Sorry Steely, I thought a free access source wouldn't mind as long as you have a link. I guess I was wrong .
there's a good chance that they wouldn't mind, but to keep everything consistent, it's time to just apply the rule to any article from an outside source. if people are too lazy to click links to read articles on their source pages, well, then it's just too bad they're that lazy.
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That's a good question, but very difficult to answer. So far this boom cycle (1999-present) has yielded 58 never-built proposals, according to Emporis. If you want to compare that to the number of completed (124) and under-construction (63) high-rise projects, you get a little over 20% failure rate for any given proposal.
Great info, Dan. What about Grand Pier, or does that one not fall into this category because part of it was built before it was canceled?
I'm not sure if this has been posted here yet or not, but in the newest issue of Wired Magazine, they have a rendering of the Jeanne Gang-designed 26-story condo tower in Hyde Park. It's pretty cool. They angled the glass and walls on one side of the tower 71 degrees to block out the peak summer sunlight, helping the units save on energy costs. I didn't have a scanner, and a search on the Wired web site didn't pull up anything.
I just flipped through the issue and found it. It's pretty cool looking if you ask me, though I have huge doubts that the Hyde Park residents will approve of such a building.
Wired has updated their website with the full article: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-08/pl_home# Look up at the sun. (Ouch!) Now look down at the ground. (Ahhh.) That pretty much sums up architect Jeanne Gang's breathtakingly simple approach to reducing energy use in Windermere West, a 26-story condominium destined for Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.....
I find the climate of development in the United States, let alone Chicago very interesting right now. For some it may have seemed inprobable that we might start building to the sky again in places like Chicago, even given the history of high rises in this great city. I for one never thought I would see a building over 1,000 feet built in the U.S. in my lifetime let alone 3 at the same time in this city. I even find myself thinking, whats left to achieve? Chicago has done so much in the last 10-15 years its a completely different region and city. I even begin thinking about the few highrises that went up 8 years ago getting amazed back then. Now it seems im so used to these quick big changes that I dont even get amazed anymore. Its become an expectation.
That image above does get me amazed now, that is something very unique. I guess there is no shortage of of the vibe the city is creating. Its very controversial for a neighborhood that hasnt done much new in decades unfortunately.
i don't enjoy being teased with future forward design this hot. there's no way the dingle berries of hyde park would ever allow their bubble to be disturbed by anything even remotely close to this level of total wicked-awesomeness.
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i don't enjoy being teased with future forward design this hot. there's no way the dingle berries of hyde park would ever allow their bubble to be disturbed by anything even remotely close to this level of total wicked-awesomeness.
Yeah I wouldnt doubt thats why the renderings kept showing trees blocking it. I think the older rendering we've seen is the image to go to all nieghborhood meetings with. Slip it on right by them.
Thanks for that rendereding, guys! Amazing - far superior to Aqua in my opinion. Studio Gang is improving at a fast clip.
Hyde Parkers should remember that their neighborhood has a tradition of breakthrough design. And as someone who's lived down there, I'm not 100% sure, Steely, that the design is going to be their complaint. If they get beyond the height issue, this one might fly.
Caissons are done ! , the last hole was filled up, the bits are gone, they just need to disassemble the cranes.
Soil retention crew started before the caissons were done.
That is not a shortened truck, or mangled trailer, just PhotoStitch.
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Will they need a retaining wall around the whole site? If so, how long would that take?
Almost 1/2 done stuff started appearing on June 26th, The side nearest the window can't be seen, it is completed, the courner at Clark was tricky with an unexpected bridge support.
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Alright, I'm a U of C student/Hyde Park resident very interested in seeing that this building by Gang gets approved, and then hopefully erected. What are some resources I can use/people to contact/meetings to attend I should look out for?
Wired has updated their website with the full article: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-08/pl_home# Look up at the sun. (Ouch!) Now look down at the ground. (Ahhh.) That pretty much sums up architect Jeanne Gang's breathtakingly simple approach to reducing energy use in Windermere West, a 26-story condominium destined for Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.....
Wow, that is just a flat out AWESOME design. I love the expressed structure, and natural shading technique.. it produces a very exciting and enlivened overall design. I also like how the podium ties in. I am interested to find out what sort of materials are there though.. I assume the structure is concrete, since it is residential, and I think it could potentially look good even with exposed concrete, although making the concrete joints that frame the bracing members look aesthetically pleasing could prove difficult. I also then wonder what the north face of the tower will look like, as I assume it is a double loaded corridor. I guess it is just an elegant box from that view?
This boom and this city in general just keeps getting more awesome to be a part of.
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