Arlene Warda Architect

Arlene is extremely detail-oriented and passionate about her work and producing a great outcome for the client. Her responsiveness is incredible. After our first meeting, which was midweek, she had initial drawings early the following week. She put in substantial hours over the weekend (and many other weekends). She was always willing to make revisions as the project evolved and was happy to draw up many different designs to we could picture what the project final would look like. She was full of excellent ideas that we would never have thought of on our own. I highly recommend Arlene. Five Stars.

Arlene completed a design for a deck on our house in Wilmette. The drawings appear to be high quality. Our contractor was able to use them to bid. We correspond on and receive responses within a day with regard to our project."

In the past I have done several rehab projects on the south-east side of Chicago, and in the South Shore area. Miss Arlene Warda as very professionally helped me get through some of the pre-construction process headaches when it comes to architectural specs, permitting, and City zoning issues. A good long standing business relationship_ & 2017 has been no different. Whether large or small projects, Arlene always seems to be attentive and responsive to customer needs!...

Our construction firm has been creating commercial, residential and institutional projects in Chicagoland for many years. Ms. Warda has provided our firm with multiple opportunities to develop her Architectural concepts into constructed realities for the Client. In each and every case; a very pleased and excited client.

I am an attorney in private practice in Park Ridge and had a client who had to complete a project redo in the city to bring the project in line with all the appropriate zoning/building codes. It had become clear to me that an architect was needed to oversee this job. I found Arlene's website and she seemed perfect for the job. Arlene not only personally answered the call late on a friday but gave my client and I a wonderful consultation understanding immediately that time was of the essence and immediately showed an excellant understanding of the labyrinth of the permit process and knowledge of the entire Chicago building code. We sent Arlene client's preliminary drawings and within two days, Arlene had a complete and thorough proposal that was excellant. Arlene kept client and my office posted throughout the entire process and simply has excellant communication skills and ethics. She was also very reasonable and willing to work within Client's constraints. Arlene took care of everything! And displayed consummate professionalism throughout. I highly recommend Arlene for anyone contemplating a project who wants someone who will take care of every detail and is a pleasure to work with.

We have received her design plans and permit drawings from Arlene.. The owner's loved the design and were impressed in the fast turnaround. The work level and design were more than anticipated. The intelligence and hard work is there! Her communication and design are very good and very good for us as contractors to read.

Arlene designed a beautiful well thought out addition to my home. I was very impressed with her attention to detail and my wishes to stay on budget. I highly recommended her and her team and will be calling on her for future projects.

Since I met Arlene Warda in 1999, she has consistently produced elegant and sophisticated designs in a simple, coherent, and detailed form. Over the twenty-two years I have been a general contractor, Arlene's designs have always stood out as a great value. I highly recommend Arlene for her skill, clarity, and ability to produce excellent designs for any size project. Robert, iRenovate Inc

irst of all I would like to say I (love and admire) Arlene's work. Very impressive! I have had a building, I own as an investment property. 4 units and I live in one. I have interest in art, and design. For our building, we had previous zoning and permit issues we inheirited from the previous owner. Our apartments were never permitted. It seemed like an awesome undertaking. I then hired Arlene recently this fall 2014 and we got a proposal within a day or so of the call. The price was right, plus we needed help immediately! We definately had a deadline to convert our units for the City. The plans after they were measured by Arlene and her team were available in 1 week. All the floors were done. We got help filling out our permit and E-plan, the city filing system for permit. We got help with the zoning and paying the zoning fee. Everything was document and we even got receipt from Arlene to confirm all upload had been done. The plans for the building are beautiful! More important they are on time! We met our deadline and now are ok with the City. Arlene was friendly, professional and easy to work with! I already recommended her to a friend! and I would highly, highly recommend her to others and any and all of our friends!! Vincent G.

I have really liked working with Arlene! We have a house in Oak Park. The back of our house needed work, deck was old and needed a full rebuild. Although we had architectural plans already done, they needed updating. We love Arlene's new plans. The design has new elements, yet we kept the same target budget and were consistent with design. She has always promptly responded with her phone calls, and emails, usually within one day, or the next day. Always friendly and helpful! She will go to any extent to help us both with understanding design and also filing for our Village of Oak Park permits. We look forward to our project finishing and look forward to recommending Arlene for future projects!

Arlene Warda, was very helpful and very professional. She guided me thought the entire project and crossed all Tee and dotted all I's. I would highly recommend her to anyone needing a Architect.

I am excited to work on a new house with Arlene. It is in the South Pacific region!. I have lived in several countries around the world, and now I live in Seoul, Korea; I am glad to finally start this project! I have seen Arlene’s work and am happy and surprised to see Arlene’s projects, after knowing her for 40+ years. We both lived overseas, and met in Beirut, Lebanon, while living and attending overseas schools, in childhood. After 40+ years we just became reacquainted. Arlene’s work and contributions are creative and amazing and her talent is extraordinaire! She maintains a friendly, positive and fun outlook on all her Projects. We talk often! And about this project! I already bought the lot, and own a piece of land we will be working on, And are making plans for pre-site preparation and provisions The pictures of the lot are attached.