Raj Desai
Managing Partner
Registered Architect, LEED AP
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Raj is a LEED-Accredited Registered Professional Architect with over 17 years of experience in Chicago. As Managing Partner, he oversees the architecture team to coordinate on all phases of each project including permit, bid and construction documents, and manages Building, City and County review processes for smooth project execution. As client advocate and key site point person, Raj coordinates all contract agreements with General Contractor and Sub-Contractors to ensure the efficient, timely, and accurate delivery of each project.
In addition to his 9 years at Suzanne Lovell Inc., Raj has worked as a Senior Project Manager for Skywalker Properties where he coordinated and managed development of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art initiative in Chicago and the West Coast. Raj has extensive experience in high-rise development when he worked as a Project Architect with Fujikawa Johnson Gobel Architects, who is deeply rooted in the principles of Mies Van Der Rohe.
He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Academy of Architecture in Mumbai, India. A father of two children, and with his wife, seeks a life that is balanced between the strict discipline of work and enjoying the small and big moments with family. Raj is an avid outdoorsman who loves hiking in the mountains.