Carow · Architects has been noted for its historic building analysis, renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse design since the founding of the firm. Our firm was one of the first in Chicago to provide specialization in historic adaptive reuse and renovation. Examples of this work include Chicago's national historic landmark Auditorium Building (1889) by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler with multiple projects for its present owner, Roosevelt University, over a twenty-five year period and other historic buildings by Burnham, Root, Wright, Sullivan, H. H. Richardson, Van Doren Shaw, Perkins, and Jenney. Historic Library work includes the renovation of and addition to William Drummond's historic landmark River Forest Public Library and the first new buildings on Eero Saarinen's modernist campus for Concordia in Fort Wayne.
		Adlai Stevenson Home and Stable Lake County Park District Libertyville, Illinois			Churchville (Fischer) School    Elmhurst, Illinois
		Bonner Heritage Farm    Lindenhurst, Illinois			Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University    Chicago, Illinois
		River Forest Public Library    River Forest, Illinois			Columbus Park Refectory    Chicago, Illinois
		Portage County Public Library    Stevens Point, Wisconsin			Public Building Commission of Chicago    Chicago Board of Education Chicago, Illinois