# Ross Barney Architects

- **Website:** <https://r-barc.com>
- **Primary alias:** `r-barc.com`
- **Founded:** 1981
- **Employees:** 11+
- **Location:** Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Company kind:** PRIVATELY HELD

## Description

Ross Barney Architects is a Chicago-based architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture studio that is dedicated to creating innovative and environmentally responsible designs. With a focus on user-focused architecture and civic spaces that stand the test of time, the studio has developed a reputation for their ability to navigate complex histories, tight budgets, and bureaucracy. Their portfolio includes a range of projects such as train stations, power plants, government offices, schools, parks, and fast-food restaurants. What sets them apart is their collaborative and holistic approach, engaging the client, user, and community in the design process. They believe in examining a broad range of options to create design excellence, going beyond aesthetics to integrate the project with its place, history, and function. Additionally, Ross Barney Architects is at the forefront of inclusive design, with a methodology based on equity, observation, listening, and learning. They are committed to empowering a sense of place, pride, and belonging in their work. With a focus on environmental stewardship and societal aspirations, they design to preserve the planet for future generations and inspire a contemporary vision of society.

## Industries

- 🏭 Architecture _(under Heavy Industry and Engineering)_
- 🏭 Heavy Industry and Engineering

## Links

- [facebook](https://facebook.com/rossbarney.architects)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/r_barc)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/ross-barney-architects)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/r_barc)

## Logos & icons

- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id4pE4t4a1/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1785270870813)
- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id4pE4t4a1/w/820/h/74/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1785270870685)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxor Gold | #a68132 | accent |
| Mine Shaft | #323232 | dark |
| Anakiwa | #a1d6ff | light |

## Fonts

- ES Klarheit Kurrent — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id4pE4t4a1/w/1500/h/500/idLp6neKwd.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1785270871073)

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