“Big Marsh is home to the Ford Calumet Environmental Center, an educational hub where visitors can learn about everything from the land’s indigenous heritage to the various native plants, animals and insects that call the area home.“ -Emma Krupp, TimeOut Chicago
Read More“Yet the future remains bright as the site become part of an Invest South/West proposal, planning to bring 72 residential units along with the aforementioned amenities designed by VDT Associates and Latent Design.“ -Ian Achong, Yimby
Read More“Designed by Valerio Dewalt Train with birds in mind, the new center is clad in highly visible, reclaimed, and locally sourced materials to pay respects to the animals it exhibits.“ -Ian Achong, Yimby
Read More“Partnering with the University Research Park, Potter Lawson Architects, Valerio Dewalt Train, and J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., we created a single, amenity-rich space for a headquarters for executives and research and development teams.“ -ENR Midwest
Read More“The team behind a proposal to preserve and expand the neglected Laramie State Bank building in Austin presented revised renderings of their West Side project to Chicago's newly formed Committee on Design.“ -Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
Read More“The eight-story, 155-room Canopy Grand Rapids Downtown was conceived as a love letter to Michigan.“ -Matt Dougherty & Caitlin St. John, HospitalityDesign.com
Read More“A proposal from Lincoln Property Company to redevelop an Uptown parking lot next to Weiss Hospital passed the Chicago Plan Commission this week with a tweaked design and updated renderings.“ -Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
Read More“This list of the best multifamily architects in Chicago presents the firms behind some of the landmark structures that have shaped the city’s urban landscape.“ -ChicagoArchitect.org
Read More“These projects demonstrate the strong returns on investment possible for innovative multifamily, whether in expanding the range of affordable housing or in providing more appealing communities.“ -Mary Salmonsen, Multifamily Executive
Read More“Chicago-based Omega Yeast produces high-quality yeast for professional and amateur brewers. Having outgrown their facilities in renovated buildings, the company asked Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to expand operations with a new building next door that would be tailored to the unique needs of their business and respond to the residential neighborhood and the adjacent commuter rail tracks and station.” -Archello
Read More“The permit has been filed under the occupying name of 225 West Wacker Owner, LLC. Plans include alterations to the tenant space and the connected rooftop terrace that extends from the main tower. These alterations come almost exactly a year after Spear Street Capital finalized its $210 million purchase of the tower, according to an article by REjournals.” -Jack Crawford, Yimby
Read More“NASHVILLE, TENN. — A public-private partnership between Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, Axium Infrastructure and Vanderbilt University has broken ground on a 616-bed student housing project in Nashville.” -Taylor Williams, REBUSINESS
Read More“Presiding over The Avenue from its third-floor perch is the new headquarters of Milwaukee-based GRAEF USA Inc., a national engineering, planning and design firm founded 60 years ago. The firm occupies 35,000 square feet, providing amenity-rich work space for about 175 employees.” -Mike Dries, Milwaukee Biz Journals
Read More“Omega Yeast was founded in 2013 to provide freshly made yeast to professional brewers and homebrewers in and beyond its Chicago home. Rapid growth led to the need to expand its facilities, which were designed by Valerio Dewalt Train to fit well into the residential area on the city's Northwest Side. The architects answered a few questions about the recently completed project.” -World-Architects
Read More“The company purchased an existing building a block away from the original space, but during the renovation, Omega Yeast realized it was already outpacing this new space as well. The company then purchased the lots behind the Phase 1 building to further expand the operations across the alley and to build a new building tailored to the unique business needs.” -David Malone, Building Design+Construction
Read More“Valerio Dewalt Train worked collaboratively with URP and Exact Sciences and interior architects Potter Lawson Architects to establish four overarching goals for University Research Park: an iconic expression akin to the innovation taking place within complex, an urban gesture that’s human-scaled and buzzing with activity, a social component for collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas, and inherently green architecture that’s sustainable by virtue and exemplary to the park.” -Global Design News
Read More“The City of Chicago has unveiled the four finalist proposals for the C40 Reinventing Cities competition, planned for a city-owned site in The Loop. Located at 331 S Plymouth Court, the project site consists of a city-owned parking garage and a series of smaller parcels on the western edge of Pritzker Park. Bound by S Plymouth Court and W Van Buren Street, the rectangular parcel also has an alley running through that will be vacated.” -Lucas Kugler, Yimby
Read More“Four teams of developers, architects, planners, and community organizations are in the running to transform city-owned land at Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court into a model of eco-friendly urban design.” -Jay Kozlarz, Urbanize
Read More“The result, 'Innovation One,' was recently completed, featuring an iconic curving form, a human-scaled pedestrian realm, spaces for collaboration, and sustainable design strategies that garnered LEED Silver certification.” -Dexigner
Read More“University Research Park (URP) recently partnered with Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to produce a master plan meant to enliven and densify the office park’s existing facilities. A master plan was created with the intention of carving a new road from a bordering main artery street and adding below-grade parking to leave the ground level open for public space and amenities accessible by foot.” -David Malone, Building Design+Construction
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