Brick is a great building material, but using it as exterior veneer in Chicago often means missing out on its natural ability to improve comfort and energy performance.
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Adapting Architecture: How Rio Hondo, Guatemala Builds for Tremors, Heat and Dryness
A trip to Rio Hondo, Guatemala yields some musings on adaptive architecture.
The Alley behind your building might just be Chicago’s best feature
One of Chicago’s most under-appreciated features may be our defining characteristic. Today: what we owe the alley.
Chicago Building Types: Worker Cottage
The building types of Chicago form the city around us. Today, how the Worker Cottage formed the back bone of 19th century urban growth.
The Brick that Built our City: Chicago Common
Watch out! You are completely surrounded by Chicago common brick walls. You just didn’t know it yet.
Building Materials: Brick and Mortar, or Building like the Third Little Pig
This building material has pretty much been around since there were building materials. Today we talk brick.
Coming Soon: Photography Studio in Former Garage
We’re ready for construction on our latest project, a Photography Studio in Uptown created from a disused Auto Shop! Here’s our intro to the project.
Moss Revitalizes Classic Edgewater Four Plus One
Our redesign of the 5411 Winthrop for Flats Chicago breathes new life into a classic example of Chicago’s Four Plus One apartment blocks.
moss Brings Flirty Cupcakes In From the Streets
After spending the past few years on the streets, Flirty Cupcakes has a new dessert garage to call home.
moss Honored With Best Renovation Of The Year! (according to Curbed Chicago, that is)
photo courtesy of CS Interiors Curbed Chicago has named our Erie Street Loft project the best home renovation of the year! Thanks, Curbed! Relive the magic here and and in video form here. This project was also featured in CS Interiors Magazine, Apartment Therapy, and Curbed Chicago.
Erie Street Loft
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/26729625] After years of ignoring its original warehouse aesthetic, due to a developer’s ‘apartmentizing’ of the building, this 2,400 square foot, two-story loft has been rehabilitated to show off its industrial roots. Layers of paint and drywall have been removed revealing the original timber beams and masonry walls while accommodating two bedrooms, master suite, […]
moss Expands North to Brew in Traverse City
Permits are days away from being issued for our cafe project in Traverse City, Michigan. After finding our work at Filter in Wicker Park, the brewers asked us to design their similarly infrastructured space in cherry country. We have uncovered the original structure through about seventy years of dirt, grime, and hideous remodels to find […]
Loft Nearing Completion
The de-apartmentizing sequence is almost complete. The space will fully revert back to loft status in a couple of weeks. Construction photos inside.
Curried
Our new Downtown restaurant has just entered the permitting process at City Hall. The existing structure has been incorporated into the interior design with exposed masonry wall, sloped concreted ceiling, and sealed concrete floor. That will be contrasted with reclaimed wood, exposed ductwork, and lighting placement. Construction is expected to begin in early February. More […]
Erie Street Loft
Our plans to remodel a two-story loft in River North are shaping up and construction is slated to start in a couple of weeks. The design scheme reintroduces a loft design aesthetic to the existing ‘apartmentized’ layout. The project is designed to utilize reclaimed materials and finishes, LED light fixtures, and an edible roof terrace […]