Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall Team:
Architect / Civil Engineer / Sustainable Design - LEED Consultant: Wight & Company, Structural Engineering: Larson Engineering, MEP Engineering: 20/10, Contractor: Old Vets/Pacific Joint Venture, MEP Contractor: Hill Mechanical, Steel Consultant: Boller Construction
Bachelor’s Enlisted Quarters Team:
Architect / Civil Engineer: Wight & Company, Design Architect: The Steinberg Group, MEP & Structural Engineer: [...]

This a project designed by an architect as his own family residence. It is another example of a budget-conscious but reasonably responsible design. Most of the green investment goes into energy-saving, but easily achievable features - rigid exterior insulation with spray foam insulation between studs, high-efficiency mechanical systems, and an Energy Star roof.

Location
3018 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Developer
The Sanders Company
Architect
Swiss Design Group

Green Armitage is a new five-story residential building, with a first-floor commercial space and eight 1200-1300 sf residential units above. The project has been under the eye of Chicago green building fans for a while, but appears to be finally off the ground (nearly literally). This [...]

Location
3121 N. Clifton, Chicago, IL 60657 Map
Owner
Private Residence
Architect
Depree Bickford Associates
3121 N. Clifton is a renovation of an existing three-flat into a single family home with a basement rental unit. The project mixes a few high payback major green investments and many inexpensive, common-sense green approaches. Unlike some of the all-out, demonstration green homes we’ve seen [...]

Location
340 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601 Map
Owner
LR Development Company
Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz

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340 E. Randolph

340 On the Park is a 62-story, 344 unit condominium tower located on the last available site along Randolph Street between Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue. If you’ve been to Millennium Park this summer and looked north, you’ve had a fabulous [...]