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Park House Construction

In September of 2008, we broke ground on the 18-feet-wide residential lot on Warren Park in Chicago. The home is 12.5 feet wide, 70 feet long, and is intended to be an exemplary model for building both 'green' and cost-effectively. A multi-level design responds to the narrow lot, in order to maximize both space and views of the park. Design by Sandberg Architecture and Design - http://sandbergarchitecture.com

Monday, November 2, 2009

Exterior

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Entrance canopy

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Labels: Cedar wood installation at underside of canopy

Friday, October 30, 2009

Kitchen

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Stair - up to bedrooms

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Labels: Wood risers and recycled rubber treads

Hallway outside bedrooms

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Bathroom

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Labels: Skylight complete - close to move-in condition

Fall

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Labels: and girls' bedroom, guest bedroom, master bedroom and porch, View of changing leaves out windows (from top to bottom): living room

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Wood floors installed

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Labels: Reclaimed white oak - salvaged locally from old shoreline piers excavated during recent high rise construction west of Navy Pier

Porch

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Porch

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Labels: during construction, off of Master bedroom, View from 2nd story porch

Siding and porch construction

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Siding

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Siding installation

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Labels: After long delivery delays from Hardie, the shipment finally arrived but was the wrong product - A month later, we had the right stuff and were glad to have the installation begin.

Carpet

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Labels: ...and Claire

Carpet

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Labels: Recycled nylon carpet 'Flor' tiles from Interface - the kids have already made themselves at home on their visits to the site

Master bathroom

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Labels: and stone mosaic floor tile, Porcelain wall tile at custom shower

Bathroom

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Labels: Stone mosaic tile and dual-flush toilet

Powder Room

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Labels: Dual flush toilet, lav base built from salvaged lumber from home construction

Green Sign

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Labels: Sign recognizing the project's involvement with the City's green building program

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Tile and plumbing

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Labels: Bathtub installed and tile began in one of the bathrooms

Drywall install

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Housewrap

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Cellulose insulation install

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Labels: Recycled newspaper cellulose insulation

Monday, May 18, 2009

Temporarily pink

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Labels: Rigid fiberglass insulation and wood furring strips for siding attachment

Sunday, May 10, 2009

The final window was installed & exterior insulation began

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View from living room side window

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View from living room front window

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View from master bedroom porch doors

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View from side bedroom window

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

View from front bedroom window

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Garage Door

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Labels: Garage Door installed - material matches the exterior window cladding: clear-anodized aluminum.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Electricity

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Labels: ComEd provided a new pole to allow the power grid to reach the house (since the lot is at the end of the street and was previously unbuilt) - the pole was set and electricity finally arrived today.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Completing the geothermal pipe system

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Labels: Trenches were dug this week to bury and tie together the geothermal piping below frost levels.

Ready for City Inspections

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Labels: View of Kitchen with mechanical/electrical/plumbing 'rough' work complete and ready for inspection prior to insulation and drywall.

Interior View

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Labels: View of stair up to bedrooms from living room, with picture window overlooking park on the right and interior window on the left.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Entrance canopy

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Labels: Structure for the entrance canopy was installed prior to the final (corrected) window delivery.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Ceiling Framing

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Labels: Doug's brother Mark helping with miscellaneous framing - like dropping the ceiling in the Kitchen to conceal plumbing and HVAC ductwork.

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