CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 24

Notyrview · #**461** Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 11:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Loopy

1001 S State

Love the dark glass on this one.

marothisu · #**462** Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 11:09 PM**

^ The Assumption Church lot building is not bad but it looks too office-like. It needs something else....like balconies for starters.

ardecila · #**463** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 12:03 AM**

^ Ick, hell no.

marothisu · #**464** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 12:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

^ Ick, hell no.

I don't know. It looks way too much like an office building to me. I like the glass but something about this seems a little off.

the urban politician · #**465** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 1:15 AM**

^ It's too generic and boxy

ardecila · #**466** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 1:37 AM**

Agreed that the facades need more depth. The large grid should be pushed out more, to 18" or so. We're all gaga over the new Printers Row proposal for this reason...

Tom Servo · #**467** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 4:05 AM**

Ugh... 2003 called, they said their shitty building then looks even shittier now, laughed and hung up.

wierdaaron · #**468** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 4:27 AM**

That's most likely when it was designed. They sat on this for years.

ChiTownWonder · #**469** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 4:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by wierdaaron

Why is Legacy at Millennium Park in the background?

rlw777 · #**470** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 4:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tom Servo

Ugh... 2003 called, they said their shitty building then looks even shittier now, laughed and hung up.

I'm just glad something larger than 30 floors is getting built in the south loop.

Notyrview · #**471** Posted **Sep 13, 2015, 3:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

^ The Assumption Church lot building is not bad but it looks too office-like. It needs something else....like balconies for starters.

Yeah, it's way off, i just like the dark glass. The design is terrible.

The Lurker · #**472** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

^ The Assumption Church lot building is not bad but it looks too office-like. It needs something else....like balconies for starters.

Look closer....

munchymunch · #**473** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 12:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by wierdaaron

I like it,it's simple, a nice glass boxy tower not bad at all.

It will also fit in to whats going to be built a couple of blocks away.

Notyrview · #**474** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 11:44 AM**

The sameness of these developments is suffocating.

wierdaaron · #**475** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 12:58 PM**

We are in the era of angular blue glass. I wouldn't mind a resurgence of brick. Can somebody publish a whitepaper about brick being "green" or something?

k1052 · #**476** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 1:12 PM**

The beige canyons of river north could use some more glassing up, not less, to break up the relentless beige. The render of the proposed Hubbard st building is a good example...

Near North Resident · #**477** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 2:04 PM**

I can't stand when they expose those circular cement columns to "break up" the design, they are the worst!!! And who wants a giant cement pillar in the middle of their balcony!

sentinel · #**478** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 2:24 PM**

Added the Printer's Row Micro Apts to pg 1.

Busy Bee · #**479** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 2:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Near North Resident

I can't stand when they expose those circular cement columns to "break up" the design, they are the worst!!! And who wants a giant cement pillar in the middle of their balcony!

THIS!

I've loathed this for years. I even hate the cylinder column exposed inside the unit.

And yes, I'm not sure how that Hubbard St building could get any more boring. It's budget must be pretty limiting.

wierdaaron · #**480** Posted **Sep 14, 2015, 2:48 PM**

The hubbard street building is the best design that firm has come up with by a huge margin, though.