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Joseph A. Gonzalez, FAIA, is an American architect, based in Chicago Illinois. Gonzalez's diverse body of work, highly varied in scale and function, and widely distributed geographically, has made important contributions to many different constituencies, and to the public at large. From music venues to transit stations, from schools to office buildings, from community centers to affordable housing, his design enriches the lives of those who come into contact with its results. Gonzalez's work is rigorous, always planned with a larger perspective in mind, and splendidly detailed.

Life/Career Born June 4th, 1950, in New York City from Cuban immigrant parents, he is a Brooklyn Tech graduate, and Oklahoma State alum. His fist job after college was with Skidmore Owens and Merrill (SOM), where he worked for over 23 years, creating buildings that won many national and local awards. He formed his own firm, Gonzalez Partners, in 1998, where he worked until 2007. A short stint with DeStefano Partners, was followed by assuming the role of Global Director of Design of Ghafari Associates LLC.

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