Historic Worker Cottage Rescued From Demolition
We saved this humble worker cottage from demolition and refreshed it with a modern, light-filled addition.
Glass Roof Warehouse: CoLaboratory Headquarters
We transformed a bow truss warehouse into a glass roof illuminated food and beverage industry co-working space and test laboratory in the West Loop.
Here’s Your Delicious Pizza: Wood Fired Pizza Oven Design
We designed and constructed a wood fired pizza oven for our interior courtyard using recycled brick from the building site to create the base.
Logan Square Loft Apartment at Logan Certified is Complete: Modern Loft Tour
Our loft apartment at Logan Certified is complete. Photos and amenities in detail inside.
Logan Square Spotlight: Couple-run vintage store Antique to Chic makes elegant, modern upcycled furniture
Fernando and Damaris Sanchez make a great team at their vintage furniture and glassware store, Antique to Chic. The couple designs and restores all their finds together.
Spooky Architecture: Cities of the Living, Parks of the Dead
The Cemetery: spooky, somber and no picnic … spot. Wrong. We explore cemeteries past and present, looking at cities from Paris to Cahokia, and Chicago.
The Railroader Console: Out of the Workshop
This latest fruit of the moss Furniture Division is an eclectic tribute to some of Chicago’s history. Made (and inspired) right here in our home city, the Railroader Console could be right at home with you. Click here to make it yours!
Another One Bites the Dust: the Tiny Tragedy of Teardowns in Chicago Neighborhoods
Walking to work this morning I noted yet another pile of construction debris on the foundation of a former house just around the corner from moss HQ. Seeing an old house demolished always seems like a small tragedy. It’s true; some older buildings certainly HAVE outlived their useful lifespan, are in poor repair or structurally unsound. Sometimes the…
Moss transforms Begyle’s Ravenswood warehouse into a sleek new Community Supported Brewery
Construction is complete on Begyle Brewing Company! Begyle is now sleek modern show room and tasting space in the Ravenswood industrial corridor.
Vic Loft Renovation: Part III
The Vic Loft is transformed; it now features a beautiful new bedroom, brand new closet and bathroom, all without sacrificing the open plan.
Hyper-local with global influences: Is Noma the future of dining?
In the grocery stores of Chicago the leafy green, Escarole, a less bitter member of the Endive family, still sounds foreign. The lemony, berry tones of Sorrel is only to be found at relatively expensive, grassroots farmer’s markets, and it’s sold in small quantities. On the other side of the Atlantic, Rene Redzepi, owner of…
Why a roundabout at Lincoln, Ashland and Belmont is good for everyone
We already knew roundabouts, used widely in Europe and other locales, were better for fuel efficiency and safety, but according to a recent mythbusters episode, they are more efficient for motorists, too. By about 20%. In our 2011 Lakeview Area Master Plan, we proposed a traffic bean with pedestrian islands to improve traffic flow and make…