Anthony LaPaglia stars in THE ARCHITECT; a harrowing and ultimately human story of two very different families. Leo Waters (LaPaglia) is an idealistic architect and patriarch of an affluent; suburban Chicago family living with his troubled wife; Julia (Isabella Rossellini); blossoming daughter; Christina (Hayden Panettiere) and conflicted son; Martin (Sebastian Stan). Tonya Neely (Viola Davis) is an activist trying to keep her family safe while living in crime-infested housing projects. In her ongoing campaign to get the projects torn down and rebuilt; she seeks out Leo to obtain his signature on her petition to condemn the projects he designed.