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who we are













               Founded in 1945, FGM Architects is a full


               service architectural and interior design

               firm with offices in Chicago, Oak Brook,

               Milwaukee, O’Fallon and St. Louis.




               With a staff of 78 professionals, FGM focuses on five markets: higher education,
               PK–12 education, municipal, corporate and federal.


               At FGM, we call ourselves a     As such, one of the most important
               “community-based” architecture firm.   things we do is to involve stakeholders
               That is, our practice is dedicated   in every step of a project. The end
               to enhancing communities through   result is a design solution backed
               environments that make up the   by solid consensus; everyone
               landscape of our daily lives. Over   has participated in its creation
               our 70-year history as a business—  and understands the logic of the
               and through our work with countless   planning process. We help lead
               communities across the Midwest—we   this process and act as a trusted
               have honed a set of values that have   advisor, providing our clients the
               at their core commitment, integrity   information and technical advice they
               and people.                     need to make decisions quickly and
                                               confidently.
               The foundation of FGM’s practice
               has always been Architecture for the   Over the years FGM has received
               Educational community and we have   numerous awards for our work from
               maintained numerous continuous   peers and industry organizations,
               relationships, quite a few lasting   but at the end of the day, it’s the
               more than 20 years. We have had   client’s mission that determines project
               the privilege of serving some of the   priorities. To achieve this, we have to
               nation’s finest Higher Education   be a partner. We bring a balanced,
               institutions including the University of   common-sense design approach that
               Chicago, Northwestern University and   considers all aspects of a building,
               the University of Illinois, but we also   not just the aesthetic.
               serve as the District Architect for 86
               communities on the local level. We
               understand that the people we serve
               extend well beyond those we report to
               on a daily basis.
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