Hampton Avery Architects

Energy-efficient building seminar to feature Dave Hampton

Dave Hampton — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:12:37 +0000

A full day seminar - Energy-Efficient Building Envelope Design and Construction - will be held July 14, 2010 in Wheaton, IL.

Dave will cover the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) as a design tool, show examples from Europe, North America, and one of Hampton Avery’s own projects.

Chicago Passive House takes shape

Dave Hampton — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:46:19 +0000

In Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, an urban residential retrofit shall rise from a former taqueria and demonstrate that a Passive House is possible on a tight city lot… and a tight budget.

Home sweet rooftop garden

Dave Hampton — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:45:43 +0000

Pull up a chair, pick a tomato, and sit awhile.

Rooftop garden… got plants?

Dave Hampton — Sun, 23 May 2010 22:44:34 +0000

The Coleman garage is complete with the installation of the rooftop garden this weekend.

Now it’s up to Mother Nature to fill in the blanks and help this garden grow.

New projects

Dave Hampton — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:47:55 +0000

Youth Jobs Center, Evanston, IL.

On the boards these days, we have:

Restaurants - one for Chef Graham Elliot Bowles, one to feature regional Mexican cuisine.

Residential additions - working magic in tight spaces to make two urban homes more contemporary, functional, and livable.

Youth Jobs Center of Evanston, Inc. - an urban Passive House retrofit of an existing building (and a fairly groundbreaking concept at that) for this great nonprofit organization.

San Jose Obrero Mission - space planning consultation for another exemplary nonprofit.

Green in the Loop 1910-2010: an architectural tour through time

Dave Hampton — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:30:30 +0000

The ever-popular 2-hour walking tour that helps folks experience great Chicago buildings is back!

You’ll use your amazing powers of intellect to learn what makes buildings great, discern what green meant 100 years ago, and see how older buildings - or new ones - can be made better.

Join us here!

Chicagoland PassivHaus Alliance

Dave Hampton — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:37 +0000

On a recent trip to PHIUS, we were asked, along with Wii Design-Build, to head up the Chicagoland PassivHaus Alliance. Stay tuned for more information.

We also got to see University of Illinois’ second-place winner in the 2009 Solar Decathlon (pictured above) - a great example of the PassivHaus standard in action.

Hampton Avery Studio 309

Dave Hampton — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:25:26 +0000

For the first half of 2010, Hampton Avery Architects will be working with a talented team to propose realistic and compelling design solutions for urban challenges at three interlocking scales: block / building, neighborhood, and region.

The work of Hampton Avery Studio 309 will culminate in a public exhibition in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.

Stay tuned!

Happy 2010… we are one year old today!

Dave Hampton — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:44:53 +0000

Best wishes to everyone in the new year.

Hampton Avery Architects celebrates its one-year anniversary today.

We look forward to working with great clients on great projects in 2010!

Coleman garage nearly complete

Dave Hampton — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:18:01 +0000

Trellises, repurposed from galvanized aluminum security grilles from the ReBuilding Exchange, slip from the rooftop garden, over the coping, and down over the wood rainscreen cladding to make it easier for Santa to get to the chimney (not in contract).

The trellises will later form what we like to call around here the ‘green combover’ of trailing plants from the rooftop garden.

See construction photos.