Elysian
21 East Walton, Downtown
Chicago IL United States
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| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 2006 | | Finished | 2010 | | Floor Count | 60 | | Units / Rooms | 236 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - mixed use | | - hotel | | - parking garage | | - residential | | - restaurant | | - fitness center | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - neo-classical | | - postmodern | | - renaissance revival | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Spire | | 686 ft | | | | | | | | | | Roof | | 674 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
• Architect: Lucien Lagrange Architects.
• Developer: Elysian Worldwide Chicago Development LLC.
• Engineers: Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group BLWTL., WMA Consulting Engineers.
• Constructors: Great Lakes Plumbing and Heating, Gurtz Electric Company, James McHugh Construction Co., PERI Formwork Systems Inc., Superior Mechanical Systems Inc.
• Others: Arcapita Inc., Charter Sills, Golub & Company, Jenkins & Huntington Inc., Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate, LaSalle Bank, Morgan Group Inc., Simeone Deary Design Group, V3 Consultants, Waterford Hotel Group LLC.
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• The building is an ultra-luxury hotel and residence featuring 188 guest suites and 52 private residences, those, when free, are managed by the Hotel in it, which are 2 units per floor with terraces and high ceilings, a throwback to the grand hotels of the 1920's, with the current modern conveniences.
• A tuned liquid damper at the top of building minimize the wind effects of slender structure.
• It was approved by City Council on June 13th, 2005.
• Originally designed of 153m with 153 units, the height was later increased to 234.7m before a final reduction.
• A Restaurant building of 14-storeys was proposed in 1972 to this site. Each floor would have a different restaurant.
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