ACCOLADES

Highly respected among her clients and peers, Sharlene's passion for design excellence and performance can be seen and felt in all of her projects.  Her work has been featured in prominent publications and has been recognized for multiple architecture and interior design awards both nationally and locally.

Notable Awards and Honors

  • 2021 IIDA Illinois RED Awards, Residential Winner - for Lakeview Penthouse.

  • 2020 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award, Honor Award - for Lakeview Penthouse

  • 2020 AIA Chicago Small Project Award, People’s Choice Award - for Live Work + Be Well

  • 2015 AIA Illinois Honor Awards, Frank Lloyd Wright Honor Award for New Construction, Bronze Award - for UChicago

  • 2015 USGBC Illinois Chapter Emerald Award, Green Building Innovation Award - for UChicago

  • 2014 National AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Design Excellence Award - for UChicago

  • 2014 AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award - for Orchard Willow Residence

  • 2013 AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award Honor Award - for Lakeshore Drive Residence

  • 2008 AIA Illinois Honor Awards, Crombie Taylor Award - for Studio V

  • 2007 Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, Adaptive Reuse Award - for Studio V

  • 2007 Richard Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award - for Studio V

  • 2007 City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor, Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence – Exterior Restoration - for Studio V

  • 2001 AIA Chicago, Young Architect Award - for Sharlene Young

  • 2000 Building Owners & Managers Association, TOBY award Chicago & Illinois Chapters - for 303 E Wacker.

  • 1997 AIA Chicago Interior Architecture Award Citation of Merit - for Lincoln Park Residence

  • 1996 AIA Chicago Interior Architecture Award Citation of Merit - for The Wyatt Co.