chicago ) is an American architect, real estate developer, business executive, author, and academic.

Roszak has developed, designed, and built commercial properties, hotels, condominiums, and private residences in Illinois and Arizona. He founded and runs four companies involved in architecture, construction and real estate development. He was an Adjunct Professor in the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology. In 2008, Roszak received an award from the American Institute of Architects for a house he built for his family.

Biography[]

Roszak received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1989. In 1996, after early-career positions at architecture and development firms in Chicago, he founded Roszak Architecture, Development, and Construction, located in Evanston, Illinois.

Roszak/ADC developed and created projects representing more than $3 billion in the Chicago and Phoenix areas. His condominium developments in Chicago and Evanston have been cited for their beauty, ingenuity, and sensitivity to people and the environment.^[1]

Now Roszak leads as principal in four companies headquartered in Chicago:

• Thomas Roszak Architecture,
• SteelGrass construction management
• TR Management + Consulting
• Moceri + Roszak development

In the special 2005 Architectural Digest Issue, Roszak was named one of the best residential architects in the United States.^[2]

In 2020, Roszak was elevated to a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)^[3]

Roszak served as an Adjunct Professor in the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, where he taught a comprehensive architectural design and construction studio.

Glass House[]

In the 2000s, Roszak designed and constructed a house of glass, concrete, and steel for his wife and three children. The Glass House received an Honor Award for interior architecture from the American Institute of Architects in 2008.^[4][5] The AIA jury commented:

"The transparency from the outside in and the inside out is a strong design concept. Not only does transparency unite the functional space of the floor plan with the environment, it informs the canvas about the use of color—the yellow structure, red core walls, and cherry floors tie directly to the seasonal vegetation, bringing the landscape into play as design elements."^[4]

In 2007, Roszak published In Glass House: A Family Home (Edizioni Press )^[6] The book discusses design decisions made on the house and the realities of living in a transparent home .

Purpose + Process[]

In 2018, Roszak published In Purpose + Process (Images Publishing) The book details Roszak's architect-led process that integrates design with construction, development, financing, marketing, and management of real estate. His book delineates the evolution of his modernist sensibilities as well as the integrated project delivery approach he has applied to his practice since 1996.

The book features 16 of Roszak's residential, commercial, and specialty design projects. The book contains introductory essays by architects Thomas Kerwin and Dirk Lohan further describing Roszak's approach.

Selected Projects[]

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