Architect: Nathan Kipnis Architects
Developer: Scott Simpson Builders
Location: 370 Washington, Glencoe, IL
By Jason LaFleur
With an eye to the future, more homeowners are building green. In the North Shore village of Glencoe, Ill., Barry and Natalie Slotnick are building a resource and energy-efficient single-family home for their growing family, planning to achieve the LEED for Homes Gold [...]

1314 N. Moorman is a 2,600 sf (3,600 sf with basement) speculative single family green home with many basic energy efficiency features and a bit of ‘green bling’.

Location
28 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60602  Map
Owner
Flashpoint Academy
Architect
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Flashpoint Academy is a new media arts and sciences school occupying 58,000 sf on two floors (plus a small storefront street-level space) in the Burnham Center (aka 111 W. Washington). The two-year school will offer four areas of study: cinema, recording arts, gaming and animation [...]

Location
365 Raider Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60440  Map
Owner
Valley View Public School District 365U
Architect
Wight & Company
When it opened in 2004, the new Bolingbrook High School became the first LEED® certified high school in Illinois, and only the third in the entire country.  The 568,000 square foot facility, designed to accommodate 3,600 students, was completed on an expedited [...]

Location
2654 W. North, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Owner
Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
Architect
Weese Langley Weese
2654 W. North is the first phase of a two-building development with a renovation and new construction component. This phase is a renovation of an existing 4-story loft building into a 24-unit apartment building for families. I believe this is Hispanic Housing’s first project billed [...]

Location
339 E. Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611  Map
Owner
Northwestern University
Architect
SmithGroup
Wieboldt Hall is one of three original buildings built in 1926 on Northwestern’s downtown campus. This high-rise building is undergoing a 31,000 sf renovation to modernize mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and provide new classroom spaces and a new entry lobby to the School of Continuing Studies. A [...]