Location: West Town
Architect: Square Root Architecture
Contractor: Helios Design + Build
By Rosie Powers, Editor
As sustainable development has begun to spread its influence throughout Chicago, once again the city has grown a bit greener - this time welcoming its very first prefabricated home, which may earn LEED Platinum certification.
The project, headed by Square Root Architecture, broke ground [...]

Location: 1818 West Wilson, Chicago, Illinois 60640
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Developer: Cleetus Friedman
Architect: 2 Point Perspective
By Todd Kaiser
Entrepreneur, writer and performer Cleetus Friedman worked with local eco- architecture firm 2 Point Perspective to create an urban grocery and deli that would adequately reflect a simple mission statement: “Local. Sustainable. Delicious.”
Opened in September 2010, the [...]

By Rosie Powers, Editor
This November, Chicago will host the annual Greenbuild International Expo, the world’s largest green building conference.
Since its start in 2002, the expo has showcased the latest in international sustainable building products. It has made its way to several other American cities including Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Denver and Phoenix. Chicago also hosted the [...]

Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall Team:
Architect / Civil Engineer / Sustainable Design - LEED Consultant: Wight & Company, Structural Engineering: Larson Engineering, MEP Engineering: 20/10, Contractor: Old Vets/Pacific Joint Venture, MEP Contractor: Hill Mechanical, Steel Consultant: Boller Construction
Bachelor’s Enlisted Quarters Team:
Architect / Civil Engineer: Wight & Company, Design Architect: The Steinberg Group, MEP & Structural Engineer: [...]

Location: 1260 W. Adams St. Chicago, IL 60607
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Owner/Developer – Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC)
Architect – Schroeder Murchie Niemiec Gazda-Auskalnis (SMNG-A)
By: Angela Timmons
As school begins each year, students across Chicago show up for classes with new back packs, the latest in back-to-school fashions and pristine notebooks waiting to be filled. On the [...]

Location: 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611
Contractor: Bear Construction
Owner: Prime Group Realty Trust
By William Olson
At the Chicago River’s southerly hiccough, a modern icon has gone green.
The building at 330 N. Wabash, Mies Van der Rohe’s architectural encore in America, recently underwent a sustainable renovation and earned the USGBC’s Silver Certification for Existing Buildings (EB) Operations [...]