Norris Architects

ARCHITECTURE. DESIGN. REAL ESTATE.

Services & Resumes

A Mosaic of Talents for Your Commercial or Residential Project

Multiple skills and talents combined to provide you with services in Commercial and Residential Design & Architecture. Residential Real Estate and Authorized Dealer of Grabill Cabinetry.

Architecture

Fred Norris, founder, is an Illinois licensed Architect. Determined. Precise. Client Advocate.

Design & Cabinetry

Lisa Norris, has a degree in both Architecture and Design. Award winning. Creative and Innovative.

Resume for Fred Norris, Jr.

FRED NORRIS, JR. Architect with 30 plus years of education and experience with commercial projects throughout Northern Illinois and Southern Minnesota areas. Born and raised in St. Charles, IL,

EDUCATION

Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago: Bachelor of Architecture,

Award: Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society

Southern Illinois University – Cardondale: Associate in Applied Science.

Award: Scholastic Honors

Lead Project Architect in Design, Space Planning, Programming, Contracts, and Documents. Committed to a thorough understanding of projects. Committed to applying innovative design techniques in conjunction with solid business acumen.

My goal is that all client needs are met and exceeded incorporating all requirements, budgets and client parameters.

Chairmen of the City of St. Charles Historic Preservation Commission.
Past Board Member of the American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter.
Eagle Scout.

Resume for Lisa Norris

LISA NORRIS Interior Architect with years of education and experience in Design & Detailing.

EDUCATION Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago: Bachelor of Architecture.

Columbia College - Chicago: – Bachelor in Fine Arts with a minor in Design.

REAL ESTATE. Licensed Real Estate Agent.

Passionate and determined to design for your lifestyle. Accomplishments include out of state vacation homes, estate homes and first time home buyers homes. Small bath redesign to executive custom home design. Recent design accomplishments include a Chicago luxury condo redesign, a Barrington restaurants, several home redesigns, a complete industrial office redesign and a 5,000 s.f. new custom home. Working as a partner with you to create a design that is edgy and timeless. A finished design that includes electric, lighting, plumbing & finish details.

Sub-Zero Design Competition Winner
Raymond Enkeboll Design Competition Winner.
Dacor Showroom Design Competition Winner.
Published in Chicago Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens & more

Recent Testimonial from a Retired U.S. Air Force Veteran

"Lisa was a pleasure to work with. She has a warm personality and understood what we wanted. She presented us with several options and was able to bring our dream bathroom to reality. We highly recommend her!"

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RECENT CLIENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PRIVATE ST. CHARLES RESIDENCE

10,000 s.f. French Transitional Home complete w/home theater, virtual range, in-law suite,

5 en-suite bedrooms, large gourmet kitchen w/10' island. 10' ceilings. Walk out lower level. A challenging lot that few architects could understand. A beautiful design, meticulously detailed for our clients. Now under construction. Ask us for more details......

OBSCURITY BREWING - ELBURN

Developed a parcel in downtown Elburn that was the Farm Services Offices and Warehouse space. Preserved a small portion of one building and added structure for a large new brewery, mead distillery and restaurant. Included a 7100 s.f. , two story, new structure.

PRIVATE CONDOMINIUM RESIDENCE - FORDHAM BUILDING

3,200 s.f. 3 bedroom Chicago Lakefront renovation. Complete redesign of Kitchen, Bathrooms, Fireplace, Built-ins. Contemporary, State of the Art finishes and technology.

MI-JACK

16,000 s.f. division relocation. Complete interior demo with new warehouse, office, break room and conference room. Designed to retain employees in professional, light filled spaces. All architecture, design and permit documents.

Private Residence INTERIOR REMODEL

A testimonial from our client: "Lisa, you complete me! You deserve the world. It was more than a pleasure working beside you during our build. Your attention to detail, creative solutions and timely manner were always appreciated. You kept my head level through the entire process and I can't express my gratitude in enough words. We love you!! "

GREATER GOOD CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE

St. Charles , IL New Chiropractors office including permit documents.

BIG IRON HORSE BAR-B-QUE

Relocate previous designed restaurant to new and larger space. Whiskey and bar-b-que concept in Barrington. Copper bar top, barrel accents, big arched brewery entry doors, planked walls, LED display at bar and more......

COSMIC MONTESSORI

Complete design and architecture for new building and addition.