User:Joseph Weishaar

Joseph "Joe" Weishaar is a registered architect practicing in Washington, DC.

A relative newcomer to the architecture profession, Joe is quickly expanding his horizons with nationally and internationally recognized work. Most notably, in 2015 his design entitled "The Weight of Sacrifice" was selected out of 365 international entries to be short-listed for the National WW1 Memorial in Washington, DC located in Pershing Park. In January of 2016, he and sculptor Sabin Howard were selected to lead the winning design team. In 2011 he placed second individually in the Lyceum Fellowship Competition sponsored by the Lyceum Fellowship of Boston. In 2010 he was a part of the team that completed the HABS/HABER documentation of the Fay and Gus Jones Residence, which garnered the Peterson Prize for historic documentation from the National Park Service and Library of Congress.

Joe has traveled extensively to participate in design studios taught in Mexico City at the Casa Barragan, and to Europe under the auspices of the Lyceum Traveling Fellowship. In 2012 he used this opportunity to take up residence in Rome in order to study the ancient housing typologies of Pompeii.

In 2016, Joe was named as one of Crain’s Chicago Business’ Emerging Voices as part of their 20 in their 20’s series and has been profiled in an array of media venues for his continued work on the National WWI Memorial. Joe is an active oil pastel painter and has participated in multiple gallery exhibitions in Chicago.

Joe Weishaar has experience designing memorials, mixed-use developments, commercial build-outs, and single family residences.