As we stated in our rundown of the top 11 things of 2011, higher education continues to fuel most of the development in the neighborhood. And not surprisingly it appears that this trend is continuing into 2012.Curbed Chicago has a very interesting post about a proposed high rise just North of Congress:
More university housing could be in the cards for the South Loop. Spyguy, Skyscraper Page's resident super-sleuth, has managed to score a rendering of the latest proposal. The rental tower was designed by Lothan Van Hook DeStefano Architecture LLC and is intended to serve students, faculty, and staff in the area. Its avant-garde design, quite a departure from Chicago's recent crop of buildings, consists of a series of stacked black cubes, each one precariously cantilevered over the one below.
While we're not 100% sure about the location, it looks like it would be on the Southwest corner of Wabash and Van Buren.
Not sure if this will happen, but it definitely would be one of the more interesting buildings to go up in Chicago.
(Image from SpyGuy!)
Like it a lot. I hope it becomes reality.
ReplyDeleteA building only an architect - or architecture critic, or architecture professor - could love...
ReplyDeleteWhat an eyesore! That building could not possibly be uglier. Someone was paid to "design" that?
ReplyDeleteI like the building. Hope it gets built and all you haters have to look at it everyday.
ReplyDelete- Not an architect, architecture critic, or architecture professor
copyright infringement against every baby playing with blocks that ever existed.
ReplyDeletei like it too. its totally a Mies design updated for the 21 century. say what you will about van der rohe's architecture but it fits into the loop skyline very well imo.
ReplyDeletealso not an architect, architecture critic, or architecture professor
Sweet!
ReplyDeleteWe need some forward thinking Architecture like this at the SW corner of Polk and Clark!!
ReplyDeleteI like it. Chicago has room for all kinds of architecture style, and this looks like a quality idea.
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