Waste elimination is becoming decidedly less wasteful at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). As part of a larger capital improvement program managed by Jones Lang LaSalle, the MSI is nearing the completion of

The future of residential architecture and design is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry through January 4, 2009. Designed by architect Michelle Kaufmann and billed as Chicago’s greenest house, Smart Home is a real home built to showcase what sustainable living can truly be.

Location
1823 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201  Map
Owner
Enterprise Development Foundation
Architect
studioVIM, LLC
The Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe in Evanston’s 5th Ward was built to engage the community at a local level in many different ways.  The 5000 square foot facility, previously a gas station, grocer, and dollar store, now contains a music school, recording studio, 125-seat performance [...]

Location
1110 W. Belden, Chicago, IL 60614  Map
Owner
DePaul University
Architect
Antunovich Associates
The Andrew J. McGowan Science Building is a new 5-story, 130,000 sf academic building to be located immediately south of the existing William G. McGowan science building which opened at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus in 1998. McGowan South will house the DePaul Chemistry Department and accomodate the [...]

Location
3255 W. Altgeld, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Owner
Christopher House
Architect
Wheeler Kearns Architects
Christopher House is redeveloping the former Logan Square library (which was replaced by a new green library) into a 14,000 sf child daycare and family resource center. This new site for the 100-year old social service organization will include preschool, daycare, and after school classrooms, a [...]

Location
239 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601 Map
Owner
City of Chicago
Architect
Muller & Muller
The Millennium Park Bike Station was completed in 2003, and although it is not LEED® certified, it does warrant brief coverage as a green project. This is mostly because of the inherently green use of the 3-story building, as one of the nation’s only centers [...]