The Greenhouse Chicago
Multi-modal Sustainable Design. Live/Work+Design/Build+Adaptive Re-use.
“We’re trying to come up with a picture of the future, and we think this is what it will look like,” said Ms. Whitehead. “Not stylistically, but in terms of the complex systems that we will all undoubtedly use for the collection of water and the micro-generation of energy.”
[paraphrasing the NYT] In 2004, Frances Whitehead and James Elniski bought the structure that would become their home: a rundown 3,000-square-foot brick warehouse sitting on a plot once contaminated by an underground gasoline storage tank. To transform it into living and studio spaces, they hired William James, an architect and contractor with James & Kutyla Architecture (contact only). The building was (re)built using many green technologies… and the results are fabulous.
Whitehead-Elsniski Residence at GreenBean Blog
Photos: Michelle Litvin for the NYT
Via materialicious, The New York Times , The Green House Chicago
Frances Whitehead and James Elniski’s house in Chicago was built using a number of green technologies.
The exterior is covered in corrugated steel-and-zinc siding.
The house has environmentally responsible technology like radiant heating in the floor.
The interior is painted chartreuse and filled with appealingly worn furniture.
The kitchen is equipped with energy-efficient appliances.
Solar panels on the roof are tilted to the heavens, and trays of artificial soil are planted with sedum and other plants to soak up rainwater and keep it from flooding the city’s storm drainage system.
Spans of books line the house.
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