Our Team

Team Leader

Martin S. Francis is (Past) President of Linden Group Inc., a Homewood, Illinois based architectural and land planning firm since its inception in 1978. He is also President of Dimension Interiors, an interior design firm housed at the Homewood location. Mr. Francis was also Vice President of Duane E. Linden & Associates, the parent company, with headquarters in Lansing, Illinois from 1964 to 1978, providing thirty years of professional practice in the Chicagoland Metropolitan area. 


Mr. Francis attended the University of Illinois (Navy Pier) and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been registered in Illinois since 1970 and received his national registration through the NCARB. He also has current registrations in architecture in Indiana, Michigan, Colorado, Texas and current registration as an Interior Designer in Illinois and Texas.


He is a member of the following organizations:

National Council of Architectural Registration Board

Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

Releaf Environmental Conservation Group (Consultant)

National Parks & Conservation Association


As a member of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago, he has served on its Code and Tech Committee. Mr. Francis has also served as a judge for their annual Key Awards Program for many years which is a high honor inasmuch as, in this capacity, he is critiquing the work of his peers.

Mr. Francis has donated his services for several years to the National Association of Home Builders, instructing classes at Northeastern Illinois University in continuing educational programs for the architectural and construction professions.

Martin S. Francis, NCARB