Ben Weese, FAIA, Principal
Ben Weese FAIA is a founding partner of Weese Langley Weese. He received graduate and undergraduate degrees at Harvard University and a Certificate of Scholarship at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Fontainbleau, France. Prior to Weese Langely Weese, he worked for 20 years at Harry Weese and Associates, where major projects included The Latin School of Chicago, Williams College Library, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Lake Village Townhouses and Apartment Tower, Chicago, Illinois. Major projects with Weese Langley Weese include: Art Institute of Chicago, Allerton Hall Renovation; Winnetka Congregational Church, Winnetka, Illinois; and the F.W. Olin Classroom Building, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Ben has received numerous local and national design awards and is a board member of the Graham Foundation for Advancement in the Fine Arts and a member of the City of Chicago Landmarks Commission.
Dennis W. Langley AIA, Principal
Dennis Langley AIA received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana in 1970. After serving in the military, he worked for five years at two firms including a large AE firm. He joined Weese Langley Weese in 1978 where he became a principal in 1992. Representative projects there have included churches, college libraries, and most recently Wohlberg Hall, classroom/studios for the School of the Art Institute. His projects include an emphasis on a broad variety of low income housing including multi-family, single room occupancy and affordable elderly units in projects that include adaptive re-use, historic restoration and new construction. He served on the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission for six years and on the board of Family Services, Oak Park, a mental health organization. He has been involved in numerous AIA award winning projects. He has recently received a Richard H. Driehaus Community Design Award and a Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois Award for his housing projects.
Cynthia Weese, FAIA, Principal
Cynthia Weese FAIA is a founding partner of Weese Langley Weese. She received a Bachelor Degree from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, where she is currently the Dean of the School of Architecture. Prior to Weese Langley Weese, she was in private practice and worked at Harry Weese and Associates. Major projects at Weese Langley Weese include: F.W. Olin Classroom Building, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; Art Institute of Chicago Kraft General Foods Education Center; Chicago City Day School, Chicago, Illinois; and numerous projects for A New Leaf flower store in Chicago. Cynthia has received numerous AIA design awards and lectures widely nationally and internationally.
Daniel Towler Weese, AIA, Associate
Dan Towler Weese AIA has been with Weese Langley Weese since 1992. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and a Master's Degree from the School of Architecture at Yale University. Major projects at Weese Langley Weese include: FW Olin Hall, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University, Denver, Colorado; Chicago City Day School, Chicago, Illinois; South Loop Apartments, Chicago, Illinois. Dan currently serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Architecture Club for which he was president, 1999-2000; he is the chair of the AIA Chicago Design Committee for 2002. Dan has served as guest critic and lecturer at schools of architecture locally and around the country.
Richard Klein, AIA, Associate
Richard Klein AIA graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1986. He completed internships with architecture firms in Indianapolis, Baltimore, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and Charleston, South Carolina. He has been with Weese Langley Weese since 1986. Representative projects include Wilson Library and Landis Academic Center at the University of La Verne, Winnetka Congregational Church and the Allerton Hall Renovation at The Art Institute of Chicago. He has worked on AIA award-winning projects, including the A New Leaf Studio and Garden.