DIVERT YOURSELF!
Celebrate the Rebuilding Exchange’s One Year Anniversary February 12th
Celebrate the Rebuilding Exchange’s first anniversary and help raise funds to support building deconstruction and reuse on February 12, 2010 from 6 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the retail warehouse, 3335 West 47th St., Chicago, Ill. The event includes a variety of diversions, [...]

By William Olson
Introduced by the Office of Richard M. Daley in 2001, the O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP) is a plan to reconfigure O’Hare International Airport’s intersecting runways into a more modern layout and bring a new western terminal facility with additional airline gates and parking. The $6.6 billion program is intended to substantially reduce delays [...]

By Garratt Hasenstab
Owners: Beth & Jim Masterson
Architect: Sullivan Goulette & Wilson – www.sullivangoulette.com
Engineer: dbHMS – www.dbhms.com
Builder/ General Contractor: Crescent Rock – www.crescentrock.com
The Masterson Residence, located at 735 West Willow St. in Lincoln Park, is a truly striking example of “Adaptive Reuse”—the greenest of green building practices. Projected for completion in February 2010, this charming brick [...]

By Rick Prohov
Oct. 26, Evanston City Council voted 8-1 in favor of an ordinance requiring large new commercial buildings to meet the LEED Silver standard of green building. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a comprehensive building rating and certification system maintained by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
The green building [...]

By Kareeshma Ali
Owner/Developer: Hospice of Northeastern Illinois
Architect: Harley Ellis Devereaux/Hospice Design Resources
Contractor: Pepper Construction
The “green revolution” has often been associated with its attempts to address the adverse impacts of development footprints. However, too often the issues of public health and safety take a backseat during the design process and are overshadowed by the high-tech gadgetry. [...]

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 [...]