Phillip Craig Johnson | Frank Christopher Lee


Phillip Craig Johnson, FAIA, Johnson & Lee, Ltd., has 35 years experience in a variety of architectural areas prior to and since co-founding the firm in 1983. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, National Organization of Minority Architects, ABLE - Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, Chicago Architecture Club, Newhouse Architecture Committee, Art Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art, Near South Planning Board, Archeworks Board, City Club of Chicago, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Masters of Fine Art Program, Advisory Board for Columbia College Art & Design Department and the Chicago Historical Society Architectural Alliance. He was also a task force member with the Metropolitan Planning Council for a Chicago Housing Authority Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Study, as well as an AIA Charette participant for New Housing for North Kenwood Development.

Mr. Johnson also served on the Board of The American Institute of Architects was an advisor to the Board of INOMA. In May 2005, Mr. Johnson was inducted into the College of Fellows in the American Institute of Architecture for a design to achieve this honor. Mr. Johnson, as one of the firm's design principals, has won the Chicago AIA Chapter Design Excellence Award and also the Driehaus Neighborhood Design Award, making Johnson & Lee, Ltd. the only 100% owned African-American firm to achieve these honors.

Selected Projects include:


  • KWAME NKRUMAH Academy, Chicago, Illinois
  • TUCC Master Plan, Chicago, Illinois
  • Meadville/Lombard Theological School, Chicago, Illinois
  • Gateway Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
  • TRC Senior Village, Chicago, Illinois
  • Wade Lofts, Chicago, Illinois
  • 6740 South Shore - High-Rise, Chicago, Illinois
  • 914 S. Wabash - 16 Story Dormitory Building, Chicago, Illinois
  • Hope VI Robert Taylor, Phase A-1, C-1 Chicago, Illinois
  • Indiana Manor Townhouses, Chicago, Illinois
  • Shakespeare Court, Chicago, Illinois
  • Methodist Rehab Center, Gary, Indiana
  • New Komed Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • Shakespeare Development Town Homes, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1040 E. 47th Lofts, Chicago, Illinois
  • Winfield/Moody, Chicago, Illinois
  • Morton Residence, Chicago, Illinois
  • Lake Meadows Single Family Housing, Chicago, Illinois
  • Lake Meadows Town Homes, Chicago, Illinois
  • New Homes for Chicago, North Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois
  • North Kenwood - Town Homes, Chicago, Illinois
  • Cineplex Odeon Theater, Chicago, Illinois
  • Highland Bank, Chicago, Illinois
  • Parade of Homes, North Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois
  • Chicago Circulator Project, Chicago, Illinois
  • Fuller Park Housing, Chicago, Illinois
  • Moorehead Residence, Chicago, Illinois
  • Quality First Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • Planning Study, Cuyahoga Housing Authority, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Robert Taylor Renovation, Chicago, Illinois
  • Design Guidelines for North Kenwood/Oakland, Chicago, Illinois
  • East Lake Court Town Houses, Near South, Chicago, Illinois
  • Cornell Court Town Houses, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
  • Tailorite Cleaners, Chatham, Chicago, Illinois
  • Roseland Health Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • The Ice Cream Store, Palm Beach, Florida
  • Smith Residence, Miami Beach, Florida
  • Bethel AME Housing, Chicago, Illinois
  • Alderman Smith Residence, Chicago, Illinois
  • New Vision Multi-Family Housing, Chicago, Illinois
  • 79th & Halsted Commercial, Chicago, Illinois
  • Skyview Lofts, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Gile/Bourqoyne Residence, Chicago, Illinois
  • Dr. Bruce Residence, Springfield, Illinois
  • University Chicago Comer Hospital Interior, Chicago, Illinois
  • Marquette/Kenwood Multi-Family Building, Chicago, Illinois
  • Powers & Sons Construction HQ, Gary, Indiana
  • Townhouses, San Bernardino, California
  • New Homes for South Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • New Komed Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • Parade of Home Housing Bronzeville, Chicago, Illinois
  • Drexel Boulevard Housing Jackson, Chicago, Illinois
  • Berkeley Housing, Chicago, Illinois
  • WVON Radio Station, Chicago, Illinois
Education: Bachelor of Architecture, Kent State University; Art Institute of Chicago

Registered Architect: Illinois, Indiana, Florida, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards


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