Chicago Spire building site, Santiago Calatrava Tower North Lake Shore Drive project news, IL high-rise design

Fordham Spire Chicago Architecture

Skyscraper Development in Chicago, United States of America design by Santiago Calatrava architect / engineer

post updated September 23 2024

400 North Lake Shore Drive

Design: Santiago Calatrava, architect / engineer

Chicago Spire

Progress on hold – 2009

To become the tallest tower in the USA

Chicago Spire, Santiago Calatrava tower site – The aborted construction area photo taken on May 1, 2011, 09:58:

photo : Marcin Wichary from San Francisco, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Due to not only beat Chicago’s Sears Tower but also New York’s Freedom Tower

124-storey skyscraper

Height: 2,000 ft high

The Chicago Spire Hole photo taken on July 30th 2021:

photo : Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More details re the Chicago Spire online soon

Feb 2010

Mine the Gap – international ideas competition, Chicago
Chicago Architectural Club contest for empty Chicago Spire site

MINE THE GAP
Chicago Architectural Club: Chicago Prize

The Chicago Architectural Club is pleased to announce the 2010 Chicago Prize Competition: MINE THE GAP, a single-stage international design ideas competition dedicated to examining one of the most visible scars left after the collapse of the real estate market in Chicago: the massive hole along the Lake Michigan shore that was to have been—and may yet be—the foundation for a singular 150-story condominium tower designed by an internationally-renowned Spanish architect, a tower which was to have become a new icon for the city and region.

What to do with the gap? Whether or not the project is resuscitated, what else can we do with this strategic and highly-charged site? Once the motor of real-estate speculation has stalled, what can we use to propel ourselves, and the discipline, forward?

Chicago Spire site Competition

Prizes:
First Prize: $3,500
Second Prize: $1,500
Third Prize: $750
Up to 3 Honorable Mentions will be awarded

The results of this competition will be announced in May 2010, at a public event to be held in Chicago. All entries will be published in the forthcoming issue of the CAC Journal, alongside the results of the 2008 Burnham Prize Competition, Union Station 2020.

Deadline:
3 May 2010
Competitors may submit material online anytime between March 22, 2010 and May 3, 2010. Registration is open, and may be completed anytime before the deadline.

Entry Fee: Register Now
CAC Members $30 2010 dues must be paid before registering
Students: $50 Students must upload a copy of their current school identification card.
Professionals: $90

Santiago Calatrava – one of the world’s most celebrated architects

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Chicago Skyscrapers – Selection:

Aqua Tower

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Sears Tower Chicago modernization and hotel

image © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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Chicago Building Designs – architectural selection below:

110 North Wacker Drive
Architects: Goettsch Partners, Inc.

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110 North Wacker

777 West Chicago Avenue Building, 777 W Chicago Avenue
Design: Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) Architects

image : Solomon Cordwell Buenz Architects
777 W. Chicago Avenue Building