Goettsch Partners is a design firm working across architecture, planning and interiors founded by James Goettsch in 2005.

The company specialises in commercial, hospitality, residential, mixed-use and institutional projects, as well as renovations. Completed projects include offices, hotels and resorts, apartment buildings, retail complexes, higher education facilities and government buildings.

Headquartered in Chicago, the firm has two additional offices in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

Pictured above is Viceroy Chicago hotel, which the firm rebuilt and extended to include an 18-storey pleated glass tower designed to create more accommodation.