Tag: Architecture

The Chicago City Council has approved construction of the Fordham Spire (via Signal vs. Noise).

I take back what I said about it last year. I’m not totally sold on it. But it’s growing on me.

From CNN:

A proposal to build a new 115-story building by 2009 could give Chicago claim to having the first and second tallest skyscrapers in the country.

The 2,000-foot tower, proposed by Chicago developer Christopher Carley and designed by noted architect Santiago Calatrava, would go up along the city’s lakefront near Navy Pier, northeast of the Loop.

What a horrible place to put a skyscraper. Its design and location are totally out of context. It reeks of ego.

Trump Tower now looks somewhat respectable.