timothy kent
aia
senior associate

Tim joined Pappageorge/Haymes in 1994 and quickly earned a key role in many of the firm’s prominent projects including The Whitney, Riverwalk Lofts, Kinzie Park, Plaza Azteca and Lakeview Commons.

He later became actively involved in the planning and design of The Glen Town Center in Glenview, Illinois and was Project Manager for two of the buildings in that development. Current projects include Lindenhurst Village Green, a mixed-use neighborhood that will include over 750 residences and 600,000 sq. ft. of retail space in Lindenhurst, Illinois, and Ballpark Village, a mixed-housing residential community envisioned to include over 2,400 residences in Fremont, California.

Tim has participated in design charrettes for large-scale planning and residential projects in Everett, Washington; Troy, Michigan; Salt Lake City, Utah and Kansas City, Missouri.

He earned a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from Ball State University at Muncie, Indiana in 1987. He began his professional career in 1985 at MSKTD & Associates in Fort Wayne, Indiana working on a variety of institutional and commercial projects. Moving to Chicago in 1990, Tim worked at Thomas Hickey & Associates as a staff architect on residential projects in the city and suburbs. He later expanded his experience at Midland Studio in Oak Park, Illinois where he worked on facilities redesign for Herman Miller, Holland, Michigan.

His professional activities include membership in the American Institute of Architects and appearances as guest critic at Illinois Institute of Technology, Andrews University and Ball State University. Tim and his wife, Catherine Baker, AIA, co-designed their own home in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood, and it was featured as one of “Chicago’s 20 Coolest Homes” by Crain’s magazine in 2005. He is a registered architect in Illinois.