Archinect - News2024-05-17T17:09:17-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150298368/future-firm-s-hem-house-has-all-the-makings-of-an-award-winner-at-half-the-price
Future Firm's Hem House has all the makings of an award winner at half the price Josh Niland2022-02-11T14:34:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc8a9262d4f039899a7159e6ef0937d4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As part of the firm’s desire to fill the “middle market” of residential housing options with inspiring contemporary architecture, <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150126158/meet-future-firm-the-chicago-based-practice-calling-on-architects-to-visualize-vibrant-new-futures" target="_blank">Chicago-based practice Future Firm</a> has designed a new 1,300-square-foot residential project, called <em>Hem House,</em> that has provided the city with a sustainable model for building the bedrock of successful mixed-income communities. </p>
<p>The design team worked with real estate developer Jacob Root to create the project with the hopes of diversifying the housing stock available to those interested in the area where new residential construction costs usually begin at $600,000. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c0/c0608607c56d4e6ec2b6e9a98c88f2f5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c0/c0608607c56d4e6ec2b6e9a98c88f2f5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image copyright Daniel Kelleghan Photography</figcaption></figure><p>“While there’s a very vibrant art and culture scene in Chicago, there isn’t a lot of bespoke contemporary architecture, and what exists in residential is almost exclusively very high end — so we’re hoping to help change that narrative,” co-principal Ann Lui explained. “Because Chicago residential lots are all the same size, it’s easy for people to r...</p>
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Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Future Firm Archinect2021-08-09T14:20:00-04:00>2021-09-07T20:00:56-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e9dbc4c2d0a2e4b76319f226ff6f2299.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em>Archinect Sessions <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1794091/next-up-exhibit-columbus" target="_blank">Next Up: Exhibit Columbus</a></em> continues with sharing conversations with the recipients of The J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize. Today's episode is a conversation with Ann Lui and Craig Reschke of <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150126158/meet-future-firm-the-chicago-based-practice-calling-on-architects-to-visualize-vibrant-new-futures" target="_blank">Future Firm</a>.</p>
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<p>Future Firm is a Chicago-based architecture and design research office founded in 2015. Their work spans a wide array of scales, framed by their tagline, "We design on behalf of the secret lives of cities." In the case of their installation for Exhibit Columbus, Midnight Palace, the secret lives represent the nocturnal community in Columbus, Indiana. The sidewalk installation will bring together people that work in manufacturing, one of the most common jobs in the regions, with restaurant workers, truckers on I65, parents of newborns, dedicated stargazers, students, and residents with families overseas.</p>
<p>Listen to “Next Up: Exhibit Columbus / Future Firm”.</p>
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