Mr. Carow has been the design principal in Chicago architectural and planning firms for thirty years. His architectural interests, begun in his studies at IIT, under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and MIT, in his early years in the U.S. Peace Corps, and in his working with inner-city communities, have been to provide strong design solutions based on sensible and economic use of materials and current technology.  His commitment to understanding needs allows him to develop responsive architectural solutions.   His academic teaching, research, and curricula writing has in a similar way centered on understanding the historic continuum of architecture, the technological possibilities of our era, and fulfilling the need for functionally and spiritually appropriate spaces. 

His project experience includes the design of single story to high-rise office buildings, multi-unit housing developments, educational facilities from day care to university, commercial and corporate interiors, historic restoration and reuse, and public buildings of all types.

Professional Principal with this firm and its predecessors, Rockwell · Carow · Architects and Danforth · Rockwell · Carow since 1978.

Founding principal and design partner in other firms since 1969: 
C. F. Murphy Associates, Architects-Engineers, Chicago; Associate and Project Designer 
Academic Illinois Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, Chicago

University of Science Malaysia, Penang; School of Housing, Building and Planning; Founding Dean / Professor of Architecture 
University of Baghdad - Fulbright Program; Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture 
U. S. Peace Corps, Malaysia: Technical College, Department of Architecture, Kuala Lumpur, Lecturer 
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Department of Library and Information Science, Adjunct Professor