1620 South Michigan Avenue

Citation of Merit

  • Brininstool + Lynch
  • CMK Development Corp.
  • Consultants Infracon/IG Consulting; C.E. Anderson & Associates; WCW Engineers, Inc.; Environmental Group, Inc.
  • Division Residential
  • Location Chicago, IL
  • General contractor Bovis Lend lease

Photos

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1620 South Michigan Avenue photo #1
Photo: Darris Lee Harris, Padgett and Co.
1620 South Michigan Avenue photo #2
Photo: Darris Lee Harris, Padgett and Co.
1620 South Michigan Avenue photo #3
Photo: Darris Lee Harris, Padgett and Co.

Overview

Serenely organized and rectilinear to the nth degree, this condominium structure is nevertheless a dynamic object, its balconies projecting like ribs and its two towers (originally envisioned as separate buildings) seemingly sliding past one another. Jurors lingered over the organizational details of the structure, as if examining an Escher drawing in all its complexity. The two masses stand perpendicular to one another, giving one stellar views north to the Loop and the other pride of place along one of the South Loop's main thoroughfares.