CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5

[Pandemonious]

I am saying that the rendering on here I think is also out of date. That Bofill design is much older. I am talking, the competition happened just within the last few months, so an updated render of the winning design may not even be out yet. I hope it is not the one posted, because that design is really boring, at least compared to what it could be.

Originally Posted by ardecila

This is the outdated rendering, FYI.... Design by Ricardo Bofill.

As for the Bofill design of old.. well.. not that I completely hate RR Donnely, but I definitely know that I am glad we don't have 3 of them all right near each other.

[BVictor1]

1/21/08

[harryc]

And just below BVic's last pic ( loading docks on the lower level )

[harryc]

Digging deep for something





Sorting out the chunks



Roy Strom (?) "We Dig Quality"

[harryc]

From above


Series

Pilings with rebar welded on.


expecting a beit of tension ?



Complex core stuff

[JV_325i]

theWit

[SamInTheLoop]

Originally Posted by Pandemonious

I am saying that the rendering on here I think is also out of date. That Bofill design is much older. I am talking, the competition happened just within the last few months, so an updated render of the winning design may not even be out yet. I hope it is not the one posted, because that design is really boring, at least compared to what it could be.



As for the Bofill design of old.. well.. not that I completely hate RR Donnely, but I definitely know that I am glad we don't have 3 of them all right near each other.

Sounds like there might be a tad bit of confusion here. The absurd Bofill design was an old design for the Reschke riverfront site at 150 N. Riverside, not the Buck site at 222 W. Randolph.

As for the new plan for a single office tower at 150 N. Riverside, I'm a little disappointed as I was looking forward to some residential and hotel adding more around-the-clock activity in that area. Also I think BVictor and/or someone else mentioned that the new Destefano design for that scheme was pretty good. In his column in which the new office scheme was revealed, Roeder mentioned Reshke switched as the apartment and hotel markets are "brutal". That's simply nonsense, as both markets are quite strong - in fact, overall probably the strongest two in Chicago real estate. I think it likely came down to the fact that Reschke still overall personally has much more experience in developing (badly-designed) office towers than the other property types, and the fact that there's a decent amount of competition in downtown hotel (and to a lesser extent apartment) development at the moment, not the relative health of the respective markets. Also, he probably felt he had a half decent shot of landing one of the prospective half-dozen or so further anchor tenants that are still out there for possible tower launches over the next couple years. I'm not at all convinced he'll be successful landing a tenant, as I think his office tower-developing days are largely or completely behind him (thankfully for fans of well-designed office buildings)...

[chicubs111]

did we get a new height on 215 west washington?...if im remember correctly somebody said it would be over 500ft?

[observer]

I have heard through the grape fine that Lucien Lagrange is designing office tower for that site...so who know what we will get....could have a mansard roof on the top.

[Alliance]

ooh. That would be wonderful.

Seriously though. If it is LaGrange, this is his chance to REDEEM himself for his third-rate architecture we've had to endure.

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by observer

I have heard through the grape fine that Lucien Lagrange is designing office tower for that site...so who know what we will get....could have a mansard roof on the top.

Seeing as you mentioned it first, I've heard the same thing, about the architect change that is.

Hopefully it'll be something extremely sleek and modern and not that 29 S. LaSalle type crap.

[Chicago3rd]

[i_am_hydrogen]

Posted by geoff diamond:

[10023]

Originally Posted by observer

I have heard through the grape fine that Lucien Lagrange is designing office tower for that site...so who know what we will get....could have a mansard roof on the top.

My bet is that he still goes for post-modern. Think 191 S. LaSalle if it were designed by a much less talented architect.

[Alliance]

^^^ Its still ugly.

[Monkey36]

Originally Posted by JV_325i

theWit

A little OT,but what are they doing to the building south of the tracks here?

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Monkey36

A little OT,but what are they doing to the building south of the tracks here?

Page Brothers Building, the terracotta facade is being restored. It's now a city landmark.

[honte]

Originally Posted by Alliance

ooh. That would be wonderful.

Seriously though. If it is LaGrange, this is his chance to REDEEM himself for his third-rate architecture we've had to endure.

Unfortunately, his most talented Modern designers (you know, the people who designed the towers you actually like by LaGrange) have either quit or been fired.

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

Posted by geoff diamond:

oh man, that'll look really nice. and that's a really sweet shot of the gen. growth building. (one of chicago's best kept secrets if you ask me!) now if only we can do something about the PoMo crap next door, we'd be set!

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by harryc

And just below BVic's last pic ( loading docks on the lower level )

^ I know this is a somewhat useless post, but I dearly love seeing this kind of stuff. Thanks for these pics, HC