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De pin.it
860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments
Architect
Mies van der Rohe
Design team
Pace Associates; Holsman, Holsman, Klekamp and Taylor
Structural engineer
Frank J. Kornacker
Lighting designer
Richard Kelly
Contractor
Sumner S. Sollitt Company
Client
Herbert S. Greenwald; Robert Hall McCormick Sr. and Jr.
Project type
Building
Program / use
Residential
Style / movement
International StyleModernism
Materials
steelglassstoneconcretealuminium
Structure type
steel frame
Country
United States
City
Chicago
Year / period
1949–1951
Status
Built
Budget
5500000
Height (m)
82.3
Floors
26
GFA (m²)
40000
Site area (m²)
3140.48
Footprint (m²)
1292.3
FAR
12.74
CES
0.41
Reference no.
NRHP 80001344
Sources / bibliography
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Buildings at 860–880 Lake Shore Drive: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/b1a4efa1-0b55-4c14-b39c-d7182ca22b76
City of Chicago, 860–880 Lake Shore Drive landmark entry: https://webapps1.chicago.gov/landmarksweb/web/landmarkdetails.htm?lanId=1235
860/880 Lake Shore Drive Trust, Facts About the Buildings: https://860880lakeshoredrive.com/facts-about-the-buildings/
Council on Vertical Urbanism, 860–880 North Lake Shore Drive complex: https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/936
Architect Magazine, restoration of Richard Kelly's lighting: https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/lighting/the-restoration-of-860-880-lake-shore-drive-in-chicago-and-its-lighting_o
Étiquettes
Chicago LandmarkNational Register of Historic Placescurtain walltwin towerscooperative housing
Notes
Built 1949–1951; formal groundbreaking 17 December 1949. Associate architects: Pace Associates and Holsman, Holsman, Klekamp and Taylor. Original lighting design: Richard Kelly. Initially 271 apartments; 238 after later unit combinations. The complex has 26 stories above grade and 2 basement levels. Reported original project cost was USD 5–6 million; the budget field uses the USD 5.5 million midpoint estimate. Metrics are approximate: site area converts the documented 33,804 sq ft lot; footprint derives from two 107 × 65 ft tower plates; GFA of about 40,000 m² includes an estimate for the two near-full-site basement levels. Chicago Landmark, designated 29 April 1998; National Register of Historic Places, listed 28 August 1980 (ref. 80001344).
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