John Vinci (born February 6, 1937) is a Chicago-based American architect who works on architectural preservation of historic buildings in addition to new designs. He is noted for the rehabilitation of many noted landmarks including Frank Lloyd Wright’s studio in Oak Park, Illinois, Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pirie Scott department store and the reconstruction of the

Adler and Sullivan Adler & Sullivan was an architectural firm founded by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in Chicago. Among its projects was the multi-purpose Auditorium Building in Chicago and the Wainwright Building skyscraper in St Louis. In 1883 Louis Sullivan wa ...

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Early life, education and career

John Vinci was born on February 6, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois to Italian immigrants Nicholas Vinci and his wife, Nicoline and is the youngest of Nicholas' seven children. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1960 and began his architectural career at

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings, Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer Jo ...

in Chicago before moving to Brenner Danforth Rockwell Architects. He has since headed his own firms, including Vinci/Kenny Architects (1969-1979), and the Office of John Vinci, Inc. (1980-1995). He is currently partnered with Philip Hamp in Vinci , Hamp Architects (VHA) In addition to his architectural work, Mr. Vinci has extensive experience in the design of art exhibition installations at the Art Institute of Chicago and other museums. Mr. Vinci has also been an instructor of the history of nineteenth and twentieth century architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1972-1992) (2000), and at Roosevelt University (1970-1972). He has written or contributed to architectural books and publications most notably ''The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan'', (

Aaron Siskind Aaron Siskind (December 4, 1903 – February 8, 1991) was an American photographer whose work focuses on the details of things, presented as flat surfaces to create a new image independent of the original subject. He was closely involved with, if ...

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Richard Nickel Richard Stanley Nickel (May 31, 1928 – April 13, 1972) was a Polish American architectural photographer and historical preservationist, who was based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and document the buildings ...

with John Vinci and Ward Miller, 2011, Published by The Richard Nickel Committee).

Select Restoration Work

* Frank Lloyd Wright's Studio in Oak Park, Illinois * Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pirie Scott department store * The exterior masonry of H.H. Richardson's John J. Glessner House * The Art Institute of Chicago's Grand Stair and Lobby * The reconstruction of the

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Select new designs

* South Kenwood Residence (2001) * The Arts Club of Chicago (1997) * The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (2000) * The Manilow Residence., with Max Gordon (1991)

Select Awards

* AIA, Chicago Chapter, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014 * Named Legendary Landmark, 2011, Landmark Illinois * AIA, Chicago Chapter: Honor Award for restoration of Hyde Park Historical Society (former Chicago Street Railway Company) Building, 1981 * AIA, Chicago Chapter: Honor Award for restoration of the Trading Room,

, 1980 * AIA, Chicago Chapter: Honor Award for restoration of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Department Store, 1980

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