Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Jay Longo is a Principal and serves as part of the firm’s commercial office leadership team. He has more than 20 years of experience, along with an impressive portfolio of office, urban mixed-use development, and institutional projects. His design work focuses on high-performance façades, digital fabrication, and sustainable strategies for clients across the world.
His recent projects include 210 N Carpenter and 320 Sangamon, two new creative office buildings in Chicago’s Fulton Market district, and the Starbucks Roastery on Michigan Avenue, an adaptive re-use of the SCB-designed Crate and Barrel flagship into the world’s largest Starbucks.
Jay served on the Alumni Board of Governors at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and is a member of the AIA, USGBC, and Urban Land Institute. He has lectured at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago History Museum, USGBC Chicago Chapter, Green Build, University of Illinois, and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan.
