Lohan Anderson has announced that three senior architects with a global hotel and hospitality practice are joining the Chicago-based architectural firm. John Arzarian Jr., AIA, Michael Heider, AIA, and Timothy Vacha, AIA, have collaborated on projects for more than 20 years. They are joining Lohan Anderson to expand the hotel design practice. Arzarian and Heider join the firm as Associate Principals and Vacha as a Senior Associate.
“We are very excited about this group of talented and experienced architects joining and contributing to the growth of our firm,” said Dirk Lohan, firm co-founder. “Floyd Anderson and I have known and personally collaborated with each of these gentlemen for over 20 years.”
Lohan Anderson has grown to more than 30 professionals since its March 2004 founding with ten. Current projects include the 800,000 sf office complex at 2111 West Roosevelt Road in Chicago , a food services pavilion at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park , Ill., and a multi-phased residence complex for Carthage College in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
“I have enjoyed working with Dirk Lohan and Floyd Anderson throughout the years and I look forward to collaborating with them again. They are committed to high quality, they practice on the forefront of technology and they have attracted talented architects to their new firm,” Arzarian said.