CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 40

Notyrview · #**781** Posted **Sep 26, 2015, 8:58 PM**

Wow. Stunner.

sentinel · #**782** Posted **Sep 26, 2015, 9:27 PM**

Ok, updated page 1, phew!!

I counted 13 new highrise developments in the past week and a half. Yeah, this is definitely a boom.

rgolch · #**783** Posted **Sep 26, 2015, 9:45 PM**

^^Thank you Sentinel. You have been most excellent at keeping that well maintained!

marothisu · #**784** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 12:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

What a tower. Wow

Holy shit - that building is awesome! That structural system is crazy.

lu9 · #**785** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 1:09 AM**

I typically stay away from the site over the weekend. But with this week... I had to check in tonight. And boy am I glad. The hits keep coming. This one is the goods and I'm guessing it has the best chance of getting built and quickly to boot.

HowardL · #**786** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

What a tower. Wow

I like how this tower preserves the south views from the existing hotel by "simply" lifting the bulk of the new tower up and above the hotel's view lines. Pretty sharp solution and a great way to add booking value to the rooms that face in this direction.

Randomguy34 · #**787** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 1:47 AM**

^haha maybe that's how we can tell the NIMBYs that new buildings won't be blocking their views

2PRUROCKS! · #**788** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 2:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by XIII

XIII already won the internet on Thursday with this gif but it is already obsolete with this rending of 800 S. Michigan. This building is amazing! I love the structural expressionism, the respect for streetwall at the base, and the innovation here. This is my favorite from this past week. We better enjoy all this now because I'm guessing that after October 15 there will be a dearth of new proposals and renderings for awhile.

BVictor1 · #**789** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 5:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

^haha maybe that's how we can tell the NIMBYs that new buildings won't be blocking their views

No NIMBYs around here. You have the Hilton to the north and the old Johnson Publishing to the south.

Very sexy... I'm going to have a lot of fun over the next few months at plan commission, and I'm going to do my best to shame those alderman on the commission who've helped to dumb down building in their ward by catering to NIMBY hackery.

Randomguy34 · #**790** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 5:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

No NIMBYs around here. You have the Hilton to the north and the old Johnson Publishing to the south.

I meant that we can design all future buildings to have their middle lifted so that NIMBYs can't argue their view being lost

Tom Servo · #**791** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 10:24 AM**

this looks like it may be decent

BVictor1 · #**792** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 2:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

I meant that we can design all future buildings to have their middle lifted so that NIMBYs can't argue their view being lost

I don't see that happening with 30-40 story buildings around.

Randomguy34 · #**793** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 2:32 PM**

It wasn't meant to be taken literally, it was just another one of my bad jokes

wierdaaron · #**794** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 5:48 PM**

Imagine the arms race to be on taller and taller stilts. This would be cloud city before long.

ithakas · #**795** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 7:26 PM**

2020 S. Prairie

http://www.fitzgeraldassociates.net/...-rise/2020.htm

Kngkyle · #**796** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by ithakas

2020 S. Prairie

http://www.fitzgeraldassociates.net/...-rise/2020.htm

Hmm, is this new? I don't remember seeing it before. Info from that page:

36 Stories
325 Condominiums
Parking for 333 Vehicles
580,000 SF Total

HowardL · #**797** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 8:08 PM**

I really like the wrapping of the base of the tower with more intimately scaled row houses. I wouldn't mind seeing more towers take this approach.

rlw777 · #**798** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kngkyle

Hmm, is this new? I don't remember seeing it before. Info from that page:

36 Stories
325 Condominiums
Parking for 333 Vehicles
580,000 SF Total

I saw that on their site a long time ago. Pretty sure it's long dead and thank God that thing is a design mess.

ithakas · #**799** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 8:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by rlw777

I saw that on their site a long time ago. Pretty sure it's long dead and thank God that thing is a design mess.

Do you remember if the project labeled '2100' was also there long ago? I didn't remember 2020 being on there the last few times I checked, which is why I thought it was new.

BrandonJXN · #**800** Posted **Sep 27, 2015, 8:17 PM**

I think it looks pretty good actually.