Maria Pellot, AIA (born June 1, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American (Puerto Rican) architect and Associate Principal at UrbanWorks, Ltd. a Chicago-based architecture, interiors, and urban planning firm.
Pellot brings over twenty years of extensive architectural design, urban planning, and project management experience to UrbanWorks where she serves as Associate Principal.
Pellot is focused on the integration of environmentally friendly practices into every design project and is drawn to the collaborative nature of working on socially conscious community-based facilities for a variety of clients. She enjoys working hand-in-hand with clients and consultants and the challenge of balancing design, the environment and a project’s budget to help clients translate their vision into architecture.
Pellot holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Florida International University and a Master of Architecture Degree from the University of South Florida. She is a certified planner and member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2003.
Pellot was recently featured in two exhibitions, "a.DOT Architects. Doing. Our. Thing" at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and “Leaders of Design” at the FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios.
Paseo Boricua Arts Building
La Casa Student Housing
Galewood Elementary Charter School – LEED for Schools – Silver Certification
Veterans Memorial Charter School Campus – LEED for New Construction – Gold Certification
Cabrini Green Development Zone Plan
Northwestern University New University Commons
Harold Washington College Space Plan
Small Projects, Architectural Artifacts, May 2016 - Present.
Chicago Futures, Chicago Architecture Foundation, May 2016 - Present.
ChiDesign, Chicago Architecture Foundation, October 2015.
New Chicago Architecture, 332 S. Michigan, Chicago, November 2015.
Forms of Imagination, The University of Chicago, November-December 2015.
A.DOT: Architects. Doing Our Thing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, October 2015.
Leaders of Design, Florida International University, February - March 2015.
Women Building Change: Celebrating 40 Years of Chicago Women in Architecture, Chicago Architecture Foundation Lecture Hall (Chicago), June 12-December 2014.
Take Me to the River: Building Chicago’s New Waterfront, Chicago Architecture Foundation Lecture Hall (Chicago), June–December 2013.
Awards and honors
AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, Associate Architect, Cermak Green Line Station, 2015'
AIA Chicago Divine Detail Award, Associate Architect, Cermak Green Line Station Train Tube, 2015
Chicago Architecture Foundation ChiDesign Competition, Shortlist, Ice Cade, 2015
ALA Merit Award, Old Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse, 2015
IES Illumination Award of Merit, Galewood Elementary School (with Primera Engineers, Lighting), 2015
ALA Gold Medal Design Award, Textile Center, 2014
ALA Gold Medal Design Award, Galewood Elementary School, 2013
Chicago Building Congress Merit Award for Construction Under $15 Million, La Casa Student Housing, 2013
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place, La Casa Student Housing, 2013
ALA Merit Award, La Casa Student Housing, 2012
AIA Chicago Small Project Honor Award, Automobile Container, 2011
AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, Citation of Merit, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2011
AIA Chicago Regional & Urban Design Award, Citation of Merit, Big. Bold. Visionary. Groundplanes for Gary, 2011
ALA Merit Award, Park Boulevard Mixed-Income Housing, 2011
ALA Merit Award, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2011
Chicago Architecture Foundation, Patron of the Year Nomination, Buckingham Fountain Phase II, 2011
Design Evanston Planning Award, Evanston Lakefront Masterplan, 2010
Design Evanston Residential Award, Automobile Container, 2010
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2010
Chicago Building Congress Merit Award for Rehab Construction, First Place, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2010
AIA Chicago Urban Design Award for Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award, Chicago 2016 Olympic Master Plan, 2009
Mayor Daley’s Landscape Award, First Place, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2009
