CHICAGO | Aqua | 858 FT / 262 M | 87 FLOORS

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Originally Posted by Ardvark

.....Stunning use of existing materials, and relatively cheap too.....

There's the clincher - S/G did this all on Magellan's (low) budget, which impresses the heck out of me.

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Balconies and glass are organically tied into view corridors and seasonal solar angles at this specific latitude, so Aqua is site-specific; talk of it not fitting with Chicago, or of it looking better elsewhere, are therefore misguided IMHO.