SCB is an architecture, planning, interior and urban design firm. Founded in 1931, SCB provides design services from Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Since our inception, a strong current of innovation has run through SCB. The design legacy born of our bold and visionary founders continues today through a talented, diverse, and creative community of colleagues, each dedicated to their craft and creating better places. In 1931, Lou Solomon, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois, began the architectural and development firm L.R. Solomon & Associates. The business was focused on buying and remodeling apartment buildings in Chicago and included his brother Irving, who oversaw construction, and sister Sylvia, who served as a property manager. After WWII, the firm expanded and began specializing in the design, construction, and management of modern high-rise apartment buildings along Chicago’s burgeoning Lake Shore Drive. By the mid-1950’s, the practice had shifted solely to architectural design, but the design-build-operate business model left an indelible legacy, instilling a holistic approach to design that addressed a building’s marketability, constructability, and operations.