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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

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.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Geothermal

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Labels: Drilling for geothermal - the equipment was able to go down roughly 90 feet before it hit a layer of sizable rocks. So, we'll now need seven holes instead of the four at 150 feet deep we planned.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Rear facade of house

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Labels: Sliding doors at 1st floor kitchen and 2nd floor master bedroom, with geothermal drill in foreground

Stairs

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Labels: Completion of the last flight of stairs - to the girls' bedrooms

Master Bedroom

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Labels: Stefan and Henry putting in the Master Bedroom sliding door

Roof

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Labels: The white TPO membrane roof was completed a couple weeks ago - thankfully right before one of the big storms

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Window installation

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Labels: Exterior view and two view out Kitchen/Dining windows

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Plumbing Begins

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Labels: Plumbing with family in sub-zero temps the weekend before Christmas

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Interior Framing

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Labels: Carpenter Alan Stauton - framing the center core and stair of the house

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Interior view

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Labels: Center of building, prior to 'core' and stair construction

View of west facade

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View from Northeast

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Labels: Exterior framing complete

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Claire

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Labels: Top floor level not built yet

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