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AQUA TOWER

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  • Location Chicago, IL
  • LEED Rating Certified
This unique, 83 story high-rise hotel condominium building in Chicago, designed by Studio Gang Architects and Loewenberg Architects, was completed at the end of 2009. A 225 room hotel fills most of the base and the first 18 floors of the tower. Above that, there are 31 floors of apartments and 28 floors of condominiums. There are also five levels of parking.

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COAST AT LAKESHORE EAST

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  • Location Chicago, IL
  • LEED Rating Silver
Coast is one of the twelve buildings that makes up the Lakeshore East Development located along Chicago’s downtown lakefront. dbHMS has worked with the developer on three buildings in the complex, providing sustainability consulting and commissioning services. For Coast, dbHMS helped to guide the sustainable design strategies and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED©) certification process for this 47-story luxury apartment tower. 

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JULIA C. LATHROP HOMES MASTER PLAN

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  • Location Chicago, IL
Julia C. Lathrop Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project located on the near Northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, bordered by the neighborhoods of Bucktown and Roscoe Village. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently undergoing restoration. The Lathrop Homes development consists of two-story brick row houses and three- and four-story apartment buildings separated by landscaped courtyards that are linked by small archways in a campus-like arrangement. There are a total of 925 units on 35.5 acres of land, approximately three and a half square blocks.  

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NEW CITY

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  • Location Chicago, IL
  • LEED Rating Gold
New City is an 8.5-acre, mixed-use development located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Its retail space includes Mariano’s Fresh Market, Dick’s Sporting Goods, ArcLight Cinemas, 40,000 sf of restaurant space, and Kings Bowl. Additionally, the development provides 200 units of multi-family residential living and a 1,100-space parking garage. A transit-oriented development, New City sits next to the North and Clybourn CTA Red Line station, adding convenience to its consumers.

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THE SUMMIT ON LAKE

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  • Location Chicago, IL
  • LEED Rating Gold
This new luxury high-rise apartment tower, located in Chicago’s historic loop, stands 42-stories tall and was designed by architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz. The building offers 332 residential units, indoor parking, an indoor pool with a spa and waterfall feature, a yoga and Pilates studio, a cyber café, theater, game room, and an event space with views of Millennium Park and Lake Michigan on the 42nd floor. 

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YANNELL NET ZERO ENERGY RESIDENCE

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  • Location Chicago, IL
  • LEED Rating Platinum
The Yannell Net Zero Energy Residence is a 3,000 sq. ft. single family home in Chicago that was designed with a goal of building a “net zero energy” house. The home produces more energy than it uses during the course of a year. The project involves the use of passive solar systems, a geothermal system, natural ventilation, solar thermal for domestic hot water and heating systems, and photovoltaics for generating on-site power. All systems for the building were incorporated into a complex energy model with several iterations to determine the most efficient building configuration. The project has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED©) for Homes Platinum level certification.

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