Chicago Spire - The Skyscraper Center

Facts

Official Name	Chicago Spire
Structure Type	Building
Status	Never Completed
Country	United States
City	Chicago
Street Address & Map	400 North Lake Shore Drive
Postal Code	60611
Building Function	residential
Structural Material	steel/concrete
Proposed	2005
Construction Start	2007

Companies Involved

Owner/Developer	Shelbourne Development
Architect
• Design	Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers
• Architect of Record	Perkins+Will
Structural Engineer
• Design	Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers; Thornton Tomasetti
• Peer Review	BuroHappold Engineering
MEP Engineer
• Design	Cosentini Associates; BuroHappold Engineering
Other Consultant
• Acoustics	BuroHappold Engineering
• Civil	BuroHappold Engineering
• Façade	BuroHappold Engineering
• Fire	BuroHappold Engineering
• Foundation	Case Foundation
• Geotechnical	BuroHappold Engineering
• Life Safety	BuroHappold Engineering
• Wind	BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.; RWDI

CTBUH Initiatives

Mine the Gap Competition
15 May 2010 – Event Report

Videos

A Monument to the World: Dubai Creek Tower
21 Oct 2018 – Santiago Calatrava, Calatrava International

Monthly Video: Turning Torso
15 Jan 2016 – Santiago Calatrava, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers

Interview: Santiago Calatrava
12 Nov 2015 – Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers

Videos Related to Chicago Spire

A Monument to the World: Dubai Creek Tower
21 Oct 2018 – Presentation at CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference; Santiago Calatrava, Calatrava International
The Dubai Creek Tower’s monumental design is influenced by the natural forms of the lily and evokes the shape of a minaret, a distinctive architectural feature in Islamic…

Monthly Video: Turning Torso
15 Jan 2016 – Monthly Video Series; Santiago Calatrava, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers
Thursday 12th November 2015. Chicago, IL. Santiago Calatrava discusses the 2015 CTBUH 10 Year Award Winner, Turning Torso during the 2015 CTBUH Awards Symposium at the…

Interview: Santiago Calatrava
12 Nov 2015 – 2015 Awards Ceremony/Symposium Interviews; Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers
Santiago Calatrava, Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2015 CTBUH Tall Building 10 Year Award Winner,…

Interview: Adrian Smith
26 Oct 2015 – 2015 New York Conference Interviews; Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Adrian…

Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal: Geotechnics for the World’s Tallest
7 Nov 2013 – CTBUH "12th Annual Awards"; Clyde N. Baker, Jr., AECOM
Clyde Baker has performed geotechnical engineering for seven of the 16 tallest buildings in the world, and a major portion of the high-rise buildings built in downtown…

Interview: Fazlur Khan Winner: Clyde Baker
7 Nov 2013 – 2013 Awards Ceremony/Symposium Interviews; Clyde N. Baker, Jr., AECOM
Clyde N. Baker, Jr., Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal Winner, discusses his lifetime work as a geotechnical engineer including working on 7 of the 16 world's…

Fazlur Kahn Lifetime Achievement Medal: A Lifetime’s Engineering Collaboration
18 Oct 2012 – CTBUH "11th Annual Awards"; Charles Thornton & Richard Tomasetti, Thornton Tomasetti
The partnership between Charles Thornton and Richard Tomasetti has provided the backbone for many of the most dramatic and innovative tall buildings around the world.…

Tall and Supertall Buildings: Structure and Skin Performance
5 Feb 2010 – Presentation at CTBUH 2010 Mumbai Conference; Joe Burns, Thornton Tomasetti
There are many challenges and opportunities in designing the structure and skin of high performing tall buildings. Examples from different regions highlight responses to…

Chicago Spire: Technical Twisting and Turning
22 Oct 2009 – Presentation at CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference; Richard Tomasetti, Thornton Tomasetti
For the best part of a decade, Asia eclipsed the U.S. as the leader in the world’s tallest buildings. In the mid-2000s, however, a number of U.S. cities once again…

Interview: Chicago Spire
22 Oct 2009 – 2009 Chicago Conference Interviews; Richard Tomasetti, Thornton Tomasetti
Richard Tomasetti of Thornton Tomasetti is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Richard talks…

Fire Engineering Supertall: A New Approach to Escape
5 Mar 2008 – Presentation at CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Martin Kealy, Schirmer Engineering
Martin Kealy from Schirmer Engineering addressed some of the main fire protection engineering challenges associated with designing the tallest structures in the world at…

Browse hundreds of other videos from Council events including conferences and interviews with prominent tall building professionals in the Video Library

Research Papers

Debating Tall: A Supertall Future in the US?
27 Jan 2012 – CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I