The owners bought a five-acre tract of land in rural horse country northwest of Chicago, Illinois to design and build a ‘family compound’, one that would support their family of seven for years to come. It was vital that the residence was of a quality that would ‘last the test of time and that could be handed down, generation after generation’.

• Location: Barrington Hills, IL

• Design: 1999-2001

• Construction: 2002-2003

• Design Principal: Thomas L Shafer AIA

• Project Architect: Scott Crowe AIA

• Project Team: Brian Malady, Ben Gauslin, Benjamin Zachwieja, Michael Shumacher

• General Contractor: Windward Builders, Inc.

• Structural Engineer: Enspect, Inc.

• Mechanical Engineer: Lehman Design Group, Inc.

• Landscape Architect: Scott Byron & Company

• Mechanical Contractor: Continental Engineering

• Audio/Visual Consultant: Baumeister Audio/Video

• Photography: Doug Snower Photography