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Chris-Annmarie Spencer

Architectural Professional Wheeler Kearns Architects June 2004 – Present (12 years 3 months)Chicago, IL Project architect on several projects including the recently completed Wolcott School a 32,000 sq ft interior gut of a building built in 1926 for the Chicago Union League Boys and Girls Club. The school is Chicago’s first high school designed for students with learning disabilities and differences.

Registered Architect in Illinois. Member of AIA, NOMA and CWA

Projects

Inspiration Kitchens Garfield Park(Link) 2009 – 2011 The project involved the renovation and adaptive reuse of a 1906 single story building and the improvement of three (3) vacant lots in the City's East Garfield Park neighborhood. This 7,800 sq. ft. facility has an 80 seat restaurant that serves subsidized meals to working poor families and market rate meals to the general public; a combination service, catering and training kitchen from which a 13 week food service training program is conducted, a meeting room/classroom and administrative/social service offices which support Inspiration Corporation's community outreach programs and provides individualized case management services to past and current students. The facility has a sustainable garden that supplies fresh herbs and vegetables for the restaurant and serves as an educational resource for students, local school children and the community.

Project certified LEED-Gold by USGBC (0904 2012)less Wolcott School(Link) 2009 – April 2013 Located at 524 North Wolcott, this project entails the adaptive reuse of a 1926 three-story masonry building comprising 32,150sf including a full basement. The building was originally as a boys club by the Union League. The new use will be a private high school for students with learning differences.

The school will serve a student body of 160 students, split equally amongst four grades (9-12). Class sizes will typically be kept to a maximum of ten students attended by two faculty members. Tutoring rooms will be available adjacent to or in close proximity to classrooms to allow instructors to conduct private or small group sessions with students. Careful attention has been placed on the design of transition areas and wayfinding in an attempt to minimize physical, implied, and mental obstacles to the learning process.

Project anticipates LEED- Silver certificationless Old Town Residence(Link) 2007 – 2009 Built in the 1870's, this two-story brick and wood frame single family residence is located in a landmark district of Chicago. Although exterior changes visible from the street are restricted by landmark guidelines, the project included a complete gut renovation of the interior and the removal of a 1980's two-story addition in the rearyard.

The newly opened interior space is defined and vertically connected by a central two-story volume that is naturally lit from a series of skylights above. The central volume contains the home's service spaces and is carved to reveal an open stair whose landing extends to form the kitchen counter. A wall of cabinetry on the west compliments the stark gallery wall on the east. The large south-facing opening extends the living space into the garden and provides natural light and views deep within the house.less State Street Residence(Link) 2010 – 2011 Interior renovation of 5,000 sq. ft apartment for a family of five. The apartment square footage is split between the penthouse and 12th floor of the historic Ambassador Hotel.

'''Honors & Awards ''' 2013 Social Impact Design Award AIA San Francisco September 2013

Inspiration Kitchens- Garfield Park 2013 Rudy Bruner Award Gold Medal Winner Bruner Foundation May 2013

Inspiration Kitchens-Garfield Park Honor Award-2013 AIA Illinois February 2013

Inspiration Kitchens-Garfield Park Chicago Innovator-Architecture Chicago Urban League May 2012

Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design- Inspiration Kitchen Richard H Driehaus Foundation 2012

Emerald Award-Inspiration Kitchen US Green Building Council 2012 CAF- Patron of the Year 2012 Chicago Architecture Foundation

November 2012 Inspiration Kitchens- Garfield Park Inspiration Kitchens- Garfield Park LEED-Gold USGBC

September 2012 Vision Awards- Inspiration Kitchen Urban Land Institute- Chicago- June 2012

2012 SustainABILITY Award- Honor Award AIA Chicago October 2012

Inspiration Kitchens, Garfield Park Regional Winner-Inspiration Kitchen Social Economic Environmental Design Award 2011

Citation of Merit Award- Private Art Gallery AIA Chicago 2008

White House Redux Storefront for Art and Architecture 2008

2015 Dubin Family Young Architect Award AIA Chicago

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago Master of Architecture (MArch) 2001 – 2004

Activities and Societies: Study abroad in Rome and Barcelona Fall Semester 2003; Independent study in South Africa 2004 CAST, Utech- Caribbean School of Architecture, Jamaica Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) 1995 – 1998

Montego Bay Community College, Jamaica Architecture 1994 – 1995

Manchester High School, Jamaica 1990 – 1994