Marts & Valentin Architects, LTD.

08/25/2026

05/31/2026

Sam Marts of Marts & Valentin Architects joined the board of the Wicker Park Lutheran Church Building Friends which is helping make the church more accessible in every way possible. I produced this model to help facilitate multiple fundraising activities. The Romanesque Revival Church dates from 1907.

05/06/2026

Mother Nature is embellishing our new office signage.

03/24/2026

Marts & Valentin Architects renovated this handsome, circa 1890 landmarked building on Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, nearly 30 years ago. Originally, the building was a furniture store with three floors of display, plus a top floor workshop and offices. Today, the ground floor is a discount shoe store and Marts & Valentin re-imagined the top three floors as rental units, dividing the floors in half along the diagonal, from exit stair to exit stair, creating six triangular apartments. Insulated glass windows were installed on the street front and new window openings were created on the rear side. The Milwaukee facade was cleaned and ultimately the metal cornice restored.
Rendering by Aaron Valentin

02/24/2026

This lovely atmospheric Japanese print is currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of the Bruce Goff exhibition. Bruce Goff owned this print along with some 400 others. This collection of Japanese prints was given to the AIC as part of Goff's archives.

02/22/2026

Two perspective sketches illustrating design options to integrate three rooms; a rectilinear family room, a tall sunroom, and an interior kitchen.

02/08/2026

Plasco doll house plans, 1937.
Hello MODERN DIY dads, now is the time to start projects for next year.
Hint: be sure to paint/color the inside before you assemble.