Weese, Ben

Weese, Ben
2133 North Hudson Chicago, IL 60614

Ben Weese is associated in Columbus, Indiana, with the Hope Branch bank and the Irwin Union Bank & Trust Company State Street Branch, projects he collaborated on with his brother, Harry Weese. A Chicago architect and preservationist, Weese studied at Harvard University, where he earned both his B.Arch. and M.Arch., and later received a certificate from the École des Beaux-Arts in Fontainebleau, France. From 1957 to 1977 he worked at Harry Weese Associates, and in the late 1970s he became a member of the Chicago Seven, the influential group of architects that challenged the rigid dominance of orthodox modernism in Chicago. In 1977 he founded his own practice with his wife, later known as Weese Langley Weese, a firm noted for nonprofit, educational, and preservation-focused work.

Columbus, Indiana projects
• Hope Branch bank, 645 Harrison Street, Hope, Indiana, 1958.
• Irwin Union Bank & Trust Company State Street Branch 2033 State Street, 1961.


Honors
• AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011.

Work in Columbus