About Us
We provide a diverse range of professional architectural services with an emphasis on partner participation and personal attention. Innovative contextual design, sound technical execution using the latest in CAD computer technology and thirty years of experience are combined to reinforce our goals of professional integrity and client satisfaction. Contact us if you are looking for architectural services throughout Evanston, IL | Glencoe, IL | Highland Park, IL | Kenilworth, IL | Lake Bluff, IL | Lake Forest, IL | North Shore, IL | Wilmette, IL | Winnetka, IL
About Us
We provide a diverse range of professional architectural services with an emphasis on partner participation and personal attention. Innovative contextual design, sound technical execution using the latest in CAD computer technology and thirty years of experience are combined to reinforce our goals of professional integrity and client satisfaction.
Meet the Team
Architect
Ken is the primary Architect for the firm and handles most of the client contact. He graduated from IIT with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree; attended Princeton University Graduate School of Architecture and has been an Illinois Licensed Architect for over thirty years. He has designed & built hundreds of residential projects in Chicago and it’s North Shore Suburbs focusing on contextual new homes & renovations that blend with their surrounding built environment. Ken was a founding partner of Exedra Architectural Books Inc. and coeditor of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s “Collection of Architectural Designs”, voted the most popular architectural book in America for 1982. Ken has also served as Managing Director of several prominent Real Estate Development firms that completed a variety of residential projects throughout Chicagoland over the last thirty years.
Andy Hazlett graduated from North Shore Country Day School and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, MA before joining the firm in 2005. He has always been interested in computers and parlayed that interest into providing AutoCad services for Ken Hazlett LLC. Andy is a Managing Partner for Hazlett & Mertz LLC, a separate entity which provides Project Management Services such as Bidding, Scheduling and Construction Supervision for our clients.
Derek graduated from Evanston Township High School and attended Purdue University in West Lafayette before working in construction and joining Ken Hazlett LLC in 2011. He is highly proficient in AutoCad and provides that expertise for our firm on an ongoing basis. Along with Andy Hazlett, Derek is also a Managing Partner for Hazlett & Mertz LLC providing Project Management Services for our clients as needed.
Architect
Ken is the primary Architect for the firm and handles most of the client contact. He graduated from IIT with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree; attended Princeton University Graduate School of Architecture and has been an Illinois Licensed Architect for over thirty years. He has designed & built hundreds of residential projects in Chicago and it’s North Shore Suburbs focusing on contextual new homes & renovations that blend with their surrounding built environment. Ken was a founding partner of Exedra Architectural Books Inc. and coeditor of Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s “Collection of Architectural Designs”, voted the most popular architectural book in America for 1982. Ken has also served as Managing Director of several prominent Real Estate Development firms that completed a variety of residential projects throughout Chicagoland over the last thirty years.
Andy Hazlett graduated from North Shore Country Day School and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, MA before joining the firm in 2005. He has always been interested in computers and parlayed that interest into providing AutoCad services for Ken Hazlett LLC. Andy is a Managing Partner for Hazlett & Mertz LLC, a separate entity which provides Project Management Services such as Bidding, Scheduling and Construction Supervision for our clients.
Derek graduated from Evanston Township High School and attended Purdue University in West Lafayette before working in construction and joining Ken Hazlett LLC in 2011. He is highly proficient in AutoCad and provides that expertise for our firm on an ongoing basis. Along with Andy Hazlett, Derek is also a Managing Partner for Hazlett & Mertz LLC providing Project Management Services for our clients as needed.