Hyatt Center (Chicago, Il) : View along the east flank at base
- Creator:
- Cobb, Henry Nichols, 1926-
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, renamed 1989 - Published/Created:
- 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2002-2005 - Physical Description:
- 679 ft (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 8/5/2006
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- glass
steel - Notes:
- A 48 story building completed in 2005; the first skyscraper in Chicago completed after the 9/11 attack. A previous plan for the same site, a 60 story building called the Pritzker Tower to be designed by Norman Foster was scrapped immediately after 9/11. Pei Cobb Freed & Partners' striking elliptical steel and glass design is reminiscent of Tour EDF, a skyscraper in Paris, France designed by the same firm. The building features extensive landscaping both inside and outside from bamboo groves, complete with fountains, lining the modern lobby to lush green grass in raised curved stone planters that surround the building. The Hyatt Center also contains art panels by Keith Tyson and a trompe l'oeil mural by Ricci Albenda.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist
Twenty-first century - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-CH-PHC-A4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
office buildings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present) construction buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Three
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/15/2006 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10156121
- PID:
- digcoll:1832768