Location
1458 S. Canal, Chicago, IL 60607 Map
Owner
Pacific Garden Mission
Architect
Tigerman McCurry Architects
Image produced by Built Light
Pacific Garden Mission is a 3-story, 156,000 sf rescue mission serving homeless men and women. The new building at 14th Place and Canal is a replacement (not without controversy) for the organization’s two existing locations that serve men and women separately, [...]

Location: Sloan Valve Company, 10500 Seymour Ave., Franklin Park, IL
Developer: Aerotecture
Builder/General Contractor (for Sloan Valve Site): Englewood Construction
By William Olson

The Chicago region has been a natural laboratory of sorts for sustainable design, having earned itself the moniker of the “Green Roofs City” and a top rating among US cities for its number of LEED-certified buildings.
Now [...]

Developer/client: Allsteel/Gunlocke
Architect/interiors: HOK Chicago
By Katherine Darnstadt
Gunlocke and Alsteel, two renowned companies in the furniture and design world, have come together for the completion of a project that will add a green touch to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, Allsteel designs, builds and delivers progressive and relevant workplace furniture solutions, while Gunlocke is an industry leader in the [...]

By William Olson
Developer: Calamos Real Estate LLC Development
Architect: Lohan Associates, LLC
Although most suburban development in the Chicago region has spurred on automobile-dependent urban sprawl and contributed to runaway greenhouse gas emissions, Naperville, Illinois—one of America’s quintessential edge cities—is now home to one of the nation’s models of hotel sustainability.
Renowned as the State of Illinois’ first LEED certified [...]

By Susan D. Turner, AIA, PMP, LEED AP
Developer: Matt Phillips, Integrated Design Development Group LLC (IDG)
Architect: Larry Booth, Booth Hanson (Chicago)
HVAC Consultants: Deirdre McDaniel, WMA Engineering (Chicago)
Interior Design Bonnie Mason, Interior Design Associates (Nashville)
Estimated Cost: $ 150,000,000
Designed in 1924 by Jarvis Hunt, the former Lake Shore Athletic Club is a twenty story, 370,000 square-foot Beaux Arts building, built of masonry [...]

By Shafaq Choudry
Project Website: http://www.wrightwoodcrossing.com
Location: 1307 W. Wrightwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
Developer: G.Corp Development
Developer Website: http://www.gcorpdevelopment.com
Architect: Andrew Wilson, [1016] Architecture, Inc
Architect Website: http://www.1016architecture.com
Status: Broke ground early September 2009 (under construction)
Completion Date: Spring/Summer 2010
Project Type: High Performance Residential Condominium
Project Size: 4 stories, 37,000 square feet
When [1016] Architecture seized the opportunity to design a four-story, 19-unit residence [...]