CHICAGO | Aqua | 858 FT / 262 M | 87 FLOORS - Page 83

cbotnyse · #**1641** Posted **Aug 17, 2007, 4:03 AM**

pictures do not do justice just how massive this site is.

EarlyBuyer · #**1642** Posted **Aug 17, 2007, 4:09 AM**

Thanks for the update photo's cbotnyse!

forumly_chgoman · #**1643** Posted **Aug 17, 2007, 5:52 AM**

Wow I haven't been down there in awhile this is really starting to move

dubai 1 · #**1644** Posted **Aug 17, 2007, 7:35 AM**

great update. starting to rise

trvlr70 · #**1645** Posted **Aug 17, 2007, 1:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

woo-hoo! here we go! looking forward to seeing this one take shape. think it will beat waterview to the top?

Most definitely

SamInTheLoop · #**1646** Posted **Aug 18, 2007, 3:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by Horio

Don't be suprised to see site C (arqitectronica), in a year from now,to be around the same point as aqua. The design is further along than you may think.

All depending, of course, on pre-sales...

SolarWind · #**1647** Posted **Aug 18, 2007, 5:41 PM**

August 17, 2007

EarlyBuyer · #**1648** Posted **Aug 18, 2007, 7:16 PM**

Thanks SolarWind for the update photo!

aaron38 · #**1649** Posted **Aug 18, 2007, 10:38 PM**

Aqua's core is now above middle Columbus, and the podium structure is just a few feet below.

SolarWind · #**1650** Posted **Aug 19, 2007, 12:25 AM**

aaron38, great perspective. Thanks for posting these.

EarlyBuyer · #**1651** Posted **Aug 19, 2007, 6:35 PM**

Thanks aaron38, great pictures!

Knightwing · #**1652** Posted **Aug 20, 2007, 2:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by cbotnyse

pictures do not do justice just how massive this site is.

Yea the site is pretty big...

aluminum · #**1653** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 4:59 PM**

I still don't understand why this building has so small floor heights. Residential towers like this one for example the Legacy at Millennium Park and the Park Tower have 71 and 67 floors respectively and Aqua with exactly same roof height has 83 floors !!! why ? Why are the floor to floor heights so small ?

colemonkee · #**1654** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 5:03 PM**

^ Don't you mean floor heights?

Steely Dan · #**1655** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by aluminum

I still don't understand why this building has so small floor plates. Residential towers like this one for example the Legacy at Millennium Park and the Park Tower have 71 and 67 floors respectively and Aqua with exactly same roof height has 83 floors !!! why ? Why are the floor plates so small ?

you're confusing terms there. "floor plate" refers to the physical size or area of a given floor, and in aqua's case the floor plates are on the large side for a residential tower. what you're talking about is "floor-to-floor height", and in that regard, aqua is on the shorter side when compared against some of its contemporaries, but with a ~10' floor to floor, that still leaves room for 9 foot ceilings, which are plenty tall to be comfortable, though not quite as spacious as some of the newer luxury towers with their 10'-11' ceilings.

aluminum · #**1656** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 5:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ Don't you mean floor heights?

Yes, my bad, sorry, I meant floor heights. And is this building completely residential ? No commercial (office) floors ?

10023 · #**1657** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

you're confusing terms there. "floor plate" refers to the physical size or area of a given floor, and in aqua's case the floor plates are on the large side for a residential tower. what you're talking about is "floor-to-floor height", and in that regard, aqua is on the shorter side when compared against some of its contemporaries, but with a ~10' floor to floor, that still leaves room for 9 foot ceilings, which are plenty tall to be comfortable, though not quite as spacious as some of the newer luxury towers with their 10'-11' ceilings.

9' is quite low for a luxury tower... 10'-11' is the norm and buildings that advertise high ceilings as a feature are typically 12'-14'. My walk-up apartment has 10.5' ceilings...

Part of it depends on the layout and the size of the rooms. You can probably get by with 9' ceilings as long as the rooms aren't too "deep" (i.e. don't extend too far into the interior of the building from the windows) and the windows are floor-to-ceiling, as is the case with Aqua. Then it's fine because you still get very ample natural light.

Alliance · #**1658** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 6:24 PM**

We'd all like it to have 10' or 11' ceilings...that would make it 900'-1000'ish and it would actually be visible from behind BCBS. Thats just not the case here.

Saber925 · #**1659** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 8:27 PM**

What's the usual thickness for the concrete floors in these high rises?

aluminum · #**1660** Posted **Aug 22, 2007, 8:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Alliance

We'd all like it to have 10' or 11' ceilings...that would make it 900'-1000'ish and it would actually be visible from behind BCBS. Thats just not the case here.

Thats exactly what I was thinking.