We have been enjoying the bounty of our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share this summer and thought it was time to toil the land with Todd and Julia, our farmers at Peasant’s Plot. We have been threatening Todd every week at the Lincoln Square farmers’ market, that we would join him for a break-breaking day […]
Archives for August 2009
Sky Gardens
After completing the artist loft spaces on Milwaukee Avenue, we have been asked to reconstruct the currently dilapidated rear exit porch and stair. However, instead of reconstructing the stair only to serve the purpose of an emergency exit and, what will certainly become, a tenant storage annex, we thought, ‘What else could it be?’. One […]
Water Hazard: Golf ‘Communities’ of California
Water Hazard is an ongoing architectural research project by moss. We are studying water related issues to become better stewards of this most precious resource. Below is the latest dispatch. (This report was originally published by moss in March of 2005) The United States is home to more than 23,000 golf courses, by far the […]
Zoning Woes
The building that will be housing the new Filter hit a bit of a snag in the Department of Zoning, which is why you haven’t heard from us in a while. Rest assured, though, the Zoning Board of Appeals has given the building a green light and we had a successful preliminary intake meeting with […]
Demolition, sandblasting complete at Dill Pickle
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrwyzMZ8XQw] The avocado green paint has been removed from the masonry, walls are starting to be framed, rough plumbing is being routed, and insulation has been blown into the ceiling. Photos after the jump.
Sky Studios
Interior work is complete at the artists’ lofts in Logan Square. Photos after the jump. Next up, rehab of the back porch into sky gardens.