John Vinci and Philip Hamp photographed in the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune)

John Vinci and Philip Hamp are recognized as Chicagoans of the Year in architecture for their decades-long devotion to preserving the seminal structures that make this city a beacon for designers and visitors from around the globe.

Between them, Vinci, 77, and Hamp, 61, have restored such significant works as Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's majestic Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute of Chicago; Frank Lloyd Wright's earth-hugging Glasner House in north suburban Glencoe; and Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells' soaring lobby in the Chicago Tribune Tower. Their new buildings include the Arts Club of Chicago, which incorporates an elegant steel staircase from the club's former, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed home.

"We always work with great dead architects," quipped Hamp. "We learned a lot of lessons from them.".....Continue Reading

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