| Calatrava Tower Redesigned, To Reach 160 Stories
A redesign was announced of the Santiago Calatrava-designed
condominium tower in Chicago that will now rise 160 stories,
a 36-floor addition from the most recent plan. The building's
square footage has increased to 2 million sq. ft.
The tower, named the "Chicago," will no longer have
a 400-ft.-tall spire/antenna at its top or a hotel or retail
at its base, as originally planned.
The building will now hold only condominiums, and plans call
for 1,300 of them.
The new design eliminates a parking structure that had previously
been proposed for the site, in favor of locating all of the
parking underground. A one-acre plaza with landscaping will
adjoin the tower, which will sit on the Chicago River.
Two bridges were proposed for the site. A bridge across the
Chicago River-designed so it can pivot to accommodate water
traffic-will connect the plaza with the lakefront bicycle
trail to the south. A second bridge, on the north side of
the Spire, will span Ogden Slip and connect the site and the
bicycle trail to DuSable Park.
Other proposed enhancements for DuSable Park include a pavilion
and boat landing.
Chicago's Department of Planning and Development has begun
to review the plan. Dublin-based Shelbourne Development Group
Inc. is the developer.
Calatrava's initial design for the project, undertaken for
Chicago-based The Fordham Group, was unveiled in May 2005.
Shelbourne has since taken ownership of the 2.2-acre site
for the tower.
Goettsch's Cliggott Gets Kudo For Sustainability, Volunteering
A Chicago architect known for promoting sustainability in
high-rise buildings has been selected to receive the Dubin
Family Young Architect Award from the Chicago chapter of the
American Institute of Architects.
Joseph Cliggott, senior associate of Chicago-based Goettsch
Partners, is the 2006 winner. Cliggott, 35, joined Goettsch
Partners in 1997. He served as Project Architect on both the
UBS Tower and 111 S. Wacker buildings in Chicago. Both have
been honored in AIA Chicago's Design Excellence Awards program.
Cliggott is an active volunteer who mentors Chicago teens
interested in architecture careers. He also serves on the
Chicago Architecture Foundation's Architectural Advisory Board,
which is helping the Chicago Public Schools update a 50-year-old
drafting curriculum.
In addition to the Young Architect Award, AIA Chicago also
presented
Walter Netsch with a special lifetime achievement award.
A gifted designer, Mr. Netsch is credited with many significant
works of architecture, including the Air Force Academy Chapel
in Colorado Springs and the Inland Steel Building in Chicago.
AIA Illinois Releases Honor Awards 2006
The Springfield-based Illinois Chapter of the American Institute
of Architects announced its winners of its honor awards for
design and service.
The Louis Sullivan Honor Award-the highest overall honor
for a project-went to the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago and Lucien
LaGrange Architects Ltd.
The Sullivan recognizes a completed design, plan or initiative
that has helped to create a livable community.
The Daniel Burnham Honor Award went to University Village
in Chicago and Wight and Co.
Citations of merit went to the Illinois Medical District at
Springfield and RTKL Associates Inc. and Edgewater Community
in Chicago and Greene & Proppe Design Inc.
The Burnham recognizes the design or implementation of master
plans that enhance the natural and built environment of a
community. It also recognizes the achievements of projects
that through master planning, design or implementation of
a master plan enhance the natural and built environment of
a community.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Honor Award went to the Millennium
Park Bicycle Station in Chicago and Muller & Muller Ltd.
A citation of merit went to Wentworth Commons Apartments in
Chicago and Harley Ellis Devereaux. A special recognition
went to the Marion Cultural and Civic Center in Marion, Ill.,
and White and Borgognoni Architects, P.C.
The Wright award recognizes the design, renovation or preservation
of a single building and its enhancement of the natural and
built environment and recognizes the achievements of a project
that through the new design or preservation of an individual
building enhances the natural and built environment of a community.
The Mies van der Rohe Honor Award went to the Heart Hospital
at SwedishAmerican in Rockford and Perkins + Will.
A citation of merit went to Erie on the Park in Chicago and
Lucien LaGrange Architects Ltd.
A special recognition went to 111 S. Wacker in Chicago and
Goettsch Partners and Perspectives Charter School in Chicago
and Perkins + Will
The van der Rohe recognizes projects that demonstrate innovation
in overall concept design or detail.
Crombie Taylor Honor Award went to Metropolitan Capitol
Bank in Chicago and OWP/P.
A citation of merit went to New Holland Affordable Apartments
in Danville and Melotte Morse Leonatti Ltd.
The Crombie Taylor recognizes projects that through preservation
and restoration have enhanced the natural and built environment
of a community.
The AIA also presented service awards.
The Gold Medal, the highest honor, went to John Syvertsen,
president of Chicago-based OWP/P.
The President's Award went to Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency in Springfield.
It is given to a nonmember group, institution or organization
demonstrating extraordinary achievements in advancing livable
communities and promoting the understanding, appreciation
and progress of the profession of architecture at a significant
level in Illinois.
The Charles W. Nothnagel Award went to Mike Rogers, architect
and construction project manager of Oak Brook-based McDonald's
Corp.
It recognizes the exemplary dedication to public service of
an Illinois architect.
The Buckminster Fuller Award went to Peter Lind of Lind
Associates Professional Corp.
It recognizes the exemplary dedication to humanitarian concerns
or social justice of an Illinois architect.
Nathan Clifford Ricker Award went to Anne Sullivan, an instructor
with the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
It recognizes the dedication and talent of architecture educators
in Illinois.
John Wellborn Root Award went to Lilija Celazis of Facilities
Design Group.
It recognizes the exemplary design talent or noteworthy service
of an Illinois architect who has been licensed for 10 years
or less.
HOK Honored for Helping Green America
The 15-year commitment of St. Louis-based Hellmuth, Obata
+ Kassabaum to sustainability has been honored by the U.S.
Green Building Council with the "Organizational Excellence"
award in the 2006 USGBC Leadership Awards program.
A pioneer in sustainable design since the early 1990s, HOK
was the first large design practice to join USGBC, and the
firm's sustainable leaders helped develop the first LEED
rating system.
HOK has continued to provide leadership in the LEED program
and USGBC organization at both the local and national levels.
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In 2005, HOK sustainable design principals assumed leadership
roles in the Gulf Coast Reconstruction charrettes-conducted
at Greenbuild 2005-that led to the production of the "The
New Orleans Principles" and subsequent publications
to guide rebuilding efforts.
The first firm to achieve 100 LEED Accredited Professionals,
HOK boasts more than 430 LEED APs located in North America,
Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The firm has designed
11 LEED certified projects and 40 others pursuing certification.
Additionally, HOK has adopted an unprecedented policy to
apply LEED (or BREEAM) principles to every project-whether
or not the client has requested it.
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