This home seeking Chicago Green Homes certification. Most of the green site elements that are possible are included here, such as a rain garden, rain barrels, green roof, and native landscaping.

Location
1600 N. Talman, Chicago, IL 60612 Map

Owner
Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
Architect
Weese Langley Weese
1600 N. Talman is the second phase of a two-building development with a renovation and new construction component. We reported on the first phase, rehab of an immediately adjacent existing building, back in April. While the first phase was family housing, this building consists of [...]

Location
4227 S. St. Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60653 Map
Owner
Om Development, LLC

Architect
Echo Studio

4227 S. St. Lawrence  is a just-completed home from a new entry on Chicago’s green development scene, Om Development. The project is a gut rehab of an 1890’s Bronzeville multifamily back into a single-family home. There’s not a lot of green bling here, just solid energy-efficiency [...]

Location
1715 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60647 Map
Owner
1715 N. Damen LLC
Architect
Wilkinson Blennder Architecture
1715 N. Damen is a new 4-story 10,600 s.f. mixed-use project in the heart of Wicker Park. The building will include a 2,000 sf commercial space on the ground floor, a 2,800 sf condominium on the second floor, and a 3,400 sf condominium on the [...]

Location
1825 W. Wabansia, Chicago, IL 60622 Map
Owner
Frank and Lisa Mauceri
Smog Veil Records
Architect
Wilkinson Blender Architecture
The Mauceri Residence is a 2-story, 5,600 sf renovation of an existing masonry building into a live/work single family home. This is one of several higher-budget residential projects demonstrating many unusual green elements, including 3 Aerotecture wind turbines, 30 solar electric panels, [...]