Location
10204 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL 60655 Map
Owner
St. Xavier University
Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Rubloff Hall is a new 5-story, 37,000 sf residence hall on the campus of St. Xavier University seeking LEED® Silver certification. The 26 unit, 87 bed building is opening to students this month and is the third of a series of similar dormitories recently [...]

Location
1729 W. Potomac, Chicago, IL 60622 Map
Owner
HN Builders
Architect
Norsman Architects
The Norsman Residence is another example of a higher-budget single family home with a carefully considered green and design sense. The project is new construction on a substandard Chicago lot (23.5’ x 100’). It includes many of the features we are increasingly seeing for these semi-demonstration projects, [...]

Location
1 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603 Map
Owner
Hines
Architect
Richard Keating (Design)
DeStefano + Partners (Architect of Record)
One South Dearborn is a 40-story, 820,000 sf office tower that has earned LEED® for Core and Shell Silver certification. The building was completed in late 2005 and like any new loop high-rise has been extensively reviewed and discussed (e.g. general information [...]

Location
1322 N. Clybourn, Chicago IL 60610, Map
Owner
Rada Development
Architect
Rada Architects
Clybourn Point is a four-story mixed-use building with six residential units and a first-floor commercial space. This is one of the smallest projects currently seeking LEED® certification (goal of LEED® Silver) in Chicago, and is owned by a first-time developer. Many smaller green residential projects are owned [...]

Location
5000 S. Indiana, Chicago IL 60615, Map
Owner
Affordable Housing Preservation Foundation
Architect
Piekarz Associates PC
Washington Park SRO is a renovation of a 50-year old, 5-story, 200 unit SRO and recreational facility into a 100% affordable 63 unit SRO with plans for a future health club. Prior to beginning this renovation, the building sat vacant for two years after [...]

Location
6501 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60626 Map
Owner
Loyola University Chicago
Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
The Loyola Information Commons is a 4-story, 67,000 sf ‘library without books’. This is probably the most cutting-edge commercial green project currently underway in Chicago, because it seeks to integrate the architecture and engineering systems in a manner only widely seen in Europe. This is [...]