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T. Gunny Harboe, AIA

In March of 2006 Gunny Harboe began his own architecture firm specializing in historic preservation and sustainable design. Prior to that he spent 17 ½ years at McClier (and Austin/AECOM) where he was responsible for all of the firm’s projects involving preservation, restoration, or rehabilitation of older structures of historic or architectural significance. He is a registered architect having received his M. Arch. degree from MIT, which included study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also has a M.Sc. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, and an A.B. in History from Brown University. In 1998 he completed the course in Architectural Conservation at ICCROM in Rome, Italy.

Mr. Harboe has gained a national reputation for his award work on the Rookery Building and Reliance Buildings. Both these projects received national Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. Harboe was named a “2001 Young Architect” by the National AIA, and in 2002, he was made a member of the GSA’s National Register of Peer Professionals.

Mr. Harboe recently completed three years of service on the national board of the AIA, as a Regional Director from Illinois. He is also a Past President of AIA Chicago. His other volunteer activities include serving as current Secretary General of the ICOMOS ISC on 20^th Century Heritage, past Vice President of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois; and past Vice President of DOCOMOMO-US, where he currently remains a board member.

Mr. Harboe has lectured extensively internationally and all over the U.S., and has published numerous articles about his work. Recent projects include; Holabird and Roche’s Marquette Building, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Mies Van der Rohe’s Crown Hall, Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pirie Scott Store and Holabird and Root’s Chicago Board of Trade Building, all National Historic Landmarks.

Douglas Gilbert, AIA

Douglas Gilbert, AIA is a Project Architect with over ten years of experience in historic preservation architecture. He has been with Harboe Architects since its inception in 2006 and previously worked with Gunny Harboe at McClier starting in 1997. Mr. Gilbert was also the Chief Designer for the Illinois Main Street Program between 1994 and ’97. The Main Street design services were run through the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, and during his employment there, Mr. Gilbert also reviewed Federal Tax Credit applications and promoted preservation throughout the state.

Mr. Gilbert earned his BSAS from the University of Illinois, Urbana. As part of his undergraduate studies, he studied at L-Ecole de Architecture de Versailles, France between 1990 and ’91. He earned his MArch from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1994 with a specialization in Historic Preservation.

At Harboe Architects, Mr. Gilbert is responsible for leading projects from design through construction, overseeing staff, coordinating with consultants and contractors and developing positive relationships with our clients. He is well versed on restoration issues involving masonry, windows, façade inspections, building assessments and 20th Century Modernist style architecture. His experience also includes architectural history, writing Historic Structure Reports, preparing National Register Nominations, preservation financial incentives consulting and preservation review consultation.

Mr. Gilbert is active in the preservation field, serving as Chair of Oak Park’s Historic Preservation Commission since 2002. He is currently serving on the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council, which reviews all National Register nominations for the state of Illinois. He also actively volunteers with the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust’s annual Wright Plus housewalk and speaks regularly to various professional organizations and at conferences on preservation topics.

Some of his recent projects include: Sullivan Center, 860-880 Lakeshore Drive, Robert Emmond House, Crown Hall, Annie May Swift Hall and the Chicago Board of Trade.

Bob Score, AIA

Bob Score, AIA is a Project Architect with over fifteen years of experience in historic preservation architecture. He has been with Harboe Architects since its inception in 2006 and previously worked with Gunny Harboe at McClier starting in 2000. Mr. Score also worked as an architect for Ann Beha Associates in Boston, MA between 1996 and 2000 where he worked on the restoration of historic museums and cultural properties throughout the United States. He worked as a research assistant for the US Construction Engineering Laboratory conducting preservation planning at various military installations between 1998 and 2000. He also worked for the Historic American Building Survey for two summers, documenting historic structures at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. 

Mr. Score earned his BS in Architecture from Lawrence Technological University. He earned his MArch from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1994 with a specialization in Historic Preservation. As part of his masters studies he completed a semester at Tongi University in Shanghai, China. Mr Score is a licensed architect in the State of Illinois and is NCARB certified.

At Harboe Architects, Mr. Score is responsible for leading projects from design through construction, overseeing staff, coordinating with consultants and contractors and developing positive relationships with our clients. He is well versed on restoration issues involving masonry, windows, cast iron, interior finishes, façade inspections, and building assessments.

Mr. Score is active in the preservation field. He was chair of the Historic Resources Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the AIA from 2000 to 2002 . He also was a Director of the Association for Preservation Technology from 2006 to 2008 . Mr. Score is currently helping to found the Western Great Lakes Chapter of the Association for Preservation Technology. Mr Score speaks regularly to various professional organizations and at conferences on preservation topics.

Some of his recent projects include: Sullivan Center Cast Iron Restoration and Cornice Restoration, Unity Temple Preservation Master Plan, Marquette Building Cornice Restoration and Lafayette Building Renovation.

Jennifer Ries

Jennifer Ries has more than seven years of professional architectural experience focusing on building preservation and repair.  Prior to joining the Harboe Architects team in 2007, Jennifer spent three years working on concrete and masonry repair projects on several high rise buildings in the Chicago Loop.  Before arriving in Chicago in 2004, she worked in Winston-Salem, North Carolina documenting and producing repair drawings for historically significant churches and buildings in Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and throughout the southeastern U.S.

Jennifer earned Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Architecture degrees from Kent State University and, as part of undergraduate studies, spent five months in Florence, Italy studying design, art history and Italian culture.  Jennifer was also a member of the student team that completed HABS drawings of the 1929 Akron Civic Theater, which won the Peterson Prize for Measured Drawings in 2000.  Jennifer was also a key architectural member of a HAER team documenting historic suspension bridges throughout central Texas for the National Park Service.

At Harboe Architects, Jennifer is responsible for construction documents and field and site surveys.  She is currently working on numerous projects including the Main Building at the Illinois Institute of Technology; the Haskell, Barker, Atwater and Church Buildings; and the Sullivan Center cast iron restoration.  Jennifer is also currently serving on the Funds and Easement Committee for Landmarks Illinois. 

Tim Scovic

Tim Scovic is an intern architect with over two years of experience working in architecture and historic preservation. He joined Harboe Architects in October of 2007 and assists in schematic design, design development, construction documents, research, and report writing at the firm. Before joining Harboe Architects, Tim previously worked for AltusWorks in Chicago, Sandvick Architects in Cleveland, and M2 Design Services in Maumee, Ohio, where he gained experience in preservation, adaptive reuse, and renovation.

Mr. Scovic completed his undergraduate education in architecture at the University of Cincinnati in 2005, where he had the opportunity to study abroad in Rome, Italy in the spring of 2004. He graduated with his Master of Architecture specializing in Historic Preservation in 2007 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While enrolled there, he served as vice president of the student chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, worked as a research assistant at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and as a teaching assistant for architectural history courses in the School of Architecture, and received the Rexford Newcomb Award for excellence in architectural history and preservation.

As an active member of the architecture and preservation community, Mr. Scovic participates in a number of different organizations. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), as well as member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Landmarks Illinois, and volunteers on the Research and Communications Committees for Preservation Chicago.

Tim’s recent projects at Harboe Architects include work on the Sullivan Center, Carr Chapel, and Unity Temple.