When sustainability isn’t enough to address the challenges of a changing world, designers must respond with resilient buildings.
How We Operate
Blueprints to Basecamp: Modern Design Drawings
Thank you, Blueprints, but we’re glad not to need you anymore!
You’ll Be Floored (continued): Moss’s Favorite Wood Flooring Choices
Here are some of moss’s favorite flooring choices from past projects. We covered concrete floors Tuesday. Today, wood!
You’ll be Floored: A Guide to Moss’s Gorgeous Go-To Concrete Flooring Choices
Here are some of moss’s favorite flooring choices from past projects. Today, concrete. Thursday, wood.
Embracing the Elements of Wabi-Sabi in Moss Design
We were discussing possible design elements with a client and their wishes seemed to match what we knew as wabi-sabi. So we thought we’d share what we know along with some new findings we’ve uncovered after more research.
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!
Come visit moss HQ during Ravenswood ArtWalk 2014
October 4th and 5th mark a return to one of our favorite events of the year – the Ravenswood ArtWalk. Moss will throw open its [garage] door to everyone who wants to peek inside our work space at the corner of Byron and Ravenswood and appreciate the work of the two artists we’ll be hosting: Cape Horn […]
Come See us at City Made!
Were you just tapping your toes, looking for an opportunity to come down and meet the moss team? Well here’s your opportunity. We’ll be showing some of our lovely faces (as well as displaying some of our furniture) at the City Made festival this weekend. Moss Will Be At the 2nd Annual Andersenville City Made […]
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 […]
More than a Rubber Stamp: a Guide to Green Building Certification Programs
Most, if not all, of our clients come to us looking for a strong ethic of sustainability to underpin their project, so dealing with green certifications is often of interest. Some of them are far more relavant to our clients than others. Here is a rundown of some of the important green certifications you […]
How We Operate: What Moss Brings to Every Project
Our not-so-hidden agenda: We want to use your building project to make the neighborhood / city / world a better place.
How We Operate: Finding Beauty in the (Honesty of) Reclaimed Building Materials
In the collage above are just a SMALL SAMPLE of our favorite uses of reclaimed wood in moss projects (from top left): Bowling Alley Bench, Begyle Tasting Room, Brew, Bar Pastoral, 2 Sparrows, and Erie Street Loft. Keep reading to see why and how we seek to use reclaimed wood products as often as possible. It is a truth pretty universally acknowledged […]