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1600 N. Talman

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4227 S. St. Lawrence

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1715 N. Damen

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Officer Donald Marquez Charter School

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Location

2916 W. 47th St., Chicago Map

Owner
United Neighborhood Organization

Architect
Austin AECOM

Officer Donald Marquez Charter School is one of two green school renovations underway by the United Neighborhood Organiozation (UNO). This first project is housed in a former Misericordia home for disabled children in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. The two & four story, 58,150 sf building is opening this fall as a charter elementary school for 520 students, operated by the UNO Charter School Network. The project is seeking LEED Silver certification.

Green Armitage

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3018 W. Armitage, Chicago 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 is the rare developer-driven, market rate residential project that gets green right - starting with an emphasis on energy efficiency, then considering additional features. The building is designed to beat the latest energy code (2006 IECC) requirements by 80%, and is nearly certain to qualify for at least a LEED Silver certification (but is targeting Platinum!).

Residential Deconstruction

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3905 N. Janssen, Chicago Map

There's no architect on this project, as it's an un-project: Chicago's first residential deconstruction, currently underway on a 2-story home at 3905 N. Janssen. Deconstruction is the process of carefully dismantling a building in order to salvage components for reuse, as opposed to demolition, where buildings are smashed with wrecking balls and bulldozed, leaving components in bits and pieces. Although salvage of valuable architectural elements such as some plumbing fixtures, light fixtures, built-ins, and sometimes woodwork occurs in Chicago, never does it occur on the scale seen here, down to every last stud. Kudos to Urban Habitat Chicago (UHC) and The Reuse People for this accomplishment, and let's hope it becomes a growing trend. Our photo is provided by UHC.

Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Science Building

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1110 W. Belden, Chicago Map

Owner
DePaul University

Architect
Antunovich Associates

The Andrew J. McGowan Science Building is a new 5-story, 130,000 sf academic building to be located immediately south of the existing William G. McGowan science building which opened at DePaul's Lincoln Park campus in 1998. McGowan South will house the DePaul Chemistry Department and accomodate the expanding Environmental Science and Biology programs with several sloped-floor classrooms, computers labs, faculty offices, and teaching and research laboratories. The project is seeking LEED Silver certification, partly due to popular demand from the faculty.

The Morse Theater

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1328 W. Morse, Chicago Map

Owner
1328 Morse LLC

Architect
Greene & Proppe Design

The Morse Theater is a renovation of a nearly-abandoned 1912 Nickelodeon theater building into a 299-seat music venue and a 99-seat restaurant (The Century Public House). The renovation includes all-new interior structure and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, including addition of a mezzanine bringing the total building area to 18,000 sf. The building has been through a variety of uses and hard times, so it's encouraging to see a local owner take interest in this type of rehab and make it green as well. Renovation projects are notoriously complex and expensive, and this project is no exception - it even includes a difficult expansion of the existing basement.

Spaulding and Trumbull Family Apartments

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1310-1316 S. Spaulding Map
1424-1428 S. Trumbull Map

Owner
Spaulding Trumbull, LP

Architect
Harley Ellis Devereaux

Spaulding and Trumbull family apartments are a pair of former CHA buildings being renovated to reduce the number of units (to 14 for Spaulding, 11 for Trumbull), modernize the buildings, and dress up their appearance. When complete, they will be privately owned affordable apartments. This is a fairly simple project that puts some disused apartments buildings back into use without an unreasonable investment, and avoids the tear-down that many similar buildings would face.

Christopher House

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3255 W. Altgeld Map

Owner
Christopher House

Architect
Wheeler Kearns Architects

Christopher House is redeveloping the former Logan Square library (which was replaced by a new green library) into a 14,000 sf child daycare and family resource center. This new site for the 100-year old social service organization will include preschool, daycare, and after school classrooms, a motor skills playroom, plus offices, conference rooms, and a computer lab supporting Christopher House's adult education, computer literacy and family counseling programs. The project is seeking a LEED Certified rating, partially driven by a board made up of many members in the building industry.