Location
35 E. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60601  Map
Owner
AIA Chicago
Design Architects
Daimian Hines
Andrew M. Senderak
Natalie Banaszak
Architect of Record
HOK 
Photography
Doug Snower Photography 
The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects is moving from their current home at the Merchandise Mart to a new office in the historic Jeweler’s Building, also home to Helmut Jahn’s office. They are seeking LEED® for [...]

Location
2622 W. Evergreen, Chicago, IL 60622 Map
Owner
RpV Development
Architect
Space Architects and Planners
2622 W. Evergreen is a gut rehab of an existing 3-story building with 6 one-bedroom units and a common basement. This project is much more modest in size (4,500 sf of living space) and green goals than many for-sale projects we’ve covered. It’s great that [...]

Location
Lake/Wood/Washington/Wolcott, 1936 W. Washington, Chicago, IL 60612 Map
Owner
Brinshore Development
Michaels Development Co.
Architect
Landon Bone Baker Architects Ltd.
Brook Architecture Inc.
Westhaven Park Phase IIB is a mixed-income, 213-unit, 30 building portion of the Chicago Housing Authority’s redevelopment of the former Henry Horner Homes. 127 rental units in 18 buildings are currently under construction; the remainder are for-sale units to [...]

Urban House 1 is a two-story, 1800 sf, three bedroom wood-frame house being built through a new design/build course at the Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture. Students tackle sustainable design, healthy construction, social responsiveness and design excellence simultaneously.

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 [...]