Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
2021 AIA Illinois Honor Awards
Urban Land Institute: Making the Numbers Work for Greener Affordable Housing in Chicago
Chicago Architect: The Best Green Architects in Chicago, Illinois
2019 Year In Review
With 2020 well underway, here’s a look back at some of LBBA’s top posts from 2019! 1) La Ca Norte’s LEED Gold certified comprehensive community center in Humboldt Park was completed. View this post on Instagram La Casa Norte, a new mixed-use comprehensive community center to serve youth and families confronting homelessness, recently…
Read More2019 PHIUS Passive House Projects Competition
The Architects Newspaper: Architects sign on for the Global Climate Strike
Marshall SRO, Chicago, IL
The Marshall Hotel, designed by Edmund Meles, was an existing 173-unit single-occupancy hotel that was preserved for low-income residents in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. It is one of 65 remaining licensed SROs in Chicago and was amongst the first SRO’s sold under the 2014 SRO Preservation Ordinance, an initiative created to protect and generate funds to help…
Read More2019 Illinois Governor’s Conference on Affordable Housing
LBBA Principal, Jeff Bone, attended the 2019 Illinois Governor’s Conference on Affordable Housing on Wednesday, co-hosted by the Illinois Housing Council (IHC) and Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). Jeff joined fellow panelist Charlene Andreas (Director of Affordable Housing, LUCHA), Lindsey Elton (President and Director of Rating Services, Eco Achievers), Tim Swanson (Chief Design Officer, Skender), and Spencer…
Read MoreLa Casa Norte, Chicago, IL
La Casa Norte is a new mixed-use comprehensive community center in Humboldt Park on the city’s Near Northwest Side. Services include a youth drop-in center, healthcare center, café and food pantry, and Pierce House, 25 units of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. The design blends highly social spaces at the front of the…
Read MoreThe Mill Magazine: Look to the streets not the sky
