Adrian McDermott

Adjunct Assistant Professor

amcder2@uic.edu

MArch, University of Illinois at Chicago
BFA, Design, Northern Illinois University

Adrian McDermott earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Adrian currently works as a Designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP under the direction of Jaime Velez. Previously, Adrian has worked for the offices of Worn Jerabek Architects and Kathryn Quinn Architects. Prior to architectural practice, he worked as an architectural photographer as well as the head of a freelance studio with an emphasis on dynamics. While at UIC, he served for two years as a Teaching Assitant for the first year undergraduate design studio. During that time he was awarded the Women's Architecture League annual scholarship, the Alpha Rho Chi bronze medal for leadership, service, and merit, and received two nominations for the Schiff Fellowship award.