For several years now, John syvertsen,faia,has been leading efforts within his Chicago firm to renovate and update what he calls "The Department of Good," also known as his architecture firm's public interest and pro bono efforts. "We need to reposition this work," says Syvertsen, a senior principal at Cannon Design (whose Chicago office was the separate firm OWP/P until 2009). "The cost becomes not so much a matter of how we pay for it, but how we maximize the ability to make an impact. The cost is effort and the pay is impact."
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