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Raymond Hartshorne is the co-founder of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture (HPA), an award-winning architecture, planning and interior design firm that practices nationally from its Fulton Market studio in Chicago. HPA specializes in large-scale, privately funded real-estate work.
Ray’s experience spans over 35 years across a range of building types that include Commercial, Residential, Interiors, and Planning. His portfolio of notable, award-winning projects includes 1KFulton, the corporate headquarters of Google Chicago; the LEED Platinum-rated Green Exchange, the country’s largest development for green-focused enterprises; and Randolph Tower City Apartments, a 43-story landmark and one of Chicago’s tallest terra cotta-clad towers.
Ray’s success lies in collaborating with his team to develop unique design identity and brand reinforcement, seen in projects such as Soho House Chicago, the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, and Thompson Chicago. His strategies have helped HPA clients create some of the most successful buildings in real estate today.
Ray has been a designer for historically significant projects across the U.S. He is responsible for the adaptive reuse and renovation of hundreds of existing vintage and historic properties and for placing numerous buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Ray’s focus is finding new and creative ways to revitalize properties for his clients and the surrounding community.
He shares his expertise with professional and civic organizations such as the American Institute of Architects, the Urban Land Institute, the City of Chicago, and the National Multi-Housing Council. He serves on numerous panels and has frequently spoken and written on various aspects of architectural practice. He contributes pro bono services to a variety of non-profit institutions.
Ray began his career renovating Chicago bungalows and loft buildings where he gained first-hand experience with vintage timber construction and fireproof timber technology developed in the early 1900’s. He has assisted the City of Chicago in the development of its rehabilitation and loft-conversion building codes. Most recently, he has utilized his expertise in the use of hybrid and new timber technologies on projects such as T3 West Midtown in Atlanta and INTRO Cleveland.
He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor of Architecture from Iowa State University.

Raymond Hartshorne is the co-founder of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture (HPA), an award-winning architecture, planning and interior design firm that practices nationally from its Fulton Market studio in Chicago. HPA specializes in large-scale, privately funded real-estate work.
Ray’s experience spans over 35 years across a range of building types that include Commercial, Residential, Interiors, and Planning. His portfolio of notable, award-winning projects includes 1KFulton, the corporate headquarters of Google Chicago; the LEED Platinum-rated Green Exchange, the country’s largest development for green-focused enterprises; and Randolph Tower City Apartments, a 43-story landmark and one of Chicago’s tallest terra cotta-clad towers.
Ray’s success lies in collaborating with his team to develop unique design identity and brand reinforcement, seen in projects such as Soho House Chicago, the…

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