History

Roberts Architects ltd, Roberts Construction Group inc

Architect David Roberts founded the architectural practice in 1982 with the continuing goal to design architecture of the highest quality. From that beginning Roberts Architects ltd (RCG) has designed many hundreds of projects of various types and sizes. Roberts Architects ltd has developed a reputation for designing high quality buildings for discriminating clients.

The Roberts Construction Group inc was formed to offer our clients professional construction management services that excel in project organization, budgeting, scheduling, logistics, quality and craftsmanship.

David Roberts is a registered and licensed architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects, and a graduate of the School of Architecture of the University of Illinois Chicago where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors and distinction in design in 1978. David Roberts studied architecture 1975-1976 in Versailles France at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. David Roberts taught architecture as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Architecture 1989-1991.

Beginnings

David began his design-build construction company Roberts Architectural Services as his architectural thesis project while still attending college in 1977 with Professor Lloyd Gadau as his thesis advisor. This first Roberts project was commissioned by the Judson Partners and was called the 2130 Ewing House Renovation and located on the corner of Ewing and Payne in Evanston. The project served as a design-build conceptual model where David experimented and developed techniques and practices that would serve as the basis for his emerging practice. David designed and built the total renovation of the dilapidated 1890's Luxembourger style farmhouse and performed all the labor with the help of his father Marcel and old friends Brian Franczyk, Mark Raedle and George Rieger and very understanding clients. Lunch breaks were spent on the exhilarating 50 foot tree swing in front of the house.  We had a lot of fun building that project and learned that the design - building process should be enjoyable for everyone, especially our clients.