Thanks to Ross Barney Architects, principal Laura Saviano, architect Lindsey Telford, and the whole office for warmly welcoming over 115 people to BUILD Territory on February 22. Ross Barney’s office space combines drama, instagram-able backdrops,… Read More »The Perfect Place For A Territory Event
After reviewing a hundred candid shots from BUILD Territory, it’s clearly the people that make the party. Thanks so much to our sponsors for making BUILD Territory amazing. Each BUILD sponsor invited their own “team”… Read More »Great People Make Great Parties
When a team of teenagers meets a crew of kids, the boundaries are blurred Territory Urban Design Team and our clients went head to head in playground games this fall. Using play as a warm-up… Read More »Kids Rule!
BUILD Networks BUILD Opportunities BUILD Impact Gather at Ross Barney Architects for a networking event for Territory, an award-winning non-profit design-team studio and design-build practice led by young people ages 14-19 in Chicago. An after… Read More »BUILD Territory
Territory’s Year of the People Spot Celebration is this Saturday. While our Fall Urban Design Team is making prep lists and quality assurance plans for the big event, I am thinking of all the young… Read More »Name Shout
A few weeks ago we went back to check on Territory’s first people spot, a social space for McCutcheon Elementary School in Uptown, designed and built by 33 Chicago high school students in the summer… Read More »Blue!
Calling all Territory team-mates past and present — we are reaching out to you because at some point in time you have participated in a Territory program and we’re really excited to hear what amazing… Read More »Reunion for a cause
We are approaching the last weekend in October and the usual rainy gusts are befuddling our design teams as we conduct site visits and meet clients. Our youth empowerment walking tour, “Walk in Our Shoes”… Read More »UPlifting UPtown on Friday
Territory embraces design thinking. Very early on, we were inspired by Stanford’s d.school, and quickly adopted their open source tools, including their “Wallet Project,” a design thinking exercise, and “Bootcamp Bootleg,” a how-to guide. For… Read More »Design Thinking – Take A Stand
We are only two weeks into the volunteer workshops, but we’re rolling out the red carpet now to give our volunteers a little limelight. Thanks so much to Alexa, Casey, Faramade, Gerardo, Jenni, Joe, Monica,… Read More »We Love Our Volunteers