Compass Architecture

01/02/2025

Proud to have guided this project through the Planned Development process and looking forward to seeing the realization of this design in Old Town.

A new construction permit has been issued to build a four-story, 14-unit residential building at 1839 North Dayton Street in Lincoln Park.

01/02/2025

Happy New Year! 2024 was an interesting one for Compass: we designed a large side addition to a deconverted 2-flat on west Superior St to create a single-family home, and shortly thereafter we were also hired to combine two graystones on Oakdale Ave into a single-family home. Follow us to see progress photos!

12/11/2024

Compass Architecture has been awarded not one but two Historic Preservation Awards for front porches in Oak Park! Perhaps that is why we were recently hired to design a new front porch on an historic Oak Park rowhome. The porch was meant to recreate the original porch, which is similar to the porches further north. Here's the before picture along with a progress picture.

09/17/2024

A fun back addition project that's underway in Oak Park for a growing family. The rear sleeping porch (which was enclosed at some point) is being town off for a proper addition which will contain a Mud Room, Family Room, Powder Room and Primary Suite.

08/09/2024

It’s always rewarding to be part of a team that includes a talented Interior Designer, a thoughtful general contractor, and a client that has great vision!

Elise Metzger has a degree in interior design, but it is only recently that she began working as a full-time interior designer. Her career took her from designing windows at retailer Anthropologie to set design to the corporate world. A layoff in 2016 made her rethink her work. “I started a bu.....

04/24/2024

We have received our approval 👍

The Chicago City Council has approved the rezoning for a residential development at 5400 N. Ashland. Planned by real estate investor Josh Bradley, the project site is located at the northwest corner of N. Ashland Ave and W. Balmoral Ave.

03/06/2024

Attention homeowners in Oak Park. You may qualify for a grant to have your water service changed from lead to copper…

The Village of Oak Park Water Distribution and Neighborhood Services divisions are developing a program to replace lead water service lines with copper water service lines. A free replacement program is being offered to individuals who may not be able to afford it through conventional means. Funding...

12/11/2023

A great article about how ANY new housing lowers the rent of the area

A growing body of evidence supports California YIMBY’s founding goal: more housing for more people means a more inclusive California. If this state is truly open to all, it must permit enough housing for all—regardless of income. A new working paper…

11/30/2023

An update on our progressive project in Andersonville :)

A residential development is being proposed at 5400 N. Ashland. Planned by real estate investor Josh Bradley, the project site is located at the northwest corner of N. Ashland Ave and W. Balmoral Ave. Owned for 30 years by the Gillis family, the site had a proposed 7-unit condo project that was reje...

09/05/2023

We're excited to share photos of a recent project. Our client asked us to deconvert a 2-flat and add a side addition that would work with the existing building, while also having some modern "flair" in the back. Below you can see the before and after as well as renderings of the proposed addition.

04/11/2023

A large part of our portfolio is multi-unit buildings for developers. In this project, we have four multi-unit buildings, including a corner building with ground floor commercial where we are close to receiving the approval from the Alderman.
https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/04/updated-details-revealed-for-twisted-hippo-replacement-in-albany-park.html

08/02/2022

Excited to see this project get realized. Converting an old two-flat into a single-family home with a side addition that was meant to blend in with the original. Upon entering, one sees the (former) exterior brick wall which draws a line between old and new. And the exterior cladding on the back of the addition brings a modern twist by utilizing vertical metal paneling.