We offer a comprehensive range of architectural services to ensure a smooth process from beginning to end. We are committed to sustainable design principles, aiming to benefit both current and future generations as we work to turn your ideas into reality.
Designing Custom Homes
- Consultations – initial consultation is at no cost – let’s get to know each other.
- Planning – site plans and bubble diagram plans – define spaces for the way YOU live, where YOU want to live
- Design Services – work with your ideas and goals to bring out your aesthetic styles
- Construction/Permit Drawings – illustrates your home’s design into instructions for code compliance and construction
- Permit Procurement – complete application documents and drawings, and expedite the process through municipal departments
- Additional Service – may include Zoning Variances or Adjustments, Renderings, Promotional materials
- Construction Administration – may include our services to observe and report adherence to the design intent through the construction process on your behalf
Designing Custom Renovations
- Consultations – initial consultation is at no cost – let’s discuss your project
- Planning – define spaces for the way YOU live
- Design Services – work with your ideas and goals to bring out your aesthetic styles
- Construction/Permit Drawings – illustrates your home’s design into instructions for code compliance and construction
- Permit Procurement – complete application documents and drawings, and expedite the process through municipal departments
- Additional Service – may include Zoning Variances or Adjustments, Renderings, Promotional materials
- Construction Administration – may include our services to observe and report adherence to the design intent through the construction process on your behalf
Multi-Family & Mixed-Use Development
- Consultations/Feasibility – working with you to maximize the use of the site based on your pro-forma
- Planning/Schematics – defining the project’s scope and parameters to work through potential changes such as Zoning variances & neighborhood associations/Alderperson’s requirements
- Design Development – bringing the proposal into illustrated design of plans and elevations for approvals from the local municipality
- Construction/Permit Drawings – Preparing all drawings, details, specifications for code compliance in the permit review process & construction
- Permit Procurement – complete application documents, reports and drawings, and expedite the permit process through municipal departments
- Construction Administration – onsite review of the construction processes to ensure design intent, code approvals, etc.
- Additional Services – may include Renderings, Virtual Walk-throughs, Promotional Materials and more.
Timber Framing
- A niche in architecture, a craft and our passion
- Timber Frame architecture dates back centuries – and should last centuries. An heirloom.
- We will work with your existing timber frame building – be it a home or a barn or a loft space
- We will design new custom timber frame structures for you – down to the peg detail, or to your builder’s requirements
- All previously outlined aspects of the project apply to these structures – be it for a home, a barn, or a mass-timber complex
- In addition to the standard process, we develop the timber frame designs into working “shop drawings” for your manufacturer/builder to complete the pieces as designed.
Urban & Rural Planning
- Whether it’s for a private development, a community not-for-profit, or a municipality with public funding, we provide services to help foster sustainable and socio-economic development.
- Provide master planning services to investigate how to integrate varying levels of residential density with commercial diversity and civic amenities.
- Design and deliver prototypes for the various architectural elements of housing, business and public functions.
- Provide guidance on street types, proportions for varying levels of density for both vehicles and pedestrians to maximize the local market.
- Enlist our services to design individual buildings to suit – results in cohesive integration into the master plan.
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Joseph Oliver maintained an amazing business of restoring classic 20th Century steel and enamel stoves. Marts & Valentin Architects assisted his business along the way, and numerous M&VA clients purchased and installed Joe's restorations. Congratulations to Joe and his crew for their professional efforts. Thank you!
On Friday of this past week Joe's company delivered their very last fully restored stove, an early 1950's Roper Town & Country, capping the end of an amazing past few years, if not decades.
On Friday of this past week Joe's company delivered their very last fully restored stove, an early 1950's Roper Town & Country, capping the end of an amazing past few years, if not decades.
Sam Marts of Marts & Valentin Architects is commissioned to re-imagine a poorly built (dangerous) staircase which is a major portion of the living room in a Bucktown house. The house has plenty of sunlight so the design incorporates planters. Two dog houses for the family pups, the TV set, a side bar and a hidden coat closet are all integrated within the new stair.
Marts & Valentin Architects are restoring the porch on this fine 1904 worker's cottage in a landmarked district. The porch has suffered poor maintenance, some misguided repairs and is simply worn out. We will install new "Tuscan" column-posts, raise the handrail to current standards while easing the rise and run of the stairs.
Marts & Valentin Architects renovated this handsome circa 1900 building on Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, nearly 30 years ago. Originally, the building was a furniture store with three floors of display, a top floor shop and offices. Today, the ground floor is a discount shoe store and the three top floors are rental units. Sam Marts divided the floors in half along the diagonal, from exit stair to exit stair, creating six similar apartments. Insulated glass windows were installed on the street front and new window openings were created on the rear side. The Milwaukee facade was cleaned and ultimately the metal cornice restored.
Rendering by Arron Valentin
Rendering by Arron Valentin
