Laura Garcia

AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, Laura Garcia Design in Chicago
Ms. Garcia has a broad range of experience in many project types and scales, from commercial high rises to small residential interior remodels. She founded her architecture and consulting firm Laura Garcia Design (LGD) in 2010 and provides a full range of architectural services for the design, permitting, and construction of new buildings, additions and renovations. Laura Garcia Design focuses on residential and small commercial projects, primarily in the Chicagoland area and surrounding Midwestern states. Ms. Garcia is active in her professional community and has served on the AIA Chicago Board of Directors since 2015, first as a director and currently as secretary. She has been an active member of the AIA-DOB Working Group since 2015, which meets monthly with the Chicago Department of Buildings, and she co-chaired the DOB Small Residential Code Modernization Group earlier this year. She has been active in AIA Chicago’s Small Practitioners Group (SPG) since 2010, and has served as co-chair of the SPG since 2015. She also gives presentations to the public through the SPG ‘Working with an Architect’ program and regularly speaks at professional and industry events.