Archeworks is an alternative design school with a difference. In place of a traditional curriculum, students work in multidisciplinary teams with nonprofit partners to create design solutions for social needs. Archeworks students learn the value of quality design for the nonprofit community.

Archeworks was founded in 1993 by internationally known architect Stanley Tigerman, FAIA and award winning designer Eva Maddox FIIDA. Archeworks is located in the heart of River North, Chicago’s cultural arts district. Student meet and work in Archeworks’s unique studio building, designed by Tigerman in 1997.

Over the years, more than thirty design projects have been completed. Student teams have addressed subjects ranging from eldercare, AIDS, and, elementary school education to universal design, micro-enterprises for low-income women and homelessness.

Founders Stanley Tigerman and Eva Maddox design the Archeworks academic program and both teach and guide student teams. Each team is supervised by faculty from Chicago’s design community including Douglas Garofalo, AIA, Ammar Eloueini, Michael Newman, Jason Pickleman, Jeanne Gang, Brad Lynch and Ben Nicholson.

Archeworks is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and receives funds from grants from foundations and corporations, tuition fees, and donations from individuals.

Archeworks welcomes students from a broad range of design disciplines and related fields. The one-year training program meets evenings and offers a postgraduate certificate.

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Co-founders Stanley Tigerman and Eva Maddox