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Key Commercial Illinois Architecture Developments in USA: Real Estate News

post updated July 27, 2024

May 30, 2024
Salesforce Tower Chicago, Wolf Point, downtown Chicago
Architecture: von Weise Associates

photo : Jason O’Rear
Salesforce Tower Chicago office building

Apr 11, 2022
800 Fulton Market
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

photo : Dave Burk
800 Fulton Market, Chicago Building
The mixed-use office tower includes pandemic-responsive design features. The 326-foot-tall building leverages advanced capacity-monitoring technology and ample outdoor space to promote tenant safety, health and wellness.

Oct 15, 2020
110 North Wacker Drive
Architects: Goettsch Partners, Inc.

image courtesy of architects firm
110 North Wacker

Jan 27, 2020
Charles River Associates Chicago Office, One South Wacker Drive
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects

photograph © Andrew Bordwin
Charles River Associates Offices

Major Chicago Office Development

Key Chicago Office Building Designs, chronological:

Nov 2, 2018
777 W. Chicago Avenue
Design: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) Architects

image : Solomon Cordwell Buenz
777 W. Chicago Avenue Building
The new neighborhood extends Chicago’s downtown district and establishes a natural connection between The Loop, River North, Fulton Market, and River West.

Jun 15, 2018
150 North Riverside Office Building, West Loop
Design: Goettsch Partners

photo © Nick Ulivieri
150 North Riverside Office Building
Chicago-based developer Riverside Investment & Development celebrated the debut of the 150 North Riverside office tower, which opened for business in February, with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony today.

Mar 16, 2017
110 North Wacker Office Building
Design: Goettsch Partners

photo from architects
110 North Wacker Office Building
The Howard Hughes Corporation® received unanimous approval at today’s Chicago Plan Commission meeting for its future trophy-class office building to be built at 110 North Wacker Drive, in collaboration with Riverside Investment & Development, Goettsch Partners and CBRE – the development, design and leasing team behind the recently completed 150 North Riverside Plaza office tower.

Oct 7, 2016
Ansarada Workspace
Design: THOSE ARCHITECTS

photo from architects
Ansarada Workspace in Chicago
This is the next generation, Chicago workspace for Ansarada, the fast growing M&A financial data services company.

Sep 29, 2016
Zurich North America Headquarters in Schaumburg
Design: Goettsch Partners

photo © Steinkamp Photography
Zurich North America Headquarters in Schaumburg

Mar 28, 2016
World Headquarters for SRAM, Fulton Market
Design: Perkins+Will

photo © Michelle Litvin Studio
World Headquarters for SRAM
The world’s second largest manufacturer of bicycle components opens its new headquarters in a former cold storage warehouse. The 72,000-sqft facility promotes collaboration via a light-filled, open floor plan.

Jul 17, 2014
747 North Clark
Design: Ranquist Development Group

photograph : Marty Peters
747 North Clark Building

Key Recent Chicago Office Buildings

Illinois Office Architecture

This page contains a selection of major Chicago office building designs, with links to individual project pages. We’ve selected what we feel are the key Illinois offices buildings, but additions are always welcome.

Chicago Offices Architecture Designs, chronological:

Nov 20, 2013
Natural Resources Defense Council Office
Design: Studio Gang Architects

photograph : Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing
Natural Resources Defence Council Office
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s new Midwest Office raises the bar for sustainable spaces in the city. In addition to its LEED Platinum rating, the new NRDC office is the first project of its kind to meet the Living Building Challenge, a rigorous certification program that exceeds the environmental standards of the LEED system.

Dec 2011
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street
Design: John Ronan Architects

photo : Steve Hall of Hedrich Blessing
Poetry Foundation Building
Visitors enter the project through the garden, an urban sanctuary that mediates between the street and enclosed building.

Feb 21, 2011
Aqua Tower
Design: Studio Gang Architects

picture from architects
New Chicago Skyscraper design

Mar 2010
77 West Wacker Drive
Design: Ricardo Bofill – ‘Taller de Arquitectura

photo from Ricardo Bofill Architects
77 West Wacker Drive
The project for this 50-storey office block sought to favour the possibility of a panoramic view over the city, so that there is an evident predominance of glass on the façade while nevertheless avoiding the formulaic glass tower of arbitrary forms. The existence of the American tradition of skyscraper construction, with some especially attractive examples in Chicago, suggested the need to reestablish a dialogue between the classicism of stone and the high-tech of glass.

Chicago Office Architecture

Chicago Office Properties Architecture Designs, alphabetical:

Sears Tower modernization + hotel
Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

image © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Sears Tower Building Modernization

Spertus Insitute Jewish Studies, Michigan Avenue
Design: Krueck & Sexton

photograph : Bill Zbaren
Spertus Insitute Jewish Studies
This offices development is a signature architectural statement about the nature of Jewish culture, light and learning.