Tema: Chicago (EE.UU.): Smurfit-Stone Building

Smurfit-Stone Building

Chicago, EE.UU.


A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc.

Altura: 177 metros
Plantas: 41
Año de finalización: 1983
Arquitecto: A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc.
Otros: -The top of the building is oriented toward the lakefront, and is often said to resemble a sailboat.
-The building was originally planned to be 5 stories taller.
-Located at the northwest corner of Grant Park, on the former site of the John Crerar Library.
-The southeast section is cut away at the base, except for a triangular column containing a public stairway to the nearby Metra train station.
-The diamond-shaped slope is outlined with white light bulbs. Around holidays they used to be replaced with colored lights.
-The official count of 41 floors does not include 5 levels of unused space in the narrowest portion at the top of the diamond.
-The building appears to be split diagonally down the middle. The right and left sides are slightly disjointed, and at the top they are actually separated by a gap.
-The building's designer was Sheldon Schlegman of A. Epstein & Sons.
-Originally planned as One Parke Place, this was billed as the world's first computerized office building.
-The service cores are rotated 45° from the street grid, producing diagonally-oriented office floorplans which take advantage of the extraordinary southeast views.
-On special occasions the windows inside the diamond are lit in patterns spelling short messages or sports team names.
-A sculpture by Yaakov Agam used to occupy the triangular niche at street level. Called "Communication - X9", its colorful geometric patterns would change when the viewer walked past.
-This building was featured prominately in the 1987 motion picture "Adventures in Babysitting" starring Elisabeth Shue.

Lo mejor de este edificio es su singularidad, que lo hace reconocible en seguida en la esquina noroeste del Parque Millenium.

Aunque sea reflejado en La Alubia, digo la Puerta de las Nubes.

Los chicaguenses (si se dice así, que no lo se) y los de fuera con sentido del humor le llaman de otra forma. Yo no lo digo que me da vergüenza.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfit-Stone_Building
http://www.606mag.com/main.php?id=80
http://www1.fotolog.com/mividarueda/...6?locale=pt_BR

Ya lo pongo yo, que no gasto de eso que llamas vergüenza

An urban legend states that the building was designed to resemble a vagina

Este edificio me encanta, es que incluso a pesar de no ser "muy alto", creo que tiene la altura justa, está muy bien proporcionado, y esos reflejos cortados que ofrece son una preciosidad

Voy a buscar una foto suya que tengo de cuerpo entero

Ahí va la foto, desde el centro de Michigan Avenue

Siempre me llamó la atención, me gusta mucho, un 9

Uno de mis edificios "bajitos" preferidos, en un edificio del pixelcity me basé en él.

Otro de los clásicos de Chicago a pesar de no ser un supertall.