Chicago’s Sustainable Branch Libraries

Chicago’s Sustainable Branch Libraries
West Humboldt Branch Library. Photo courtesy of BauerLatoza Studio. CAF/file
Chicago’s Sustainable Branch Libraries
West Humboldt Branch Library. Photo courtesy of BauerLatoza Studio. CAF/file

Chicago’s Sustainable Branch Libraries

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Lohan Anderson is leading a team including BauerLatoza Studio to design the building, site, and landscape for two new prototype libraries for the Chicago Public Library and the Public Building Commission of Chicago. Fully utilizing the potential of the design team LEED charette, the designs will provide positive sustainable design examples for their neighborhoods and the entire region.

Featuring Basil Souder, AIA Lohan Anderson, and Michael Elsen, ASLA, LEED AP BauerLatoza Studio.

Recorded Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at Chicago Architecture Foundation.