Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
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The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo-hotel under construction at 401 North Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois named for famed real estate developer Donald Trump. Slated for completion in 2009, it will be the second tallest building in Chicago and the second tallest building in the United States (unless the Freedom Tower in New York, or the Chicago Spire, just a few blocks east in Chicago, are completed first). The building will be 415 meters (1,362 feet) tall and contain 96 floors for various uses when completed. Despite ongoing difficulties, construction is proceeding.<ref>As Trump tower rises, worries pile up. Chicago Tribune (October 18 2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-20.</ref>
Current (as of May 16, 2006) sales center brochures[2] give the following overview: 2.6 million gross square feet; 90 stories; 472 super-luxury residential condominiums from studios to three bedrooms and up to five bedroom penthouses; 286 Five-star luxury hotel condominium guest rooms, one and two bedroom suites. The floors will be used as follows: Lobbies and retail; parking (3-12); health club & spa (14 & Mezzanine); hotel condominiums and executive lounge (17-27M); residential condominiums (29-85); and Penthouses (86-89).
The design of the building incorporates three setbacks to give it a visual continuity with the surrounding skyline<ref>Trump International Hotel & Tower. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (URL accessed 2 September 2006).</ref>. Each of the setbacks is designed to reflect the height of a nearby building: the first matches the Wrigley Building, the second setback aligns with the Marina City Towers, and the third setback matches the height of the 330 North Wabash.
The building will also break the record for the world’s highest residence, which has been held since 1969 by the nearby John Hancock Center. Note that since this building has both hotel condominiums and residential condominiums it will not contest the record recently set by the Q1 Tower on the Gold Coast of Australia which is 80 stories high as the tallest all-residential building.
The concrete subcontractor, The James McHugh Construction Co., is working closely with PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. on implementing a comprehensive formwork solution. The building will be the tallest formwork structure in the world. Concrete moulding is being used, because building designers felt that using a traditional ironwork structure would require a building footprint that would be too big for the property size, proportional to the height of the designed building. A revolutionary liquid concrete pump allows each additional floor to be poured by pumping concrete up several hundred feet to the elevating construction site.
Another one of the building's claims to fame is that the project is being managed by Bill Rancic, who chose the job as his prize for winning the first season of the television reality series The Apprentice.
[edit] History
When planning for this building began in 2000, it was originally announced that it would be the future world's tallest building. After the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, the plans were scaled down hundreds of feet to avoid be a potential target for similar terrorist attacks.
The tower is constructed on the site formerly occupied by the Chicago Sun-Times, one of the city's two major newspapers.
The building's design by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was first released in December, 2001. According to the Chicago Tribune, the company built nearly 50 models before they came up with a design they liked. However, the first design did not meet well with architects and the residents of Chicago. A subsequent revision in July, 2002 resulted in the current established design. In January, 2004, another revision changed floors 17 through 26 from offices into condominiums and hotel rooms.
Construction finally began on March 17th 2005.
[edit] Construction photographs
The Chicago Sun-Times building prior to demolition |
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[edit] Education
When the tower opens, if the school zoning boundaries do not change, the tower will be served by the following Chicago Public Schools campuses: Ogden School and Wells Community Academy High School.
[edit] See also
- List of buildings
- List of skyscrapers
- List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- World's tallest structures
- Buildings named "Trump International Hotel and Tower"
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago Official website
- Trump Organization
- Satellite Map
- Emporis.com page—includes an extensive pictorial history of this property.
- PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. PERI's Formwork Solution
- Height comparisons of various structures.
- Chicago Tribune webcam of the construction site.
