David Woodhouse, FAIA    

Principal

David has been widely recognized for his architectural work in the Chicago region for a series of innovative public projects that reflect, respect and celebrate the values of the communities his designs serve.

He received his BArch from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1971 in a program that included study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Versailles, France.  He then joined Stanley Tigerman and Associates in Chicago, where he became an Associate before leaving in 1978 for Booth/Hansen and Associates where he was Senior Associate and Vice President.  In 1987 he founded a partnership which became David Woodhouse Architects in 1990.  He was advanced to membership in the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1999.  In 2007, David Woodhouse Architects received the AIA Chicago Firm of the Year Award, before becoming Woodhouse Tinucci Architects in 2014.

His projects have been recognized with numerous design and historic preservation awards, publications in architectural periodicals and books, and exhibitions here and abroad.  He has served on numerous architectural design and historical preservation award juries, has contributed articles to several architectural periodicals, and has been a faculty member at Archeworks.  He is an Adjunct Professor in the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture as well as a frequent lecturer and visiting design critic at other universities.

David is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cove School for children with serious learning disabilities.  He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Ragdale Foundation, the Board of Directors of Landmarks Illinois, the Advisory Design Council of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Advisory Council of Lake Forest College.

Andy Tinucci, AIA, LEED AP

Principal

Andy's passion for building architecture is as strong as his love of designing it.  From a family of builders, engineers and architects, Andy has trained in both the construction and architecture professions. 

He received his BSAS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995 and his BArch degree from the University of Arizona in 2001.  In 1996 Andy joined Rick Joy Architects in Tucson, Arizona where he spent 6 years designing and building internationally published and award winning architecture in the incredible landscapes of the desert southwest.  In 2002, he joined David Woodhouse Architects as the Project Architect for the Morton Arboretum Visitor Center.  He became partner of Woodhouse Tinucci Architects in 2014.  His work has been recognized with awards such as the Architectural Record Houses Award and the AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, and it has been published internationally in over sixty publications.

Andy’s work has also led him towards architectural research where he is currently exploring the role of institutions in our culture as well as the changing shape of architectural practice.  In 2004, Andy lectured at the Graham Foundation for the Arts in association with an exhibit entitled Golconde: The Introduction of Modernism in India.

Married to an architect turned teacher, Andy has maintained his commitment to architectural education through his appointment as Studio Assistant Professor in the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture since 2008.  Since 2010, Andy has served as the director of the third year design curriculum where he is responsible for organizing and crafting the content for 130 junior-level students.  He has also served as a lecturer and guest at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the University of Texas at Austin, the Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Brian Foote, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

SENIOR Associate

Brian's commitment to sustainable design and green technologies led him to an early pursuit of LEED accreditation.  As such, he ensures that sustainable principles are integrated into all our designs and has coordinated all LEED documentation and certification efforts within the office. Those LEED Gold certified projects include the DuSable Harbor Building, the Avant Gardens Community Building, and the Northwestern University Sailing Center. The Congress Theater and Hotel renovation is also targeting LEED certification. 

Brian received his BArch and MArch degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also served as an Adjunct Professor in undergraduate design studios; and he has been a frequent critic on design juries at both the University of Illinois and IIT.

In 1999 Brian joined DeStefano + Partners where he worked on several large scale institutional, custom residential and corporate interior projects.  In 2002, he joined Fitzgerald Associates Architects where he was the Project Architect on several multi-family residential towers.  Since Brian joined Woodhouse Tinucci Architects in 2005, he has served as the lead on several significant projects including the DuSable Harbor Building and the University of Illinois Chicago Daley Library Renovation.  His work has been recognized with numerous design awards such as the AIA Chicago's Distinguished Building, Interior Architecture and Divine Detail Awards.  In addition, he was an integral contributor to Woodhouse Tinucci's winning entry in the Daniel Burnham Memorial Competition, and currently he is Project Architect on the Rosewood Park Beach Restoration Project on Highland Park's lakefront.

Brian continues to explore his interests in materials and design/build processes through a series of independent projects focusing on the design and fabrication of small scale architecture and furniture.  His current project is the incremental full renovation of a new house.

JOHN CASTRO, aia, LEED AP

Previously in the aerospace industry, John has an appreciation for highly technical projects and the use of technology in making buildings and spaces. Despite this, his love of the outdoors and natural areas has shown him that simplicity in a place can allow contemplation and reflection or gathering and being together happen spontaneously.

John completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 2002 and worked at an aerospace company specializing in rotorcraft for several years. After changing careers, he finished his Master of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2009. At IIT, he served as a graduate teaching assistant, assisted professors with the fabrication of multiple architectural installations and was a Morgenstern Scholarship recipient, Schiff Scholarship Nominee and Alpha Rho Chi Medal recipient.

Prior to joining Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, John spent 13 years with Studio Gang Architects. His professional experience ranges from athletic, institutional, cultural and government projects. While at Studio Gang Architects he co-led the design team on the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, was a project architect on an 800-bed residence hall for the University of Chicago and two boathouses on the Chicago River. John is a licensed architect in the state of Illinois.

John may or may not have cycled 26 miles and run 6 all before work today. But he probably did.

ALLAA ABDELSAID

Allaa’s childhood was filled with travel that shaped her curiosity of scale and perception of space. From the inside of the great pyramids of Egypt, to the elevator ride to the top of the Burj Khalifa, and to her Chicago apartment watching as neighbors jog by, Allaa enjoys dissecting values and designs to emphasize the sociology of space in architecture.

Allaa joined Woodhouse Tinucci Architects in 2019 as an intern while perusing her Bachelor’s of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. While at IIT, Allaa was a member of the school’s AIAS board; a teaching assistant for the Experiment in Architecture program for three years; a George Danforth Traveling Scholar in 2021; and a Schiff Scholarship Nominee. Her experience at IIT has sparked a future interest in teaching and shaping the next generation of architects.

After graduating from IIT, she joined WTA full time to continue growing her love and exploration of architecture. Working on a variety of different projects and phases in the office and understanding the realistic expectations of the industry are helping hone her skills and creativity to generate innovative design and idea solutions.

Allaa is a diehard foodie and is always open to traveling – anywhere – for a memorable meal. Feel free to send suggestions, questions, or inquiries to her email.

MEGHAN QUIGLEY

Meghan values the potential for discovery and multiple interpretations that lie within architecture. Obtaining a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, she began her professional experience in the permit procurement process, working for an expeditor in downtown Chicago. Prior to joining Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, she worked at Brubaker Architects, a firm specializing in healthcare design. She has managed multiple small-scale interior renovations in all phases from schematic design to construction administration and serves a critical role in larger project teams.

Meghan prioritizes narrative driven design and believes that every detail should follow each project’s concept and rule set. Through the act of drawing and diagramming, she develops new ways to understand and represent various spaces within the projects. She finds it powerful when architecture has multiple layers and experiences, stimulating one’s senses and curiosity.

Outside of professional practice, Meghan continues her academic career by teaching undergraduate design studios at UIC’s School of Architecture. Her interest in teaching stemmed from being a TA and regular critic during her graduate studies.

During her free time, Meghan enjoys exploring how architecture and built environments are represented in different mediums such as graphic novels and animated series.

CHASE JORDAN, REGISTERED ARCHITECT

While Chase’s love of drawing sparked his interest in architecture at an early age, it was the realization that the built environment can positively influence our everyday activities that motivated him to become an architect.

Originally from Tallahassee, Florida, Chase followed his interests to live, work, and study in a variety of places. In 2011, he received his Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where he studied Art History and French. Knowing that he would eventually pursue architecture, he purposefully “took the scenic route” by studying other subjects that would create a more enriched perspective once he became an architect. He continued on to receive his Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 2017.

His professional experience began at Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects in Atlanta, where he was the business development manager for 2 years. Later he spent a summer interning at Kengo Kuma and Associates in Tokyo, and two summers on the island of Samothrace in Greece, where he did architectural modeling and drafting for an archeological team. Most recently, he spent 5 years as a design team member at the Chicago office of Studio Gang. There he worked on the Kresge College Renewal project at the University of California, Santa Cruz; the Tom Lee Park project in Memphis, Tennessee; and the winning competition entry for the University of Chicago’s Campus Center in Paris.

Aside from work, Chase is a participant in the AIA Chicago Bridge program and the WING mentorship program, both of which connect students and young professionals with experienced architects for mentorship in the field. He loves to go for morning jogs on the 606, designing and printing photo books, practicing yoga, and anything having to do with miniature dachshunds.

MEG FITZPATRICK, ASSOC AIA

Meg brings a decade of cross-disciplinary experience as a filmmaker and a lifetime of engagement with the power of urban environments to deliver innovative yet practical solutions to clients’ needs

Meg received a B.A. with distinction from Yale University in 2010 for a thesis on dioramas and spatial memory.  Since growing up in the shared courtyards of Pei and Weese-designed townhouses in Chicago’s Hyde Park, she has been hooked on exploring how space impacts communities in cities around the world.

Meg worked for years in New York and Los Angeles editing, assistant directing, and coordinating films, including an award-winning short film that screened at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, and the film opera River of Fundament by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler.

Before joining Woodhouse Tinucci in 2023, Meg spent three years at Indiana University’s new J. Irwin Miller M.Arch Program in the architectural mecca of Columbus, Indiana.  While a student she became a board member of Indiana Modern, an affiliate of statewide preservation organization Indiana Landmarks, where she continues to serve, and conducted research in Rome and Berlin on public space.  She is the inaugural recipient of JIMAP’s graduate award for critical inquiry and imagination.

Meg believes that good architecture should be to the benefit of all, and that it has an important role to play in repairing the fabric of our cities and planet.  She is grateful for the opportunity to participate at WTA in projects that champion adaptive reuse, think boldly about new energy solutions, and serve the public realm. She speaks French, Italian and German, and when not at her desk she's out walking the city or dancing the Texas Two-Step at her favorite local honky tonk.

CECILIA CHARNEY

Cecilia’s interest in architecture grew from an early interest in drawing cultivated by her family of landscape architects, engineers, and craftspeople. Her passion developed through exploration of the intersection of architectural history and cultural tradition, and her interest in architecture’s role as record of time.

Cecilia joined Woodhouse Tinucci Architects in 2021 as an intern while pursuing her Bachelor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. While at IIT, Cecilia was a member of AIAS as the director of ArtxArchitecture, a student gallery; the founder and editor of Cumulus Zine, an art and architecture publication; and a Camras Scholar. After graduation she was awarded the 2023 Schiff Foundation Design Fellowship for work completed during her fifth-year semester abroad in Berlin, where she developed an architectural prototype for cooperative living framing water as a social and construction organizer.

Cecilia joined WTA full time after graduating from IIT to further explore how architecture is both informed by and shapes the intimacies of human behavior. She is excited to gain experience on the office’s variety of project scales and is motivated to learn more about the practical aspects of the profession moving forward into the next chapter of her practice.

Cecilia keeps her hands busy with sewing and sketching. She also enjoys karaoke and biking to the lake.

BRIANDA MIRELES, ASSOC AIA

A proud native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Brianda’s journey into architecture is as layered as her background. Much like the design process itself, her path has been non-linear, shaped by a family heritage of craftsmen, cultivators, chefs, and educators. This diverse upbringing fuels her curiosity about how architecture interacts with people, shapes their communities, and influences their worldview.

Brianda earned her Bachelor of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in May 2017. She was nominated for the Danforth Traveling Fellowship and the Jerrold & Ruth Weil Loebl Fellowship Prize and was the recipient of the United Minds Inspiring Innovation Scholarship Award.

Before joining Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, Brianda began her career at von Weise Associates, where she worked on residential and commercial projects from concept design through substantial completion. Her role encompassed everything from producing construction documents and overseeing administration to selecting materials and coordinating with trades on-site, gaining hands-on experience in creative problem solving and the craft of building architecture. Brianda also maintains her academic connections as an adjunct professor at IIT, teaching design studios and inspiring young minds through the Experiment in Architecture program for over a decade.

Beyond her professional pursuits, Brianda enjoys biking through Chicago neighborhoods—one of the best ways to experience the city’s rich tapestry of diversity from block to block. She indulges her inner chef by sketching and crafting meals, writing short films, and planning her next personal project.

ANDREW JENNINGS, REGISTERED ARCHITECT

Andrew is a Chicago-based architect and educator with a wide range of experience at large and small firms, engaging various project types from airport terminals to single family homes.

Andrew received his Bachelors of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010, which included a year of study in France at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles (ENSA-V). After some years of professional practice, Andrew returned to graduate study at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he received his MArch and a Master of Arts in Design Criticism in 2018. Through graduate school Andrew’s drawings were published in Metropolis and e-flux in conjunction with essays by Sam Jacob, and his skills were called upon to assist various practices including BairBalliet, Design With Company, the LADG, and Zago Architecture. Most recently his writing has appeared in Flat Out Magazine, where he explored the implications of prevalent digital design tools in the buildings we see every day.

Outside of Woodhouse Tinucci, Andrew continues to teach at UIC and enjoys reading, drawing, record collecting, and film. 

HELEN LEACH

Helen discovered her love for architecture in college. After a semester of studying engineering, she found herself drawn to design because of its position at the intersection of art and science. While studying architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Helen was also a member of the varsity volleyball team, Cumulus Zine, and the Art x Architecture Gallery. Helen joined WTA shortly after her graduation from IIT and is perpetually eager to learn more about how things are built and how architecture can be used as a tool to care for people, communities, and the environment.

While in school, Helen worked as an intern at Studio Gang Architects, where she helped develop projects of assorted scale and program through physical modelmaking. In her schoolwork, Helen grew an interest in drawing into a love, using it both as representation and as a lens for investigation.

In the final year of her B.Arch degree, Helen was able to explore her passion for environmentally responsible architecture through a year-long thesis project which took shape as a collection of studies in and around the practices of material reuse. The year culminated in a design for a material reuse center in her beloved hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota, for which Helen was awarded the 2024 Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Architecture and the 2024 Loebl Travelling Fellowship Prize.

Outside of work, Helen enjoys cycling, watching cyclocross, camping, and sketching.

ELENA AMOROSO

After earning her BSAS (2000) and MArch (2002) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Elena began her career as an intern architect at ARCON Associates working on K through 12 education projects. Her love of smaller scale projects led her to Chipman Design Architects where she excelled in project management for clients such as Gap brands, ULTA Beauty, Panda Express, Benihana, Walmart, and DFASS Group. She simultaneously managed multiple projects, team members, consultants, and client business partners though all phases from kick-off to project turn-over. Elena’s client experience has led her to become acquainted with building jurisdictions across the country as well as in Canada and Mexico.

Elena joined Woodhouse Tinucci Architects in 2022 using her project management experience to shift her career focus to the business side of architecture. She currently supports the team in accounting, administration, and human resource capacities.

As a native Chicagoan, Elena enjoys all the city has to offer but especially loves experiencing its hidden gems.