about
Studio LaHood PLLC is a woman-led architecture and design firm and certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) based in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. We specialize in the fields of residential design, set design, historic preservation and adaptive reuse. Our work seeks essential solutions to complex prompts, with an optimistic expectation that collaboration will yield the most pleasing results. We delight in old buildings, but consider no place - however blank - to be void of narrative. Our process draws from a studious inquiry of each site and client and is propelled by exciting new spatial interpretations, edits, and overlays.
Heather LaHood | Principal
Heather is a licensed architect in Illinois and a Self Certification Professional in Chicago. With a background in architectural design, history and theory, Heather is captivated by opportunities to help clients write a new chapter while preserving the legibility of a building’s past. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in History and Theory of Architecture from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Prior to founding Studio LaHood, Heather spent nine years with Woodhouse Tinucci Architects (Chicago) and two years with VOA (Chicago). She has over a decade of experience leading thoughtful renovation, adaptive reuse, and new construction work in and around Chicago. Her design practice supports a very full and fulfilling family life with her husband and two young children, who inspire endless creativity and joy.
