333 Wacker Drive, Chicago

Related people

John P. Schooley Jr. (was created by)
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) (was created by)

Date

1979-83

Description

This building marks the northwest corner of Chicago's "Loop" and is located at 333 Wacker Drive, near the Chicago River. "The main feature of this office tower is the great blue-green curve of glass that it presents to the northwest, as the Chicago River splits into its Northern and Southern branches... The rear of the building has to adhere to the city's street grid, and does so with a parallelogram marked by notches that create more offices with coveted corner windows. Toward the top the two shapes are reconciled when six floors of the arc bend a little more sharply and intersect with the square form behind." --http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1059/333_Wacker_Drive.php

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