Location
2202 N. Orchard, Chicago, IL 60614 Map
Owner
Private Residence
Architect
Dirk Denison Architects
The Orchard Residence is a 9,700 sf, 3-story plus basement single-family home currently under construction (6,600 sf with basement and garage). This is the largest home we’ve covered yet and is certain to raise some eyebrows because of the materials and energy consumption associated with such [...]

Location
2020 W. Rice, Chicago, IL 60662 Map
Owner
Private Residences
Architect
Wolbrink Architects Chartered

2020 Green Dream is a 3-unit, 5,700 sf multifamily residence built as a speculative, for-sale development. This project exemplifies a straightforward, reasonable-cost approach to green that should be replicable by other for-profit developments. All units are Energy Star rated and the architect recently won a GreenWorks [...]

Location
3121 N. Clifton, Chicago, IL 60657 Map
Owner
Private Residence
Architect
Depree Bickford Associates
3121 N. Clifton is a renovation of an existing three-flat into a single family home with a basement rental unit. The project mixes a few high payback major green investments and many inexpensive, common-sense green approaches. Unlike some of the all-out, demonstration green homes we’ve seen [...]

Location
1244 N. Clybourn, Chicago, IL 60610 Map
Owner
Mercy Housing Lakefront
Architect
Murphy/Jahn Architects
Near North SRO is a 5-story, 96 unit single room occupancy that will be home to those on the CHA waiting list or at risk of homelessness. The average unit is only 300 square feet, but like many modern SROs, includes a private kitchen and bath. [...]

Location
2822 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL 60618 Map
Owner
Brian Warling & Lisa Wright
Architect
John Joyce Architects
The W Residence is a gut rehab and third-floor addition to an existing 2-story building with storefront space into a single live-work space, with Warling Studios on the first floor, offices for the studio and Red Bird Visual on a portion of the [...]

Location
340 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601 Map
Owner
LR Development Company
Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz

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340 E. Randolph

340 On the Park is a 62-story, 344 unit condominium tower located on the last available site along Randolph Street between Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue. If you’ve been to Millennium Park this summer and looked north, you’ve had a fabulous [...]