CHICAGO | 300 North LaSalle | 785 FT / 239 M | 60 FLOORS - Page 35

i_am_hydrogen · #**681** Posted **May 18, 2007, 1:18 AM**

Taken today:

alleystreetindustry · #**682** Posted **May 18, 2007, 1:46 AM**

damn this building is so pretty. hines does some really beautiful projects. 1180 peachtree is among my favorites.

VivaLFuego · #**683** Posted **May 18, 2007, 3:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by alleystreetindustry

damn this building is so pretty. hines does some really beautiful projects. 1180 peachtree is among my favorites.

I agree, alot of people on the forums bash Hines but I enjoy how his projects blend the economic utility of a boxy office tower with a certain elegance and quality of design/finish.

BVictor1 · #**684** Posted **May 18, 2007, 3:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by VivaLFuego

I agree, alot of people on the forums bash Hines but I enjoy how his projects blend the economic utility of a boxy office tower with a certain elegance and quality of design/finish.

I don't know if people really bash Hines, as much as they have a higher expectation for certain locations.

There's a time and place for excellence, and those opportunities shouldn't be fowled by lack luster developments.

HK Chicago · #**685** Posted **May 18, 2007, 4:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by VivaLFuego

I agree, alot of people on the forums bash Hines but I enjoy how his projects blend the economic utility of a boxy office tower with a certain elegance and quality of design/finish.

I think forumers aren't happy that they stick to the optimal formula of class A space at ~600ft. I have no problem as (combined with Buck) their towers have been quality.

SolarWind · #**686** Posted **May 22, 2007, 12:15 AM**

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BVictor1 · #**687** Posted **May 22, 2007, 12:42 AM**

I see a nice pretty red tower crane being installed in the northeast corner. When will the second one be installed?

BVictor1 · #**688** Posted **May 22, 2007, 12:43 AM**

A nice pretty red tower crane being installed in the northeast corner. When will the second one be installed?

APPRAISER · #**689** Posted **May 22, 2007, 1:13 AM**

Nice to see the crane! How many floors can go with the core without starting the frame?

MrLakepoint · #**690** Posted **May 22, 2007, 1:56 AM**

^^^ Great Pictures "Solar Wind".....I may be wrong but for some reason does that stand for the crane look like it is not on a sturdy surface?

djvandrake · #**691** Posted **May 22, 2007, 2:54 AM**

All right! A tower crane!

I'm sure they're just using that as a staging area to assemble the pieces. The crane will go inside the core.

Bokimon · #**692** Posted **May 23, 2007, 4:54 AM**

This is a very impressive project. I like it very much.
Once our project in Calgary gets going it will undergo similar styles of construction, finishes, architectural design to that of the Lasalle.
Maybe for those of you who take a look into the Calgary thread.

Hines is currently working on a 1 billion dollar office tower in Calgary called the Penny Lane Towers. It is also designed by the same architect John Pickard of P.Chilton Inc. This one though won't start until year end as right now demo has just only begun with salvaging of old historic pieces of cladding on the existing building. This ones height will be a modest 210m utilizing similar features that the firm has used before on other projects like the Peachtree and this one. (such as the mechanical screen which is actually an extension of the main cladding tapering over slightly at the top)

NOTE: I am not hijacking this to plug in this project. Just making a comparision of the two and predictions that both will have many similar features.

HK Chicago · #**693** Posted **May 23, 2007, 5:12 AM**

^ 300 NLS for The Bow? Can you work that out for us, thanks.

Chitown · #**694** Posted **May 23, 2007, 4:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by APPRAISER

Nice to see the crane! How many floors can go with the core without starting the frame?

That's what I was wondering. Man they're going high.

colemonkee · #**695** Posted **May 23, 2007, 4:41 PM**

They can go pretty high with a concrete core. The Barclays Headquarters building in London's Canary Wharf was built with three separate stand-alone cores 32 stories up before the steel frame was built around them. The two outer cores were pretty skinny. Here's a construction pic from Emporis.

honte · #**696** Posted **May 23, 2007, 5:06 PM**

Seeing the Calgary pic makes me think... Pickard rarely does flat-topped towers. Of course, we all knew that, but I was thinking it might have something to do with Hines / cost of construction / trends.

Now, though, I wonder if Chicago's reputation/history of flat towers has influenced him to do this? He's done it now twice. I think it's a shame, personally. I'd rather have his "signature style" than something overly contextual.

Nowhereman1280 · #**697** Posted **May 23, 2007, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by APPRAISER

Nice to see the crane! How many floors can go with the core without starting the frame?

In a lot of towers I suppose they could go all the way to the top since the core oftentimes supports most/nearly all of the weight. Remember, the core has to be at least self supporting. So a core without floors around it only has to support itself which is no problem for a gigantic concrete and steel pillar.

Chitown · #**698** Posted **May 23, 2007, 11:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

They can go pretty high with a concrete core. The Barclays Headquarters building in London's Canary Wharf was built with three separate stand-alone cores 32 stories up before the steel frame was built around them. The two outer cores were pretty skinny. Here's a construction pic from Emporis.

Ha! Thanks for the link, that's mind-blowing. I would never have thought they'd go to 100M with a core like that.

APPRAISER · #**699** Posted **May 24, 2007, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

They can go pretty high with a concrete core. The Barclays Headquarters building in London's Canary Wharf was built with three separate stand-alone cores 32 stories up before the steel frame was built around them. The two outer cores were pretty skinny. Here's a construction pic from Emporis.

Thats just crazy!!

SolarWind · #**700** Posted **May 24, 2007, 3:47 AM**

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