By Rosie Powers, managing editor
Southwall Technologies, a company that specializes in the manufacturing of high-performance and energy-efficient glass, has plans to establish a state-of-the-art facility in Chicago to aid in its global production process.
“(The factory) will be focused on automated production of insulated glass products,” said Bruce Lang, president [...]

Owner: Chicago Botanical Garden
Design: Archeworks
Location:
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By Kareeshma Ali, assignment editor

Not long ago, a lot on the southern tip of Bridgeport was in as desolate a state as the other 75,000 vacant lots in Chicago. But now when one walks past the corner of 29th St. and Halsted Ave., they will see splashes of color, [...]

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: 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 [...]