{"id":25429,"date":"2016-06-13T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T17:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=25429"},"modified":"2016-06-14T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T09:31:25","slug":"gensler-creates-new-supertall-skyscraper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2016\/06\/13\/gensler-creates-new-supertall-skyscraper\/","title":{"rendered":"Gensler creates a new supertall skyscraper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gensler, a global design firm, has created a new supertall Skyscraper<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0for the waterfront site in Chicago!\u00a0Called Gateway Tower, <\/strong>the building would house a mixed-use program, with condos, rental apartments, two hotels and tourist attractions.\"Gensler\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:\u00a0<\/strong>UNIQUE THINGS IN THE WORLD: ARCHITECTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS<\/a><\/p>\n

The conceptual tower is 610 metres\u00a0height, a\u00a0rectilinear tower that bends slightly as it approaches the ground.\u00a0Gensler created a large, supporting brace splays outward from the lower portion of building towards Lake Michigan. Similar to the iconic John Hancock Center by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in the city, the exterior of the glass tower would feature X-bracing.<\/p>\n

\"GenslerGensler intended to\u00a0offer a strong connection to the city, lakefront and Chicago Riverwalk, creating a tower able to capitalise on the\u00a0city\u2019s tourism dollars.<\/p>\n

\"Gensler\u201cOur solution was to create an anti-tower, one that was not designed purely as an object to look at but rather one that is engaging at different scales to the entire city, one that would welcome newcomers as it simultaneously embraces locals,\u201d Gensler principal Brian Vitale told Curbed.\"GenslerThe proposal for this building\u00a0features amenities such as\u00a0water taxi service, two entries to the Riverwalk and a Skydeck that would offer \u201cunparalleled views and premium experiences including a restaurant and sky garden\u201d, it will also include a funicular that would transport visitors from the ground to mid-level amenities.\"GenslerWe really hope you liked our article. Feel free to pin all the images to your favorite Pinterest board or to print it and use in your mood board. You can visit\u00a0DelightFULL\u2019s Inspirations<\/a> page\u00a0as well as our\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0boards in order to get more inspirations about lighting designs, mid-century modern style, unique things in the world and so much more.<\/p>\n

See also:\u00a0<\/strong>UNIQUE THINGS IN THE WORLD: ARCHITECTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>dezeen<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gensler, a global design firm, has created a new supertall Skyscraper\u00a0for the waterfront site in Chicago!\u00a0Called Gateway Tower, the building would house a mixed-use program, with condos, rental apartments, two hotels and tourist attractions. See also:\u00a0UNIQUE THINGS IN THE WORLD: ARCHITECTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS The conceptual tower is 610 metres\u00a0height, a\u00a0rectilinear tower that bends slightly as it approaches the ground.\u00a0Gensler created a large, supporting brace splays outward from the lower portion of building towards Lake Michigan. Similar to the iconic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":25434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[91,6291,2446,45],"tags":[222,6337,5637,6336],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}