“The City of Chicago has unveiled the four finalist proposals for the C40 Reinventing Cities competition, planned for a city-owned site in The Loop. Located at 331 S Plymouth Court, the project site consists of a city-owned parking garage and a series of smaller parcels on the western edge of Pritzker Park. Bound by S Plymouth Court and W Van Buren Street, the rectangular parcel also has an alley running through that will be vacated.” -Lucas Kugler, Yimby
Read More“Four teams of developers, architects, planners, and community organizations are in the running to transform city-owned land at Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court into a model of eco-friendly urban design.” -Jay Kozlarz, Urbanize
Read More“The result, 'Innovation One,' was recently completed, featuring an iconic curving form, a human-scaled pedestrian realm, spaces for collaboration, and sustainable design strategies that garnered LEED Silver certification.” -Dexigner
Read More“University Research Park (URP) recently partnered with Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to produce a master plan meant to enliven and densify the office park’s existing facilities. A master plan was created with the intention of carving a new road from a bordering main artery street and adding below-grade parking to leave the ground level open for public space and amenities accessible by foot.” -David Malone, Building Design+Construction
Read More“A neglected former bank building on Chicago’s West Side will be brought back to life and incorporated into a new mixed-use complex, city officials announced last week….The project is being led by Austin United Alliance, a design and development joint venture that includes Heartland Alliance, Oak Park Regional Housing Center, Latent Design, and Valerio Dewalt Train Associates.” -Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
Read More“Her Midwest roots run deep. Christine McGrath Breuer, principal at Valerio Dewalt Train, is Chicago-born and a practicing architect in the Windy City office of the generalist firm. Like the studio, she does it all.” -Edie Cohen, Interior Design Magazine
Read More“They propose renovating the 20,000-square-foot former bank building with commercial uses including a blues museum, bank branch, cafe and business incubator. On adjacent land, the firms propose a multistory apartment building with affordable units, a green roof, public plaza and outdoor art.” -Ryan Ori, The Chicago Tribune
Read More“Omega — which has customers across the U.S. and abroad — began life in the corner of a Portage Park costume shop, but recently debuted a new facility next to is current digs on W. Pensacola Avenue. Designed by Valerio Dewalt Train, the space is tailor-made for efficiency and innovation.” -Thomas Connors, Inside Hook
Read MoreBy combining resources the Chicago Living Future Collaborative, Illinois Green and ILFI will collaborate to continue promoting green building design, construction and operations.
Read MoreMilwaukee headquartered engineering, planning and design firm GRAEF decided to move from its longtime home in a suburban-style office park to downtown. Valerio Dewalt Train collaborated with GRAEF on their new offices within an existing 1980’s shopping mall. -Archello
Read MoreFeatured at no.15 is the YouTube Lobby, which was a collaboration by VDT, Media-Objectives and Office Of Things. -Office Snapshots
Read MoreThe 2020 Design Excellence Awards were featured in the Chicago Tribune, highlighting many of this year's winning projects. Valerio Dewalt Train was featured with Vue53, which received a citation of merit award. -Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune
Read More“The centerpiece of that rejuvenation is the newly constructed Ford Calumet Environmental Center, which will serve as a hub for programming and “eco-recreation” at the five Southeast Side parks. Bell serves as director of the center, which was designed by Valerio Dewalt Train, the architects behind Vue53, Earl Shapiro Hall and Gordon Parks Arts Hall in Hyde Park.” -Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago
Read MoreIn Corporate Real Estate, “resilience” has become the impetus for many studies, action plans and mission statements. However, authentic resilience must be actuated with an agility in our buildings and management practices. The roundtable conversation with VDT focused on four specific building typologies: multifamily housing, workplace, learning environments, and hospitality.
Read More“In just four weeks, Valerio Dewalt Train created a 1:1 scale on-site augmented reality (AR) application to showcase a 36-story skyline-altering tower before it was built.” -Tony Faccenda, Unity Technologies
Read More“Five development teams have been picked to vie for the right to rebuild part of the South Loop near the Harold Washington Library. The site consists of city-owned property at the northeast corner of Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court. It is alongside Pritzker Park, which must get funds for improvement. The site includes a parking garage and a vacant building.” -David Roeder, Sun Times
Read More“The following week, on September 18, architects Linda Searl and Joseph Valerio will reveal Love, Jealousy and Death at the E-1027 House, Eileen Gray’s 20th Century Masterpiece on the Cote d’Azur on September 18.” -Judy Carmack Bross, Classic Chicago Magazine
Read More“Based on common foundations and a shared vision, NOMA, NAACP, and the SEED Network announce Awards for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) in design, architecture, and land development. Seven projects have been selected through a competitive and by a distinguished jury.” -Design Corps
Read More“Valerio Dewalt Train is applying the same level of attention and design to terraces as to interiors for two buildings they’re remodeling in Silicon Valley. In one case, the firm is subdividing a large 3,000-square-foot terrace into several outdoor “rooms” for different uses.” -Lydia Lee, Metropolis Magazine
Read More“Kairoi Residential recently completed its luxury apartment community Park 17, which is located in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood. Martines Palmeiro Construction built the multistory, 190-unit “boutique chic” building, which was designed by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates..” -Kris Oppermann Stern, Colorado State Journal
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