Location
6034 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660 Map
Owner
True Nature Foods
Architect
Echo Studio
True Nature Foods, a community-oriented organic foods store has installed a 1,400 sf green roof on top of their building, a former auto shop. This modest project would be similar to many others in Chicago if it weren’t for the fact that this roof is to [...]

Location
3600 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60647 Map
Owner
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
Architect
SMNG-A Architects
Photo courtesy Leslie Schwartz Photography
The Infant Welfare Society is a 3-story, 39,000 sf medical office building housing a pediatric and women’s health clinic and a pediatric dental clinic serving uninsured and underserved women and children. The project is an adaptive reuse of a former [...]

Location
1101 S. Canal, Chicago, IL 60607 Map
Owner
Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
Architect
Heights Venture Architects, LLP
The South Loop Whole Foods Market is a 53,000 sf organic foods grocery store located within the new Southgate Market development. This will be Whole Foods’ largest store in Chicago and is seeking a Certified rating under LEED® for Commercial Interiors. There [...]

Location.
2900 W. Ferdinand, Chicago, IL 60612 Map
Owner
Christy Webber Landscapes
Here’s a brief update on the latest component in Christy Webber’s Greenworks project. A 67′ tower is being constructed within the on-site detention pond to house two Aerotecture wind turbines with a total electrical output of 2 kW. The simple but interesting structure is constructed entirely from [...]

Location
1101 S. Canal, Chicago, IL 60607 Map
Owner
JPS Interests
Architect
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Southgate Market is a five-story ‘mall’ housing several big-box type retailers, including Whole Foods Market, Office Depot, and Linens and Things. The project is seeking a LEED® for Core and Shell Certified rating. The developer has publicly questioned the value of the certification, so hopefully his [...]

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 [...]