11. Onterie Centre | Buildings In Chicago
A 60-story high rise in downtown Chicago. 441 East Erie Street gets its name from “Ontario” & “Erie “, streets on its two entrances. Designed by SOM, the construction was completed in 1986. It is composed of two towers, a 60-story Main Tower and an 11-story Auxiliary Tower. At 570 feet, the Main Tower stands among 50 tallest buildings in Chicago. The X formations on the exterior are concrete infill panels that form a truss tube. A diagonal shear wall covers the building perimeter. In addition to its 594 apartments, Onterie Centre also includes 140,000 square feet of office space and 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
12. Lake Point Tower
A residential skyscraper located just north of the Chicago River at 505 North Lake Shore Drive. Completed in 1968, well known for its amazing curves. Its position between Lake Shore Drive and Navy Pier gives unobstructed views in all directions. Radiating from the core are three arms that form an asymmetrical Y-shaped floor plan (120° apart). The facade is a curtain of bronze-tinted glass framed by gold-anodized aluminium, which reflects the sunlight. The skyscraper had to be designed to withstand the high winds of Chicago. At the centre, a triangular core holds the vertical weight of the building, 59 feet wide, It contains nine elevators, & three stairwells, allowing the perimeter columns on the facade to be smaller. It resembles a fidget Spinner!
13. Trump International Hotel | Buildings In Chicago
Situated at 401 N Wabash avenue, it forms a connection with varying heights in all directions. With shining glass and stainless steel as core building materials. This building is said to exhibit free form, a trend of 21 century. It doesn’t bar the view of its adjacent buildings, as 16 stories face the Wrigley building, 29 stories towards Marina city, 51 stories towards 330 N Wabash Avenue. It fulfills its context with utter grace, It has a core of concrete, and branches extend in all directions, reaching exterior columns. It’s known as “core and outrigger construction”, It has rounded edges and differs from the generic skyscraper Design.
14. Aon Tower
Another member of Loop, constructed in 1973, is a mid-century modernist structure. A commercial office, designed by Edward Durell Stone and associates, stands out among others, unlike the usual steel & glass buildings of Chicago, It is built with stone, simple & elegant’ striped vertically. Perkins + Will used a new structural form for the tower, “tube in tube design”. Elevators and other services are bundled in the core. The inner and outer tubes are linked by trusses that support the large open floor plates; The entire arrangement keeps the building together. Aon Centre is a timeless piece of Modernist architecture in Chicago’s skyline. The building is cladded in white marble, and V-shaped perimeter columns resist earthquakes, reduce sway, minimize column bending, and maximize column-free space.
15. One museum park | Buildings In Chicago
Pappageorge Haymes ltd. and located in the new south side community area. Built in 2009, it is a glass 62-story building with a height of 734 feet. Purely a residential building, with floor-to-ceiling height, blessed with splendid views of the city, Curtain walls as a facade system of light grey aluminium as its skeleton. Modernist architectural style. A series of curved terraces gradually rises, stepping up and meets its elliptical silver core. The location is such that the grant park is on one side, & the Lakefront is on the other. It sizzles from bottom to top among its peers!
Every structure in Chicago has an eccentric style and a tale to tell. The old skyscrapers still stand as classics, head to head with the newborns. This is an evidence of human capability, each building is well balanced with its structural strength and visual appeal! Architects can take-in a great deal from these skyscrapers and Chicago should be on their bucket list, since the fate of these Megastructures is promising!
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