Chicago Public Schools Central Office Relocation
Logo for Brook Architecture, featuring the company name with 'Brook' in large letters and 'Architecture' in smaller letters underneath.
Fire trucks parked outside a fire station during sunset with clear sky and surrounding trees.
Empty indoor swimming pool with lane markers, large floor-to-ceiling windows showing city buildings, and sunlight streaming in.
Exterior view of a modern building with glass windows and brick walls, surrounded by a landscaped area with small trees, benches, and pathways, under a clear blue sky.
A modern, multi-story office building with glass exterior, surrounded by pedestrians, cars, and a parking lot, under a partly cloudy sky.
A multi-story brick residential building with several windows, a small staircase entrance, and trees with autumn foliage in front. A car is parked on the street nearby, and the sky is blue with a few clouds.
Lobby of Chicago Public Schools with a front desk, a sign, and colorful vertical stripes on the wall.
A group of students walking along a pier outside a modern building with it’s flag and a staircase leading to the roof.
Modern three-story brick apartment building with large windows, small front yard, and black metal fence.
Multi-story residential building with brick and beige exterior, multiple windows, a sidewalk, a streetlamp, trees, and a clear blue sky.
Aerial view of an outdoor urban park with pathways, benches, trees, and people sitting at tables.
Founded in 1995 by RaMona Westbrook, Brook Architecture is a peer- and industry-celebrated architectural firm proudly serving the Chicagoland area for more than three decades. We design purposeful, high-performing buildings and places where people live, play, learn, work, and heal.
As a business-centered practice, we deliver enduring value to our clients and communities by uniting beautiful design with disciplined execution. We begin every project by actively listening, providing honest, straightforward guidance, and navigating the complex realities of planning, design, and construction to turn ambitious visions into thriving spaces.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Listen carefully.
Be patient. Understand our client’s goals.
Ask questions.
Research the problem. Know what our clients worry about.
Respond honestly.
Simplify the answers. Engage and educate our client.
Respect the context.
Know the history of the site. Connect with the legacy of the building. Acknowledge the community’s relationship with the places where they lived, worked, worshipped and played.
Deliver value.
Knowledge, planning, innovation, and experience simplify the complex design process and lead to buildings and spaces that will provide a return on our client’s investment.
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
Aired on WTTW (PBS)
For most of America's history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative engineering and artistic design. For a time, America's tallest structure and its largest-capacity building were churches, and a Maryland church organ stood as the most complex machine ever built. SECRETS OF SACRED ARCHITECTURE unlocks the elements of design that make these innovative structures so fascinating and unveils the meaning embedded in religious architecture. RaMona Westbrook is a contributor to this engaging documentary. View the trailer.
ARC: All Reimagining Chicago
Reimagining 75th Street’s “Restaurant Row”
A team of Chicago architects believed they could help the small neighborhood businesses suffering from the aftermath of urban unrest and a pandemic.
Brook Architecture was part of this extraordinary team that conceived, designed, and supervised the construction of a colorful boardwalk in Chicago’s Chatham community.
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