111 South Wacker Drive is an office tower in Chicago. Completed in 2005 at 681 feet (208 m), the 51 story blue-glass structure is one of the tallest in the city. It sits on the site of the former U.S. Gypsum Building.
77 West Wacker Drive
77 West Wacker Drive, previously the United Building, is an office building in the Chicago Loop. It was finished in 1992. The building rises to a height of 668 ft (204 m) with around of interior space. The building, with 51 floors, was designed by Ricardo Bofill. It was formerly known as the RR Donnelley Building. In 2007, the building became the corporate headquarters of United Airlines.
Ricardo Bofill
Ricardo Bofill, also Ricard Bofill Leví () (born December 5, 1939) is a Spanish architect. He works for Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. Bofill was born into a family of builders in 1939 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied at the Barcelona University School of Architecture and graduated from the School of Geneva.
At the age of seventeen Ricardo Bofill designed his first project, a summer home in Ibiza, and by twenty-three became lead architect of el Taller. Bofill has created over 1000 projects to date in over 50 countries.
Harbor Point (skyscraper)
Harbor Point Condominiums is a residential and commercial building in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on Lake Michigan. It was built in 1972. Standing nearly with 54 floors, it is one of the tallest buildings in Chicago. It is located near Navy Pier.
340 on the Park
340 on the Park is a residential tower in the Lakeshore East development of the neighborhood of New Eastside/ East Loop Chicago. It was completed in 2007. The building was surpassed by 55 East Erie as the tallest all-residential building in Chicago. It is currently the second tallest all-residential building in Chicago (One Museum Park being the current tallest) at 672 feet (205 meters) with 62 floors.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower (BCBS) is located on the north end of Grant Park along E. Randolph Street at the NE corner of Randolph and Columbus Drive, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the headquarters of Health Care Service Corporation.
155 North Wacker
155 North Wacker is a 48-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois designed by Goettsch Partners and was developed by the John Buck Company. It is 638 feet (195 m) tall. It has received LEED silver pre-certification.
35 East Wacker
35 East Wacker, also known as the Jewelers' Building, is a 40-story historic building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located at the intersections of Wabash Avenue, and facing the Chicago River. It was built from 1925 to 1927. It was co-designed by Joachim G. Giaver and Frederick P. Dinkelberg.
Tribune Tower
The Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is the home of the "Chicago Tribune" and Tribune Company. It stands at 462 feet (141 m).
The buildings in known for having pieces of famous landmarks across the world including; the World Trade Center, the Berlin Wall, Lincoln's Tomb, the Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, and The Alamo.
Pittsfield Building
The Pittsfield Building, is a 38-story skyscraper located at 55 E. Washington Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA, that was the city's tallest building at the time of its completion. The building was designated as a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002.
Carbide &amp; Carbon Building
The Carbide & Carbon Building is a Chicago landmark located at 230 N. Michigan Avenue. The building, which was built in 1929, is an example of Art Deco architecture.
It was designed by Burnham Brothers. The architect was Daniel Burnham. The Carbide and Carbon Building was originally home to the regional office of Union Carbide and Carbon Co., which later became Union Carbide Corp. The skyscraper was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 9, 1996.
It was built as a skyscraper office tower. The building has 37 floors and is tall. The top of the building is covered in pure gold. It is also modeled as a wine glass to show a resistance against the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
Boeing International Headquarters
The Boeing International Headquarters (colloquially known as the Boeing Building and formerly known as the Morton International Building) is a 36-floor skyscraper located in the Near West Side of Chicago. The building has been made the corporate headquarters for Boeing, which decided in 2001 to move to Chicago from Seattle.
55 East Erie Street
55 East Erie is an all-residential skyscraper in Chicago. It is at 647 ft (197 m). I was designed by Fujikawa Johnson & Associates and Searl & Associates Architects. It is 56 stories tall. The building was completed in 2004. It is the fourth-tallest all-residential building in the United States after Trump World Tower in New York City, One Museum Park in Chicago, and the nearby 340 on the Park completed in 2007 in Chicago.
Waldorf Astoria Chicago
The Waldorf Astoria Chicago, formerly the Elysian Hotel Chicago, is a luxury hotel located at 11 East Walton Street in the Gold Coast area of Chicago, Illinois. Construction began in 2006 and was open in 2010. It stands at 686 ft (209 m).
Joe Viskocil
Joseph "Joe" Viskocil (December 21, 1952 – August 11, 2014) was an American visual effects artist. He had over 80 credits between 1974 and 2014. His movie credits include "" (1977) "" (1980), "The Terminator" (1984) and "" (1991). For "Independence Day" (1996), he won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997.
Viskocil died on August 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California from complications from multiple organ failure, aged 61.
Home Insurance Building
The Home Insurance Building was a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first building to be called a skyscraper. It was also the first tall building to be supported, both inside and outside, by a fireproof metal frame. It used to stand at 138 ft (42 m). William Le Baron Jenney designed the building.
The Home Insurance Building was built in 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was the first tall building to use structural steel in its frame. Most of its structure was made of cast and wrought iron. While the Ditherington Flax Mill was an earlier fireproof-metal-framed building, it was only five stories tall.
The Field Building, later known as the La Salle Bank Building and now the Bank of America Building, built in 1931, now stands on the site. In 1932, owners placed a plaque in the southwest section of the lobby reading:
One Magnificent Mile
One Magnificent Mile (or One Mag Mile) is a mixed-use high-rise tower located in Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in 1983 at the northern end of Michigan Avenue on the Magnificent Mile. It stands at 673.01 ft (205 m).
181 West Madison Street
181 West Madison Street is a skyscraper in Chicago. Built in 1990, the building is 680 feet (207 m) tall and has 50 floors. It is architect Cesar Pelli's first and only completed tower in the city. The building was originally proposed to be 2,000 foot (610 m), but the size was reduced due to the stock market.
330 North Wabash
330 North Wabash (formerly IBM Plaza also known as IBM Building and now renamed AMA Plaza) is a skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is at 330 N. Wabash Avenue. It was designed by famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (who died in 1969 before construction began). The 52-story building is overlooking the Chicago River. It stands 695 feet (211,8 meters).
Civic Opera House (Chicago)
The Civic Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. It is part of a building which contains a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings, known as the Civic Opera Building. This structure opened on November 4, 1929 and has an Art Deco interior.