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Press: Block Club Chicago

Habitat For Humanity Building 7 Homes In Austin As Part of ‘Long-Term’ Neighborhood Investment

Press: Chicago Tribune

An Example of Sophisticated Affordable Housing in Logan Square

Press: Chicago YIMBY

Ribbon Cutting Held For First Phase Of Encuentro Square In Logan Square

Press: Chicago Sun Times

Affordable housing development Encuentro Square opens in Logan Square

Press: Block Club Chicago

Logan Square’s New Affordable Apartment Complex Will Help Neighbors Facing Displacement, Officials Say

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Irving Park Affordable Apartments For Native Americans Get City Council OK

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Tayo Odunlami, Project Associate, and Charlotte Elo, Project Designer, Receive Licensure

Press: Chicago Tribune

$93M Renovation of Albany Terrace Apartments Completed; Senior CHA Residents Celebrate Improved Conditions

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Albany Terrace Apartments Re-Opens after Extensive Rehabilitation

Press: CNT

Starling: North Lawndale's First Transit-Oriented Multipurpose Space and Coffeehouse

Press: Chicago Tribune

Monday Coffee Opens an Experiential Cafe on the West Side of Chicago

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Irene McCoy Gaines Apartments Reopens Revitalized

Press: Chicago YIMBY

Construction Update: Topped-Out Encuentro Square Phase I In Logan Square

Press: Block Club Chicago

Monday Coffee, A Black-Owned Coffee Shop, Opens In North Lawndale’s New Community Center

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Enlace receives Richard Driehaus Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design at CNDA 2024

Press: The Real Deal

Here’s how Chicago is trying to get more family-sized rentals

Press: Chicago YIMBY

Initial Details Revealed For Starling Community Center In North Lawndale

Press: Block Club Chicago

A Community Center Partly Financed By Neighbors Could Open In North Lawndale Next Year

Press: Chicago Tribune

Encuentro Square Brings Family-Sized Rental Housing to Logan Square

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Mark Kaminski, Project Architect (Canopy) becomes Registered Architect

Press: Chicago Urbanize

Encuentro Square Celebrates Groundbreaking

Press: Chicago YIMBY

Latinos Progresando celebrates ribbon cutting and opening

Press: Brick Industry Association

Enlace Wins Brick in Architecture Award (2022)

Press: Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards

Salud Center Wins Polk Bros. Foundation Affordable Rental Housing Preservation Award (2023)

Press: AIA Oregon

Jaime Torres Carmona, Principal to chair AIA Oregon Jury

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Between the Leaves, Volume 1: On Housing now available at the CAC Design Store

Events

Jaime Torres Carmona gives invited lecture at Texas Tech College of Architecture

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Canopy Studio Trip to Mexico City

Press: Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards

Casa Veracruz Wins Polk Bros. Foundation Affordable Rental Housing Preservation Award (2022)

Press: AIA

Jaime Torres Carmona, Principal (Canopy) appointed to AIA Jury

Press: Block Club Chicago

Affordable Apartments at Lawrence & Austin near completion- high demand

Press: Architect Magazine

Canopy designs the first purpose-built Native Housing Complex in Chicago

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The Available City: Thought Bubbles Window Display

Press: Chicago YIMBY

Plan Commission Approves Residential Development At 1805 N Hamlin Avenue In Logan Square

Press: Block Club Chicago

Housing For Veterans, People With Disabilities Coming To Vacant Jefferson Park Lot

Press: Block Club Chicago

Encuentro Square, Huge Affordable Housing Project Along 606’s Bloomingdale Trail, Coming In 2022

Press: Crain's Chicago Business

How to take on both the climate and the housing crises

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Canopy / architecture + design presents a new publication: Between the Leaves, Volume 1: On Housing

Press: LISC Chicago

Oso Apartments wins Driehaus Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design

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Canopy is one of six teams to compete for the North Lawndale INVEST South/West development

Events

Canopy to be featured at Chicago Architecture Center's Housing for a Changing Nation exhibit
Between the Leaves: On Housing

Press: Chicago Architect Magazine

Canopy publishes new book series Between the Leaves, Volume One

Press: University of Illinois

Jaime Torres Carmona, Principal (Canopy) appointed to UIUC School of Architecture’s Alumni Advisory Board

Events

Interior Architecture Details Behind (Or in Front), Part 2: Tuesday May 11, 12:00pm CST

Press: Chicago Tribune

Chicago is 120,000 units short on affordable housing. Here’s how the city and developers hope to fix that gap.

Press: Chicago Architecture Center

Canopy selected to deliver INVEST S/W projects in Chicago

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1111 W 16th St receives LEED Gold award

Press: Illinois Housing Council

Andreea Micu and Jaime Torres Carmona join Illinois Housing Council’s panel on COVID response

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Canopy moves to the Loop!

Events

Jaime Torres Carmona to speak at 2020 New Gravity Housing Conference

Press: Chicago Tribune

Making Room for Mom and Dad: How Chicago Homeowners are Making Multigenerational Homes Work

Press: WTTW

Lawrence + Austin Apartments receives Zoning Council support

Press: Center For New Urbanism

Center for New Urbanism: Missing Middle Housing

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Jaime Torres Carmona appointed to the mayor's Housing Transition Committee

Press: REjournals

Affordable housing project, Oso Apartments, tops out in Albany Park

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THE BLOCK HOUSE Chicago Architecture Biennial Exhibition

Press: Chicago Architect

LEED Multi-Generational Living in Pilsen

Press: Block Club Chicago

Housing Nonprofit Aims To Help More South Side Families Become Homeowners

Press: Block Club Chicago

Shuttered Little Village Library Would Be Turned Into Community Center Under Nonprofit’s Plan

Press: Block Club Chicago

HPUMC Housing project gets community zoning support

Press: Neighborhood Opportunity Fund

Canopy selected as pre-approved firm for Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF)

Events

Canopy Principal Jaime Torres Carmona Featured Speaker at AIA Conference on Architecture 2018

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