John Ronan Gallery of Work

Associate Professor John Ronan's new building for the Poetry Foundation was praised as "by turns, mysterious, engaging, richly layered and revealing" by the Chicago Tribune. 1 of 3

Associate Professor John Ronan's new building for the Poetry Foundation was praised as "by turns, mysterious, engaging, richly layered and revealing" by the Chicago Tribune. 2 of 3

Associate Professor John Ronan's new building for the Poetry Foundation was praised as "by turns, mysterious, engaging, richly layered and revealing" by the Chicago Tribune. 3 of 3

Associate Professor John Ronan designed a 42,000-square-foot charter school, Gary Comer College Prep, in Chicago's impoverished Grand Crossing neighborhood. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin hailed the building's exterior, made of perforated stainless steel with blocks of shiny chartreuse paneling, as "ruggedly handsome." 1 of 2

Associate Professor John Ronan, Gary Comer College Prep. The school building's perforated exterior allows natural light to shine through into the classrooms lining the outer walls. Skylights and glass interior walls continue the bright, open feel. Kamin says the new school, where classes began in August 2010, serves as "a beacon of optimism" for residents of Grand Crossing. 2 of 2

Associate Professor John Ronan, AIA. Gary Comer Youth Center in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood. Ronan won an AIA Institute National Honor Award in April 2009 for the building.

Associate Professor John Ronan was awarded the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design for Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School. Christ the King is the first Catholic school to open on Chicago's West Side in 80 years. 1 of 2

Associate Professor John Ronan was awarded a 2010 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award. John Ronan Architects received an Interior Architecture Honor Award for the Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School in Chicago. 2 of 2