Philosophy
Architecture by absence.
That is what most housing has become. No author — a plan set by formula, a facade shaped by what could be cut, a process passed through so many hands that no one answers for the whole. The result offends no one, serves no one, says nothing. The architecture is traded away quietly, as if there were no other way to build. There is.
We practice the opposite — architecture by presence. The architect at the center, one team answerable for every step, land through last closing: one act of delivery, restoring what fragmentation strips out — the craft, the coherence, the soul. Nothing is inherited; every convention is questioned from first principles; nothing is lost between hands. We proved it for seven years on our own capital before opening it to anyone.
Presence compounds: 20 projects delivered or in execution, more than $105M in total project value, a ~25% average realized IRR, and sell-out on every completed project. Foundry Fund I is how it scales, and we invite investors as co-authors of the next chapter: presence, compounding across the city.
A licensed architect working exclusively in Chicago since 2012, with more than 300 units designed and more than 65 luxury homes delivered as principal since 2019. Across the trailing ten projects, approximately 70% of units were presold before completion, at realized pricing roughly 10% above underwriting, and every completed project sold out within three months of delivery. He designs, builds, and holds capital in the same projects his Partners do.
Development, construction, procurement, and capital functions are staffed by dedicated teams, so the Manager does not depend on a single individual to execute.
Principal's direct history — not a projection of fund returns.
