GP is featured prominently in Dezeen’s list of recently completed skyscrapers in Chicago, with 4 of the 9 towers designed by the firm, including 320 South Canal, One Chicago, Bank of America Tower (110 North Wacker) and 150 North Riverside.
Completed in 2022, 320 South Canal is Chicago’s healthiest office tower, a 51-story building located directly south of Chicago Union Station. The majority of the site—approximately 1.5 acres—is set aside as a public park. The building’s folded façade creates an ever-changing texture that reinforces the verticality of the building. At street level, east and west façades express V-shaped structural transfers, which open up the ground floor. In this way, the park becomes an integral part of the building, and the building serves as an extension of the park.
One Chicago, also completed in 2022, is located on a full-block site in Chicago’s River North area. Designed in partnership between GP and Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, the project totals approximately 2,200,000 square feet and includes 812 residential units, 55,000 square feet of office space, parking, and 188,000 square feet of retail, featuring a flagship Whole Foods Market, a premier Life Time fitness and wellness center, a restaurant, and a large roof garden on top of the podium.
Completed in 2020, Bank of America Tower is a state-of-the-art Class A office tower that totals 56 stories and 1,770,000 square feet. Interior space planning is enhanced by the five-foot setbacks along the river, providing the equivalent of 14 corner offices. To satisfy the city’s requirements, the design provides a 45-foot-wide riverwalk that is covered, but effectively open to the sky, 55 feet above. Three large, tree-like structural elements spaced 90 feet apart transfer out the tower columns along the river and further open the site.
150 North Riverside, completed in 2017, is located prominently at the confluence of the three branches of the Chicago River and less than one block away from one of Chicago's busiest commuter train stations. The 54-story office tower has a height-to-base ration of 20:1. The design utilized a unique core-supported structure with a very small footprint at grade and allows the majority of the two-acre site—more than 75%—to be a landscaped public park with pedestrian pathways overlooking the river.
For the full Dezeen list of recent Chicago skyscrapers, see https://lnkd.in/gPHygqTt.
