Susan King

Adjunct Professor

Office

5th year studio
S. R. Crown Hall Upper Level 3360 South State St., Chicago, IL 60616

Courses taught

Fifth Year Advanced Studio 420: S22, S23, 419: F22
Fifth Year and Grad: Advanced Studio 419: F23

Expertise

Susan King is an architect and designer whose award winning work embraces class, gender and environmental equity, demonstrating through built form that architecture can serve and support as well as inspire. She is a Principal and Housing Studio leader for HED, a national, multidisciplinary firm with over 300 professionals practicing in Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.

An unrelenting advocate for attainable housing, social justice, and issues of diversity, much of King’s work focuses on community-based housing access for people across all ages and socioeconomic status.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, University of Cincinnati, 1987

Teaching Experience

Oakton Community College – Introduction to Architecture, 2001–05
Archeworks Design Advisor & Resource: 2011–13
IIT – Fifth Year starting 2022; Fifth Year + Grads 2023

Professional Experience

Perkins + Will — 1 1/2 Years
Eckenhoff Saunders — 8 years
Environ, Inc. — 5 years
HED — 20 years

Licenses

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan

Awards

Individual Honors
2022—Illinois Real Estate Journal Awards – People, City and Transaction, Finalist: Architect of the Year Category
2018—University of Cincinnati, Alumni of the Year Award
2016—Women in Sustainable Leadership Award, Green Building and Design Magazine
2012—Elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2012 (Class of 2011)
2010—Best Green Architect, Reader’s Choice Award, Mindful Metropolis Magazine
2008—I4design – Suite Sixteen: Selected as one of 16 designers “to watch” in the Midwest in i4 design’s second annual award. Profile article entitled “Sustainable Magician”, by Lisa Skolnik. (Spring Issue 2008)

Recent Project Awards
2022—Illinois Real Estate Journal Awards – Projects: Fifth Avenue Apartments, Finalist for Affordable Housing Category
Chicago Building Congress Award: Fifth Avenue Apartments
2021—Chicago Neighborhood Development Award: Richard H. Driehaus Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design - Lathrop
2020—AIA Chicago – Honor Award Lathrop
2016—Urban Land Institute Chicago, Vision Award, Lake Street Studios
2015—MHN (Multi Housing News) Design Excellence Gold Award in Workforce Category, Lake Street Studios
2013—ALA Design Award, Silver, Country Club Hills Wellness Center

Memberships

The American Institute of Architects, (AIA)
Chicago Women in Architecture (CWA)
Chief
Lambda Alpha International – Ely Chapter
Board of Directors: Illinois Housing Council and Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation