CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5

[dropdeaded209]

quick addendum to a-train's requests-- i'm dying to know what's going on with the art institute addition by renzo piano. it's a solid, subdued project and a solid win for the city--i'd love to know what's going on at the site!

[SkokieSwift]

Originally Posted by AdrianXSands

hey guys... i'm too lazy to travel around the city... so can i make a photo request?????


dwight building add on **** i really want to see how this one is shaping up
1401 s state
vetro
1720 s michigan
burnham point

pleeeeeeeease if anyone is doing some photo touring can you swing by these for me???

All of the above can be found on page 240.

[museumparktom]

Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

quick addendum to a-train's requests-- i'm dying to know what's going on with the art institute addition by renzo piano. it's a solid, subdued project and a solid win for the city--i'd love to know what's going on at the site!

This is over on SCC Chicago/Cultural Developments

Originally Posted by spyguy

Great photos by Charles G Young.

[SkokieSwift]

Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

quick addendum to a-train's requests-- i'm dying to know what's going on with the art institute addition by renzo piano. it's a solid, subdued project and a solid win for the city--i'd love to know what's going on at the site!

Check out page 111 in the Chicago General Developments thread.

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by SkokieSwift

All of the above can be found on page 240.

yes, but i still maintain my request and will add a second request... details, please...
$1,000,000 internet dollars for anyone who comes up with some super current, detailed photos!! HARRY, i'm looking at you you can borrow my bike if that helps... j/k... but seriously, a huge photo update would rule... you see i have this problem, called, lazyitus. i can't leave the house or wake up before 4:30pm... it's a really bad condition that keeps me from getting out and taking pictures of my own.

dwight building add on **** i really want to see how this one is shaping up
1401 s state
vetro
1720 s michigan
burnham point

[Tom Servo]

the new art inst. addition by PIANO looks like it might surpass houston's menil museum as my favorite PIANO museum! can't wait for opening day!!




* http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/texas/houston/menil/menil.html *

[i_am_hydrogen]

CNA signage + AMLI 900:

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

CNA signage + AMLI 900:

wow what a shame... unless the architect put them their, signs do not belond on buildings... SO tacky...

1pru is a really nice building imo, but the damn sign just ruins it! boeing, nbc, sofitel, now rr donnelly and cna!!?? wtf? what's next a huge TRUMP sign? or maybe a HUGE AON??

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by AdrianXSands

what's next a huge TRUMP sign???

Would you really be suprised about that??? I mean really, would ya?

[simcityaustin]

I don't mind the CNA signage...to me it is a show of the institutions and businesses that help make up a city. Something to be proud of. As long as it's tasteful.

[BVictor1]

^Agreed.

I'm suprised they didn't just spell it out at nite in the windows.

[BVictor1]

Several images of renderings and drawings presented at Thursdays plan commission meeting for Solstice on the Park.







Environmental diagram.

[Alliance]

I saw that CNA pic and I was like "OMG...sinage!" Its not that bad, and CNA does a lot for the skyline spelling things out in its lights....they have a right to advertise some.

The piano addition is unlike anyhting I've ever seen. I'm not really loving the tones, but all that glass !

[wrab]

Thank you, BVic - I'd been hoping for some new renders. Some interesting thermal exchanges appear to be going on here beyond the angled Southern exposures. Ceiling heights seem to be only 8-9' range? The North skyline view should be a jawdropper.

I want one.

[the urban politician]

Solstice on the Park is wicked as hell. Even the garage looks nice--I hope they follow through on their plans to grow thick ivy on its walls and to have orange-colored glass as in the picture above.

Hmmmm......If the timing goes well, and a few other factors fall into place, I may consider buying a unit there..

[i_am_hydrogen]

Gee, now I'm even more enamored of Solstice on the Park. From the renderings, it looks to be an outpost of modernism amidst a more traditional built environment. I wonder how the PDNA members would react to this one were it proposed in their nabe.

A shot from yesterday of The Clare, just to give people an idea of where it's at in terms of height:

[SolarWind]

Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

quick addendum to a-train's requests-- i'm dying to know what's going on with the art institute addition by renzo piano. it's a solid, subdued project and a solid win for the city--i'd love to know what's going on at the site!

I posted a couple of pictures I took on Wednesday at the CHICAGO: general developments thread.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=3229148&postcount=2269

[Alliance]

Imagine that...Depth on the northside

Too bad Park tower is in that shot...

[a chicago bearcat]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Solstice on the Park is wicked as hell. Even the garage looks nice--I hope they follow through on their plans to grow thick ivy on its walls and to have orange-colored glass as in the picture above.

Hmmmm......If the timing goes well, and a few other factors fall into place, I may consider buying a unit there..

I'm guessing that on the "podium" part, it isn't going to be ivy.

Ivy makes sense for the lower part of the tower facade, but with the full coverage everwhere else, it might be a living wall, with a mixture of ivy, and other thicker plants

like in the Quai Branly Museum by Jean Nouvel in Paris

[harryc]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Several images
Environmental diagram.

Thank you - this makes sense of the otherwise silly windows. Simple solutions are always the best.