John Ronan

Office

3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Office Hours

By appointment

Phone 312-951-6600 x21
ronan@iit.edu
John Ronan Architects

Courses taught

Materiality in Architecture (A481)
Design Studio (Arch 201-2)
Design Studio (Arch 305-6)
Design Studio (Arch 417-418)
Design Studio (Arch 419-420)

Expertise

Professor Ronan is an architect and academic whose work and research focuses on spatial urbanism and the history and theory of material culture in architecture. He is the founding principal of John Ronan Architects, recipient of numerous design awards including multiple AIA Institute National Honor Awards. Professor Ronan’s work has been exhibited internationally and covered extensively by the international design press. His writings have appeared in books, architectural journals and literary magazines. In 2016 his firm was selected as one of seven international finalists for the Obama Presidential Center; in 2017 he received the Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His Poetry Foundation building was listed as one of 125 best buildings of the last 125 years by Architectural Record.

Professor Ronan has lectured widely throughout North America and Europe. He has been the Eugene McDermott Centennial Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, the John G. Williams Visiting Professor in Architecture at the University of Arkansas, and recipient of the Distinguished Professor award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

Education

M. Arch with Distinction, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
B. Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Teaching Experience

Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, 2010-present;
Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, 2007-2010;
Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, 2002-2007;
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, 1997-2002;
Adjunct Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, 1992-1997

Professional Experience

Founding Principal, John Ronan Architects, 1999-present

Licenses

Architect License: Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, NCARB

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

The Poetry Foundation (Center for American Architecture & Design at the University of Texas, 2015).
Explorations: The Architecture of John Ronan (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010).
“Brick by Brick, Word by Word,” essay in Poetry Magazine (March, 2018).
Exhibition, John Ronan, American Academy of Arts and Letters (May, 2017).
Exhibition, Leaf Lounge, Chicago Architecture Biennial, (Fall, 2015).
Exhibition, Iterations: John Ronan’s Poetry Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, (Spring, 2014).
Exhibition, Sharing Space: Creative Intersections in Architecture and Design, Art Institute of Chicago, (Spring, 2013).
Exhibition, The Work of John Ronan Architects, Roger Williams College, (Fall, 2012).
Exhibition, Design on the Edge, Chicago Architecture Foundation, (October 2011).
Exhibition, Burnham Memorial Design Competition, Field Museum, (Summer 2009).
Exhibition, Young Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, (Fall, 2006).
Exhibition, P/A Awards, Center for Architecture, New York (Spring, 2005).
Exhibition, Perth Amboy High School Competition, Architectural League of New York, (Spring 2004).