Location: West Town
Architect: Square Root Architecture
Contractor: Helios Design + Build
By Rosie Powers, Editor
As sustainable development has begun to spread its influence throughout Chicago, once again the city has grown a bit greener - this time welcoming its very first prefabricated home, which may earn LEED Platinum certification.
The project, headed by Square Root Architecture, broke ground [...]

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 [...]

By Garratt Hasenstab
Owners: Beth & Jim Masterson
Architect: Sullivan Goulette & Wilson – www.sullivangoulette.com
Engineer: dbHMS – www.dbhms.com
Builder/ General Contractor: Crescent Rock – www.crescentrock.com
The Masterson Residence, located at 735 West Willow St. in Lincoln Park, is a truly striking example of “Adaptive Reuse”—the greenest of green building practices. Projected for completion in February 2010, this charming brick [...]