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 [...]

By Jessica Tobacman
Roosevelt University has begun plans for a new student center, incorporating a new eco-friendly edge into their design. The lobby of the university’s Auditorium Building currently houses a model that includes this structure and an artistic rendering of the institution’s new project. Located at 421 to 425 S. Wabash Ave., the Wabash Development [...]

By Kathleen Johnson
When a large design firm with sustainable values needs a new home, it’s not going to move into just any typical office space. The design has to make sense on every level, and celebrate the talents of the firm. This past January HOK moved into such a space, building out 27,700 [...]