Upfront construction costs are higher than for a conventional building. In the case of this building, Mahoney estimated, the cost was about 2 percent to 3 percent higher. (Luxury condominiums sit ...

Keeping the carbon: Biochar can be added to cement to sequester carbon within concrete. (Courtesy: Sabbie Miller) Replacing conventional building materials with alternatives that sequester carbon ...

In Oak Brook, Ill., about 15 miles west of downtown Chicago, McDonald’s former corporate headquarters has been transformed into a modern office building for its new tenant, Ace Hardware. Now for the ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a $75 million donation for a new building to showcase modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries. The funds — which amount to the single largest naming ...