Chicago Architects Blog by Moss Design

Queen Anne Single-Family Renovation | Restoring History for Modern Family Living

This Queen Anne renovation restores historic character while expanding livable space. By reworking the rear elevation, improving the building envelope, and modernizing infrastructure, we renovated the home for daily living, allowing old and new to coexist.

Moss Chicago Architect Queen Anne Renovation

50 Years On, the Wilderness Act Should Remind us that We Need to Value All Nature

09 • 02 • 2014

50 Years On, the Wilderness Act Should Remind us that We Need to Value All Nature

Our Green City: The Green Legacy of the Burnham Plan

08 • 28 • 2014

Our Green City: The Green Legacy of the Burnham Plan

How Green Is Our City: Chicago’s Urban Green Space

08 • 26 • 2014

How Green Is Our City: Chicago’s Urban Green Space

Dear Divvy, Thanks for Getting People up on Bikes!

08 • 21 • 2014

Dear Divvy, Thanks for Getting People up on Bikes!

How We Operate: What Moss Brings to Every Project

08 • 19 • 2014

How We Operate: What Moss Brings to Every Project

That’s (NOT) Garbage: Reduce, Reuse … DIVERT Waste

08 • 14 • 2014

That’s (NOT) Garbage: Reduce, Reuse … DIVERT Waste

That’s Garbage: Talking Trash About Waste Generation

08 • 12 • 2014

That’s Garbage: Talking Trash About Waste Generation

How We Operate: Finding Beauty in the (Honesty of) Reclaimed Building Materials

08 • 07 • 2014

How We Operate: Finding Beauty in the (Honesty of) Reclaimed Building Materials

Today, Let's Drink to Clean Water … and Then Do More to Protect Our Water Supply

08 • 05 • 2014

Today, Let's Drink to Clean Water … and Then Do More to Protect Our Water Supply

If They Build it We Will Park – So Why Require More Parking With Every New Construction Project?

07 • 31 • 2014

If They Build it We Will Park – So Why Require More Parking With Every New Construction Project?

Invisible Sustainability: Starting from the Drawingboard

07 • 29 • 2014

Invisible Sustainability: Starting from the Drawingboard

How Green Roofs, Green Space, and Green Design affect the Heat Island Effect in Chicago

07 • 24 • 2014

How Green Roofs, Green Space, and Green Design affect the Heat Island Effect in Chicago