Diane Legge Kemp


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Birth City: Englewood

Birth State/Province: New Jersey

Birth Country: United States

Resident Country: United States

Notes: Taught Chicago Design Studio, Graduate Students, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Illinois Institute of Technology, Fourth Year Design Studio, 1988. Civic Activities: Newhouse Architecture Competition for the Chicago Public High Schools, Former President, Director and Officer; Society for Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Former President and Director; 20th Century Painting and Sculpture Aquisition Committee, The Art Institute of Chicago; Film Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Advisory Committee, Former Chairman; School of the Art Institute, Board of Governors; School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University, Advisory Board, Chairman, YMCA, Board of Managers; The Chicago Network, Director. Juries: AIA Florida, Rochester, Nebraska, Illinois, and Detroit Chapters; 1987-General Motor 21st Century Manufacturing Facilities International Design Competition; National Endowment for the Arts, Art for Public Spaces; "Sculpture Chicago" Advisory Committee; Plus: Periodic Juries at Architecture Schools

Archive/Repository: International Archive of Women in Architecture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060


Specialties


Subject: Commercial


Subject: Residential


Subject: Sports


Jobs


Employer: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Employer: DLK Architecture, Inc.

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Own office


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


Institution: Northrup, Kaelber & Kopf

City: Rochester

State: New York

Country: United States


Institution: Michael Graves

City: Princeton

State: New York

Country: United States


Institution: The Ehrenkrantz Group

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Awards


Name: AIA Distinguished Building Award, Chicago Chapter, Boston Globe Billerica Printing Plant


Name: Young Architect Award, Chicago Chapter, America Institute of Architects


Name: Masonry Institute Award, University Place, Cambridge, Massachussetts


Name: Progressive Architecture, First Award, Urban Design and Planning, Chicago Central Area Plan


Name: Masonry Institute Award, Chicago Tribune Printing Plant


Name: Edison Award, Certificate of Merit, Lighting Design, Boston Globe Morrissey Addition


Exhibitions


Title: Forty Under Forty, The Gallery of Design of Merchandise Mart

City: Chicago

Country: delete

Start Date: February 01, 1987

Notes: And Traveling Exhibition of Same Show


Title: Chicago Women in Architecture, Chicago Historical Society and Traveling Show

Country: delete


Notable Projects


Title: Central Area Committee, Plan for Chicago

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: Smith, Kline and French, Worldwide Facilities Master Plan

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: 175 Clarendon Street, Office Building

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Olympia Center

Description: Mixed Use: Retail, Office, Residential

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc, Expansion or Corporate Headquarters Master Plan

City: Deerfield

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: 1330 Lake Shore Apartments

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Meridian Business Center

Description: Surburban Office Building

City: Aurora

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Jefferson Square Project, Office and Hotel

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Block 248, Feasibility Study, Office Buildings & Master Plan

City: Dallas

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Chicago Tribune, Freedom Center Printing Plant, and Tribune Tower Renovation, 1984, Feasibility Study, 1978

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Meridian Business Center, Leasing Office, Interiors

City: Aurora

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Tower Bridge Master Plan

Description: Mixed Use Office, Hotel, River Edge Redevelopment

City: Conshohocken

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: 600 N. Michigan Avenue

Description: Office Building

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: LaSalle Bank Building New Grand Banking Hall Study

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: MidCon Phase II Surban Office Building

City: Lombard

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Manufacturers Hanover Plazaz

Description: Office Building

City: Wilmington

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Fairbanks/Ohio

Description: Mixed Use Office, and Hotel

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: University Place

Description: Offices and Housing

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: Plano Civic Center Programming and Conceptual Design

City: Plano

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Chemical Bank

Description: Space Planning and Interiors

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Gateway V, Office Building Design

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Coon Hall Remodeling and Addition, Athletics Facility, Northwestern University

City: Evanston

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Old Mill Creek, Master Plan, Leisure Equine Community and Hotel

City: Lake County

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Herman Miller Showroom, Merchandise Mart

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Franklin Street Project

Description: Office Building

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: 100 N. Riverside Plaza, Phased Office Project

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: McCormick Place Expansion, Convention and Exhibition Facilities

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Herman Miller, Distribution Center and Facilities Planning Strategies

City: Zealand

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Riverfront Park Quaker Tower

Description: Mixed Use Master Plan: Hotel, Office

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: NBC Relocation, Office and Studies

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Market Street Office Building, Feasibility Study

City: Philadelphia

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: CNG Gas Cylinder Plan

City: Zion

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Arlington Park Racetrack Reconstruction, Multi-sports Complex master Plan

Description: Planning, Landscape Architecture, Interiors

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Boston Globe

Description: Printing Plant

City: Billerica

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Mark Controls Executive Office, Interiors

City: Old Orchard

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Bethesda Park Place

Description: Mixed Use: Residential, Office, Retail and Parking

City: Bethesda

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: O'Hare Plaza West, Phase II Office Buildings

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Mark Controls Corporation, Office and Manufacturing Facilities, Feasibility Study

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Federal Inspection Services, Interim International Terminal, O'Hare Airport

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Boston Globe

Description: Existing Plant Expansion

City: Boston

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: 700 North Michigan

Description: Mixed Use Retail, Office, Residential Studies

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Boston Globe

Description: Corporate Addition

City: Boston

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: General Electric Company, Customer Service Center and Product Performance Laboratories

City: Mt. Vernon

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Chicago Tribune Printing Plant

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: 911 Wilshire Boulevard, Office Building

City: Los Angeles

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Ritz Carlton Hotel Addition

City: Boston

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Chicago Central Area Plan

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Block C, Feasibility Study

Description: Mixed Use: Retail, Office, Residential

City: Dallas

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Madison II, Feasibility Study for Multi-use Complex

City: New York

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Arizona State University, Sports Complex Feasibility Study

City: Tempe

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: CIE, Mixed Use Transportation Center

City: Dublin

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: Southland Center Renovation, Office Lobby and Hotel

City: Dallas

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: 875 Third Avenue

Description: Office Building

City: New York

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: Valley Forge South

Description: Office Building II

City: Valley Forge

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Title: Tribune Company Master Plan

Description: Renovation, Expansion

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Notes: Studio Head on Project


Education


Institution: Wellesley College


Institution: Stanford University

Degree: Bachelor of Architecture


Institution: Princeton University

Degree: Master of Architecture


Licensing


License: Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Texas


Professional Affiliations


Organization: American Institute of Architects AIA, Chicago Chapter

Role: Former Director


Organization: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)


Organization: Chicago Architectural Club


Organization: Urban Land Institute


Organization: Chicago Central Area Committee


Organization: The Economic Club of Chicago


Publications By


Title: Lecture at University of Texas

City: Arlinton


Title: Lecture at University of Illinois

City: Chicago


Title: Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Title: Lecture at University of Pennsylvania


Title: Lecture at Unviersity of Michigan


Title: Lecture at Syracuse University


Title: Lecture at Notre Dame


Title: Lecture at Arizona State University


Title: Lecture at New York Architectural League "Emerging Voices" Series


Title: Lecture at University of Wisconsin

City: Milwaukee


Title: Lecture at Illinois Institute of Technology


Title: "Art for Public Space" Lewis Manilow, Moderator, Panel Discussion

Publication: Lecture


Title: Washinton Design Center, "Ideal Cities, Ideal Architecture"

Publication: Lecture


Title: Lecture at Urban Design Institute


Title: Lecture at the National Council for Urban Economic Development, 1987


Title: Lecture at the St. Louis Design Center


Publications About


Title: 'Hugh Roof Hung from Pylon Ducts' McCormick Place Expansion

Author: .

Publication: 'Architecture'

City: Chicago


Publication: Chicago Architectural Club Journal

Notes: 1983-87


Title: '40 under 40'

Publication: Interiors Magazine

Date Published: September 01, 1986


Title: 'Emerging Voices - A New Generation of Architects in America'

Publication: The Architectural League of New York, Princeton Architectural Press


Title: 'Design: An 'A' List for the Baby Boom: Singing out the Decade's Up-and-Coming Young Architects'

Publication: Time Magazine

Date Published: November 10, 1986


Title: 'Emerging Voices'

Publication: Interiors Magazine

Date Published: September 01, 1985


Title: 'Chicago Central Area Plan'

Publication: Progressive Architecture

Date Published: January 01, 1985