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The contemporaine is one of the most beautiful free designs in Chicago in the past 30 years. The use of raw cement, glass, see though drive up parking and location is as asset to the North River area and Chicago. Good Work!!!!!!!!!!!!
The IIT Student Center by Koolhaas should have made the list.
"The IIT Student Center by Koolhaas should have made the list."
...the wrecking ball list.
Love all of them. Keep pushing the limit with material/style and mix in green technology to make the modern building a symbol of the future of architecture not a relic of the past. Keep up the quality.
Can we nominate a wrecking ball for the now-under-construction Trump Dump on the River?
I believe that good architecture should ask you to interact as well as create visual interest. With that in mind, add the Harold Washington Library to your demo list, as it makes me want to run away as well as shield my eyes.
I agree, the IIT Student Center by Koolhaas should have made the modern masterpiece list... and the "Trump dump" on the wrecking ball list!
was the Pritzker music Pavilion already hit by the wrecking ball?
Other than the MCA, all the buildings appear to have merit. I noticed that there was no emphasis on a building being "green" or LEED, which was disappointing to me. That really raised my opinion about the Comer and 111 S. Wacker--both of which are more environmentally friendly. I also felt many buildings were missing from your lists that deserve consideration, such as 1 S. Dearborn, 340 E. Randolph, the Center on Halstead, IIT Student Center, Erie on the Park, the bike center at Millenium Park, and Johnson's charter school on State and Ogden, as well as many others. The MCA, however, stinks! I don't understand how it even got close to consideration. Besides, it was build in 1996. That's too long ago in my judgement.