Kutlesa/Hernandez Architects, Inc

Specialties

We provide the full spectrum of services related to Architecture, Interiors, Engineering and Sustainable Design for your built environment. Our expert and creative design professionals are uniquely experienced to be integral to our client’s project processes and critical to their success.

History

Established in 2001.

Ivan Kutlesa and Manuel Hernandez first met in 1988.

It was the 2^nd year of architecture school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Collaborating on school team projects they became good friends and gained a mutual respect for each other’s talents. After graduating in 1992, their respective careers took them both onto separate paths of distinction and accomplishment.

Ivan Kutlesa went on to work at Warman Olsen Warman Architects, RGI Architects, Inc. and OWP/​P Architects. Manuel Hernandez worked for Shah Engineering, Inc. and Elias G. Pappageorge Architects. They both distinguished themselves quickly as leaders in their field and were promoted in their respective firms.

In 2001, not long after becoming a licensed architect, Ivan Kutlesa ventured out on his own and IK + Associates opened it’s doors. It was then that he sought out his former classmate and friend Manuel Hernandez and once again, they were collaborating on many new projects.

Meet the Business Owner

Ivan K.

Business Owner

Ivan (President) and Manuel (Vice President) have diverse backgrounds as Architects and Designers as well as individuals which uniquely give us the understanding of the global nature and increasingly interconnected culture of nations, businesses, communities and economies and its direct impact on the built environment. As evidenced in our portfolio of projects in the types of work we have successfully completed in the last 13 years, KH Architects visionary approach to its profession has lead the way in the progress of Architecture.