We focus on developing ideas, concepts, and design solutions from the scale of the city to the house to realize the opportunities for a better life presented by transitioning to a built environment that uses less energy and resources.
Contact Information:
Hampton Avery Architects
1461 W. Fry St.
Chicago, IL 60642
312.772.5406
information@hampton-avery.com
BIOGRAPHIES
Dave Hampton, Architect, LEED AP
Principal
In 2002, Dave established the architecture and sustainability consultation firm Echo Studio, which merged with Hampton Avery Architects. His focuses are the planning and implementation of high-performance buildings, both new and retrofit, specifically thermal envelope design; and the planning and implementation of other sustainable technologies such as green roofs and strategies such as materials reuse and resource conservation.
Past experience includes technical coordination as a project architect on the state-of-the-art 180,000 SF Field Museum of Natural History Collections Resource Center with Skidmore Ownings and Merrill and design and project management for $6 million of construction on five senior centers for the City of Chicago with STL Architects.
Past projects include LEED AP services for a Lincoln Square restaurant; energy retrofits to Suites on the Lake, a 26-unit condominium building; and the Bronzeville Rehab, a renovation of a two-flat into a speculative single-family residence to 75% better than Energy Star standards, resulting in the reduction of estimated yearly energy costs by nearly 90%; sustainable strategies for residences near Tokyo; commercial buildouts for Chicago businesses; and living walls with Repkin Biosystems.
Current projects include Passive House design consultation for the Evanston Youth Jobs Center, consultation for San Jose Obrero Mission, the Red Line, Green Roof Initiative with the 48th Ward, and training with The Reuse People of America for ex-offenders to enter the deconstruction industry.
In 2004, Dave helped found Urban Habitat Chicago (UHC), an Illinois nonprofit which encourages sustainable concepts and practices in urban environments. Under his leadership, UHC has grown into a solid organization with a monthly lecture series and ground-breaking initiatives which include urban ecosystem design, rooftop food production such as the Rooftop Victory Garden at True Nature Foods, and building deconstruction and materials reuse advocacy in the Chicago area, resulting in the diversion of 1.2 kilotons of material from landfills on more than 50 residential and commercial projects, as well as the creation of the Delta Institute’s ReBuilding Exchange (RX), where quality reclaimed building materials may be purchased for less-than-market rate, and on whose Board he serves.
Dave holds a B. Arch from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, architectural licenses in Illinois and North Carolina, is a LEED Accredited Professional, a City of Chicago Department of Buildings Registered Energy Professional (REP), and is one of a few certified consultants in the United States for the German high-efficiency building design standard Passive House™.
An outgrowth of his “Green in the Loop” architectural walking tour, Dave is the author of What Once Was Will Be Again: Lessons in the Making and Remaking of Buildings, due in summer 2009.
He also plays violin in the band Twelve Modern, and, as a native of Winston-Salem, NC, makes some pretty decent sweet potatoes and collard greens, too.
Richard Avery, Architect, ALA
Principal
Richard formed Avery Architecture & Design in 2006 after ten years spent learning the ins and outs of architecture, construction, and development fields. The firm was founded as a general practice with an emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, and social equity. In 2009, Richard joined forces with fellow Virginia Tech alum Dave Hampton to form Hampton Avery.
Past experience includes housing and educational projects with Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney, custom residential design at Ranieri and Associates, and five years of high end custom residential design with LR Development (now Related Midwest) where he served as project architect on residential projects at the Park Tower (800 N. Michigan Ave.) and 840 N. Lakeshore Dr.
He is also an adjunct faculty at Harrington College of Design in Chicago where he teaches building technology and construction documentation. His own educational background consists of a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the College of Architecture and planning at Ball State University and a Master of Architecture from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. He is a member of the Illinois Chapter of the Association of Licensed Architects.