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Originally Posted by HomrQT
Density but still a boring rehash. I would have preferred a straight up box to this clone from a building only blocks away.
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I guess I see them as continuing a theme than clones. There are so many differences between the towers that I think will become more apparent once both are completed. There's certainly more variation than between many Mies or SOM designs.
Here's just a comparison of some parts:
110 N Wacker
- 814 ft tall
- 275' x 138' trapezoid with 5 cell stepped core
- Single setback at the 26th floor
- Stepped/serrated west facade, flat east facade with glass fins
- Minor reentrant corners at all 4 corners
- 3 part trident columns at base with round cladding on west side, vertical round columns on east side that terminate in a horizontal band visually supporting the tower
- Glass lobby on east with cable wall flush with tower facade, expressed core on west
- Penthouse is setback on the north and south sides and not on the east and west sides and follows the building footprint
Union Station Tower
- 715 ft tall
- 288' x 135' rectangle with 4 cell rectangular core
- Two setbacks at the 17th and 32nd floor
- Folded east and west facades with expressed column covers
- Large reentrant corners at the north facade, recessed center bay and folded facade on the south facade
- V columns that split into two additional Vs with hexagon cladding on both east and west sides that are integrated into the tower facade
- Lobby on east with glass fin wall set back from tower facade with free-form glass enclosure wrapping west side of core
- Penthouse setback on the east, west, and north sides and not on the south side and has a folded facade that is different from the main building facade
In addition I believe the two towers will be different colors. I understand the Union Station Tower is aiming for a silver tint to the glass.
So they are both predominantly glass buildings with north facing setbacks and converging columns at the base, but they have different massing and different detailing. I actually think that the Union Station Tower will be the more interesting of the two.