Chip started von Weise Associates in 1999. Prior to von Weise Associates, Chip was a founding principal at von Weise, Petrie, Ronan Architects and before that a project manager at Booth/Hansen and Associates, all in Chicago. His project experience is varied and includes many project types and scales from single family residences to hotels, corporate interiors, schools, restaurants and office buildings.
Chip hosts a Chicago residency program for 4th year Virginia Tech architecture students which combines the intellectual rigor of the academic studio with lessons and experiences from everyday practice. Each semester, fourteen students participate in an integrated design studio, a building technology seminar, and a professional practice course. Chip participated as a mentor and host firm from the inception of Chicago Studio in 2006 and has directed the program since 2015.
Being actively involved in the community, Chip is a member of the American Institute of Architects Chicago chapter, the Francis Parker School Board of Trustees, the Racquet Club of Chicago Facilities Committee, and Saint Chrysostom’s Church Facilities Committee.
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Master in Architecture with Distinction, 1993
Amherst College
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 1986
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Chicago Studio, Winter 2004 – present
Illinois Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999
University of Illinois at Chicago Fall Housing Studio final review 2001, 2002, 2004
University of Michigan Graduate School, Winter 2001
Chicago Architects, Winter 2018, "The Best Office Architects in Chicago"
Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago, Spring/Summer 2016, Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois
Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago, Winter/Spring 2016, “Best of Design”
Interior Design, December 2015, “10 Questions with Chip von Weise”
Office Snapshots, May 2015, Ryan Partnership, Chicago, Illinois
Curbed Chicago, April 2015, Cards Against Humanity Headquarters, Chicago, Illinois
Office Snapshots, March 2015, Stowell & Friedman Law Office, Chicago, Illinois
Architectural Digest, November 2013, GE Monogram Design Center, Chicago, Illinois
Modern Luxury CS, March 2013, GE Monogram Design Center, Chicago, Illinois
Green Building & Design, March-April 2013, Private Law Office, Chicago, Illinois
CS Interiors, Spring 2012, Private Residence, Covert, Michigan
Veranda, vol. XXV, Issue No. 4, May-June 2011, Private Residence, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
CS Interiors, Summer 2009, Private Residence, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Chicago Home + Garden, vol. 15, May-June 2009, Private Residence, Chicago,
Illinois
Metropolitan Home, vol. 36, Issue No. 5, September 2004, Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Home + Garden, vol. 14, Issue No. 2, March-April 2008, The Silken Tent Spa,
Glenview, Illinois
House Beautiful, vol. 140 No. 9, September 1998, Private Residence, Lakeside, Michigan
Chicago Tribune Magazine, May 13, 2007, Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Tribune Magazine, March 11, 2001, Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois
House + Garden, vol. 170 No. 4, April 2001, Private Residence, Chicago, Illinois
Architecture for Education, New School Designs from the Chicago Competition, BPI
Press, Big Shoulders Small School design competition entry
von Weise Associates
Chicago, IL
Principal 1999 – 2003, 2005 – present
42/40 Architecture
Chicago, IL
Principal 2004 – 2005
von Weise, Petrie, Ronan Architects
Chicago, IL
Principal 1997 – 1999
Booth Hansen
Chicago, IL
Project Manager 1994 – 1997
Peter Forbes Associates
Boston, MA
Project Architect 1992 – 1993
LEED AP
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Josep Lluis Sert Council
US Green Building Council
American Institute of Architects
Art Institute Architecture and Design Society
Francis Parker School Board of Trustees
Racquet Club of Chicago Facilities Committee
St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church Facilities Committee
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Director Chicago Studio
Fall 2015 - present
College of Architecture and Urban Studies Certificate for Teaching Excellence 2018
Cards Against Humanity
2016 Illinois AIA Interior Architecture Award
The Carton Residence
2012 Illinois AIA Mies van der Rohe Citation of Merit Award
The Buckingham at Columbia College
2010 Richard A. Dreihaus Foundation “Adaptive Use” Preservation Award
Webster Residence
2008 Good Neighbor Award, Chicago Association of Realtors
Polk Bros. Foundation Offices
2003 Chicago AIA Design Award
Investment Bank Offices
2003 Chicago AIA Design Award
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Design
2000 Chicago AIA Design Citation of Merit
Big Shoulders Small Schools, Chicago Public Schools Competition
2001, Notable Design Award Winner
City of Chicago Visitors Center Design Competition
2001, Jury Selected Finalist
TKTS Times Square Ticket Booth Design Competition
2000, Exhibition Selection
Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illinois
Lake Shore Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois
Quest-to-Learn School, Chicago International Charter Schools, Chicago, Illinois
Educare Family Center, Chicago, Illinois
Lycee Francis de Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Buckingham Dormitory for Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Building Dormitory for the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
St. James Cathedral renovation, Chicago, Illinois
Episcopal Arch Diocese of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
DePaul University classroom and office building, Chicago, Illinois
Northfield Village Hall, Northfield, Illinois Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
GE Appliance Corporate Offices, Louisville, Kentucky
DOM Capital Group, Chicago, Illinois
Cards Against Humanity Headquarters, Chicago, Illinois
Ryan Partnership, Chicago, Illinois
Legacy Marketing Partners, Chicago, Illinois
Insight Consulting Group, Chicago, Illinois
Stowell + Friedman, Chicago, Illinois
ROC Group, Chicago, Illinois
35 E. Wacker Spec Suite, Chicago, Illinois
PortaeCo., Chicago, Illinois
Quixote Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, Illinois
Spencer Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Frye-Louis Capital Management, Chicago, Illinois
Polk Bros. Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Concrete Graphic Design, Chicago, Illinois
Transwestern Investment Company, Chicago, Illinois
Transwestern Commercial Services, Dallas, Texas
Hometown America, Chicago, Illinois
Leo Burnett Publicade, Sao Paulo, Brazil
444 North Orleans, Chicago, Illinois
620 North LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois
Creative Werks, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
363 West Erie, Chicago, Illinois
150 North Wacker Drive building renovation, Chicago, Illinois
200 North LaSalle Street building renovation, Chicago, Illinois
101-75 North Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Concord Corporate Centre, Concord, California
Park Place, Seattle, Washington
Gateway Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Cards Against Humanity Game Cafe, Chicago, Illinois
GE Monogram Design Center, Chicago, Illinois
The Silken Tent Wellness Spa, Glenview, Illinois
Tai Ping Carpets/Edward Fields, Chicago, Illinois
North Bridge Mall, Chicago, Illinois
Berman Center, Chicago, Illinois
1320 North State Parkway Condominiums, Chicago, Illinois
1200 North Lake Shore Drive Condominiums, Chicago, Illinois
189 East Lake Shore Drive Condominiums, Chicago, Illinois
Clark and Dickens Townhomes, Chicago, Illinois
Evanston Condominiums and mixed-use, Evanston, Illinois
Perico Condominiums, Bradenton, Florida
Wilmington Squash and Fitness Club, Wilmington, Delaware
Wabash Lofts, Chicago, Illinois
Purgatory Lodge, Durango, Colorado
Hotel Allegro, Chicago, Illinois
Hotel Monaco, Chicago, Illinois
Belmont Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Over 70 projects in 8 states and Europe from renovations to historical rehabilitation and ground-up construction.