Staaaaahhhhpppp before I laugh myself to death

im not in HP too often but was down there this weekend, and this one really puts on a cool show with the warm late afternoon sun.

Meanwhile Solstice really looks great in the early morning winter sun. The angled portions catch the sunrise first and turn half of the building warm yellows gradating up to green blues at the top while the vertical sections are still reflecting the dark sky.

I was riding the Rock Island into the city, at around 7:15 in the morning, the other day and you could clearly see it shining from the flyover. It had a brilliant orangish yellow glow. It was beautiful from miles away!

01/13/18

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A 60-70 floor version of this in one of the empty lots of LSE would do right by me. But thats just me.

New student housing at 61st and Woodlawn
 

No rendering but a good amount of detail.


Woodlawn Residential Commons
Housing for 1,200 students + dining commons open to the public
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital
Construction to start this summer

^ Huge density boost to where there is now a parking lot. Looks like they chose a rather ho-hum architect, though...

I'll give it the benefit of the doubt because it's U of C, but damn does that architecture firm have some flaming hot garbage on their website...

Elkus Manfredi designed the Peninsula hotel and retail complex at 730 N. Michigan Avenue. I worked as a project engineer during part of the development.

^ No offense but the Peninsula Hotel is such a turd at least as far as exterior design is concerned. As a top hotel in the US we (and its brand) deserve better

The firm of Elkus Manfredi Architects is designing the facility. To allow the University to develop the commons without taking on new capital investment, a private developer team of Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital will develop, provide the capital, oversee the design and construction of the project, and thereafter assume responsibility for upkeep of the new residential and dining commons after construction is complete.

It is unclear what role the University will have in the design.

Elkus Manfredi did the Edgewater Hotel expansion here in Madison and while not the greatest exterior design did a wonderful job on the interior as well as contextually within the site and the surrounding neigborhood. It might not be the most groundbreaking exterior but it will probably be pretty cool inside.

Renderings were added to the link above. Pretty conservative but a new highrise at the very least.

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Looks fine to me... :shrug:

It's a dorm, it looks like one. Reminds me of lots of mid-century dorms, the architecture is understated but sorta handsome. I like the N-shaped massing with the midrise and tower portions. There's certainly nothing about it that makes me cringe...

^ Its replacing a parking lot, and its south of the Midway. Both big positives in my book.

^ Agreed. I’d love to see Woodlawn evolve into the next Hyde Park, wit Hyde Park gentrifying further

It isn't a total turd. The stretch of buildings along the south side of the Midway contains many examples of work by masters of 20th century architecture. This isn't one of them, but I feel less concerned since it isn't actually on the Midway.

The back half of the parking lot at 53rd/Cornell is now fenced off and there's heavy equipment on site. They might just be doing utility work though.

1600 E 53rd st may be starting construction, it was approved in April of last year-- https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/4/20...ment-high-rise

^^^ That would be excellent and add to the growing streetlife in "downtown Hyde Park"...

After the Studio Gang dorms went up north of the Midway, anything less is a disappointment. In any other neighborhood in the city this would be great, but given Hyde Park's design pedigree as of late, this is quite "meh"...

Looks like things are chugging along for 53rd/Cornell, though that sure is a lot of denials.

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^ The denials are irrelevant. Don't worry about them

Construction fence is up and they have started ripping up the parking lot at 53rd/Cornell

03/07/18

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Walked down to Soltice around sunset and managed to snap a few quick pics:

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Turned out so sexy^^^ just wish it had more floors.

While I can't get enough of that facade I feel like if it was any taller it would loose its charm

Gorgeous! Can't get enough of that building.

Still reminds me of those townhomes two buildings north of riverbend next to the kinzie bridge, forgot the name of them. Wish they would go. I know, alot of people here love them.

Are you talking about Kinzie Park? Not sure who here loves that, its a terrible, suburban oriented development. Its gated, offers no public riverfront access and it is very low density considering its location. Its literally the River West version of Dearborn Park.

I think he's talking about Harry Weese's townhouses at Kinzie and Canal. The sloping glass is somewhat reminiscent of Solstice.

http://www.chicagomag.com/real-estat...iver-Cottages/

I think he means the Harry Weese River Cottages. And you can tear them down over my dead body

edit: Somebody beat me to it

^ Ahh, I stand corrected. Yes, those are awesome, and hopefully will be around for a long while.

They are on a small and very narrow plot anyway, so it isn't exactly an attractive redevelopment site as it is.

Love this tower. Does anyone know why the north curtain wall doesn't have the same balconies as the south?

Haven't had a chance to swing by, is the Rube forum U/C?

Not yet, but I was down there last month for another project at the University and walked by the site, and saw what appeared to be a full-size mock-up glazing panel on the SW corner of the fenced-in site.

They've started laying brick on the Sophy Hotel and it looks pretty good so far.

In other news, apparently they are planning to reopen the ballroom at the top of the Picadilly building (learned this on Facebook), and there's some kind of plan for the empty lot at 5117 S Kenwood (almost certainly nothing big, but I used to have to walk past it on the way to work everyday and am happy to see it filled).

https://hpherald.com/2018/03/28/ald-...d-high-school/

There's a pending permit for it - 4 stories, 9 units, 9 parking spaces, and a private rooftop deck.

1600 E. 53rd (Under Construction)


04/15/18

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Hyde Park is getting the best architecture in the city right now. Hands down

Caissons completed and tower crane base in place for 1600 E. 53rd.

It has been for a while.

The Regenstein Library expansion—that glass dome—is jaw dropping.

The truth is, nothing noteworthy that’s not a highrise is being built in Chicago outside of Hyde Park

^Well that's totally false, just on the South Side alone theres the Chinatown Library, several JGMA designed institutional buildings, at least one or two Ronan Buildings, and a Studio Gang boathouse. And that's literally just rattling off what comes to the top of my mind for the side of the city with the least private construction going on...

mostly agree, but JGMA is jokes.

May 22, 2018
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I like Solstice for the most part, but I don't understand the praise it receives here. The east/west sides of the building are atrocious, and overall it's a pretty clunky design. It's a neat concept with mediocre execution

I'd agree, but at this point I'm withholding judgement since all the cladding isn't up. You can clearly see it on the front view where all those white bits are just building wrap, but there also seem to be huge stretches of rawness on the East and West facade. My problem is with the North facade, which is mostly bland nothingness.

This Solstice living room is drool worthy. Crazy to think how long this one was in the pipeline in one form or another, but thrilled it finally got through.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...722-story.html

Went down to Jackson Park yesterday evening and while driving back, I noticed how big of an impact that the apartment tower on 53rd will have. The skyline for Hyde Park is starting to get some bulk to it