Tag: Design

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New homes bigger in 2010 than in 2009, defying ‘trend’

New homes bigger in 2010 than in 2009, defying ‘trend’

Last week Joe Zekas pointed out that homebuilders are marketing lower ceilings as a trend in new homes. He cautioned that today's metaphorical lem [...]
Are low-lines and Emerald Constellations the future of Chicago?

Are low-lines and Emerald Constellations the future of Chicago?

What should a shrinking, post-Daley Chicago look like? Curbed is keeping its eye on a couple of concepts -- one commissioned from a local Chamber [...]
How would you improve Chicago’s boulevards?

How would you improve Chicago’s boulevards?

Last year the Chicago Architectural Club challenged architects, artists, and other creative types to find a new use for the Spire hole in Streeter [...]
Comment of the day: More than a Wright "wannabe"

Comment of the day: More than a Wright "wannabe"

"aztimc" on YouTube says: You're selling yourself short by saying this is a "wannabe" Frank Lloyd Wright house. You should refer to it as a new & im [...]
Quote of the day: You are your kitchen

Quote of the day: You are your kitchen

Over the years I’ve been in a number of homes built or renovated by the award-winning design-build firm of Benvenuti and Stein, but had never met an [...]

Slow Home breaks down our bathrooms

I wasn't familiar with the Slow Home concept until this week, after I received a e-mail from a Slow Home devotee who found us during a search for co [...]
South Shore bungalows going green

South Shore bungalows going green

The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association is putting the finishing touches on a fully renovated green model bungalow at 7622 S Cregier Ave in South [...]
Wiltgen's big "thank-you" to The Donald

Wiltgen's big "thank-you" to The Donald

"Thank God The Donald decided to put that building up just two blocks from my office," John Robert Wiltgen said as he showed off his West Loop loft [...]
At home with John Robert Wiltgen

At home with John Robert Wiltgen

Joe Zekas became a fan of John Robert Wiltgen's work the very first time he toured a Wiltgen-designed model home. So when Ted Guarnero suggested the [...]

Quote: What matters in a new home

"This is a traumatic time in this country and the future isn't something we're 100% sure about now either. What's left? The answer for most home buyer [...]
Motor Row Lofts' gateway to history

Motor Row Lofts' gateway to history

As part of the process of adapting three landmarked auto dealerships into modern residential lofts, Motor Row Lofts developer Paul Zucker was tasked [...]
Rethinking the four-plus-one in Lake View

Rethinking the four-plus-one in Lake View

Surely the four-plus-one has its fans, but in my experience, they're few and far between. Occasionally you'll come across a four-plus-one that break [...]
Beer vat flooring and more from the Green Bungalow Expo

Beer vat flooring and more from the Green Bungalow Expo

Over the weekend I ventured over to the Merchandise Mart to explore the 2009 Historic Chicago Bungalow and Green Home Expo, and I wasn't alone. More [...]
Designing for a cure at 565 Quincy

Designing for a cure at 565 Quincy

Through Sunday, Oct. 11, four newly furnished lofts and condos will be open for public viewing at 565 Quincy, Belgravia Group's combo loft conversio [...]

Merchant musings: Glossy granite finishes are so passe

Nicole, a project coordinator and mosaic designer at Ahalya Stone at Merchandise Mart, tells me that after a slow summer, residential business is up p [...]
One way to furnish a 235 Van Buren home

One way to furnish a 235 Van Buren home

One of the purposes of a furnished model is to show buyers what will -- and won't -- fit inside a home. It's all well and good to look at a "living [...]
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