"UIUC School of Architecture offered me a superb foundation of architectural understanding. The school presented highly influential faculty whose wisdom and instruction resides in my brain to this day. UIUC was a great collegiate experience."
Until last year, Robert Benson was a Design Principal at CannonDesign in Chicago, IL. He was previously Associate Principal and Design Director at 4240 Architecture.
CannonDesign is an integrated Living-Centered Design firm focused on helping people continuously flourish. They leverage the heart, passion and intelligence of their more than 1,000 creative thinkers to develop design solutions that solve challenges and seize opportunities. Whether designing for innovations in health, new scientific discoveries, equity in education, inclusive communities or the “next big idea” in business, they partner with organizations to help them improve human life. In 2019, Fast Company recognized CannonDesign as both a World Changing Company and one of the Most Innovative Design Firms in the world.
