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The Lurker · #**3941** Posted **Jul 14, 2018, 10:24 PM**

I wonder if we will be seeing two crews working at different heights simultaneously to compensate for the delay like they are doing at NEMA?

sox102 · #**3942** Posted **Jul 15, 2018, 2:20 AM**

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I wish..cheap window wall unfortunately...Only two currently under construction projects in Chicago are legit curtain wall I believe. WPE and 110 N Wacker. 167 N Green I think is planned curtain wall but that might change depending on low bids.

My company was planning on using the hybrid window wall system that is currently being used on Essex Hotel. But we did not get the project, so I don't know what will be installed. The company that got the job has used both types of systems in the past. It will be non-domestic product for sure. Money talks in this town.

pilsenarch · #**3943** Posted **Jul 15, 2018, 2:24 PM**

My understanding is that the window wall fail is much more than 'balcony glass' and now also includes a fail for the different design for the window wall intended for the lower cantilevered floors/box...

City Wide · #**3944** Posted **Jul 15, 2018, 3:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by PittsburghPA

Could you imagine if you put money down on a seven figure condo though? Yikes that would be rough to hear that you cant move in for close to two years past expected.

I do love the concrete structure but quite frankly with a building of this magnitude, it's an embarrassment to our city that they can't get the cheap window wall right. Just my two cents, I know no one was asking for it.

How is this glass problem an embarrassment to Chicago? It might be a issue, with real financial results, for parts of the development team, but the city, no way. Any city would be glad to have this beauty, along with it's glass problems, in it's confines.

PittsburghPA · #**3945** Posted **Jul 15, 2018, 5:46 PM**

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How is this glass problem an embarrassment to Chicago? It might be a issue, with real financial results, for parts of the development team, but the city, no way. Any city would be glad to have this beauty, along with it's glass problems, in it's confines.

That's a well thought out and fair criticism to my comment. Although I am thrilled with the project in its entirety the glass issue just...irks me..for a lack of better words.

SolarWind · #**3946** Posted **Jul 16, 2018, 2:11 AM**

July 12, 2018

KWillChicago · #**3947** Posted **Jul 16, 2018, 2:52 AM**

Such a beast.

bgsrand · #**3948** Posted **Jul 16, 2018, 1:28 PM**

In simple terms what is the difference between a Glass V. Curtain wall? What situations are better served by one versus the other?

Kumdogmillionaire · #**3949** Posted **Jul 16, 2018, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by bgsrand

In simple terms what is the difference between a Glass V. Curtain wall? What situations are better served by one versus the other?

The way I had been told was that in simplest terms, Curtain Wall is higher quality(read more expensive), and Window Wall has more flexibility in design, but sacrifices in quality. I'm sure there are half a dozen forumers with more knowledge on the subject though fwiw

vexxed82 · #**3950** Posted **Jul 16, 2018, 4:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by bgsrand

In simple terms what is the difference between a Glass V. Curtain wall? What situations are better served by one versus the other?

In super basic terms...

A curtain wall is a continuous sheath of glass/windows that hangs on the outside of the floor plate's edges

For the window wall, the panes are installed in between the floor slabs - it's not a continuous system. The edges of the slabs are then 'capped' with narrow glass panes to make it look like a curtain wall

You can see some of the capped edges in Solar Wind's shot here:

https://i.imgur.com/i6BJARm.jpg

Skyguy_7 · #**3951** Posted **Jul 16, 2018, 5:38 PM**

^^^ Nice photos.

You can see the curtain-wall brackets on the two exposed cores. Nice to see the glazers making good progress where they can.

r18tdi · #**3952** Posted **Jul 17, 2018, 5:37 AM**

Source: Redfin 225 N Columbus Dr #7606

^Nice shot of Vista (and OBP) from a real estate listing on the 76th floor of Aqua.

aaron38 · #**3953** Posted **Jul 17, 2018, 10:44 AM**

I need to bring the good camera into work for a new skyline shot. Looking at the skyline through binoculars pre-dawn (drove friends to O'Hare for a red eye), Vista's crane is now standing above 150 N Riverside. My skyline's about to get a big change.

marothisu · #**3954** Posted **Jul 17, 2018, 5:27 PM**

Crain's is reporting that a 10,640 sq ft condo on the 71st and 72nd floors is under contract now with an 8000 sq ft terrace. List price is $18.5M and they declined to name the buyer.

According to the developer, about 40% of the condos have sold, which is somewhere around 175 units sold now.

Hopefully the buyer is Jeff Bezos lol jk