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Chicago SpireDownload Project Factsheet
Facts
Official Name Chicago Spire
Type building
Status Construction Stopped
Country United States
State Illinois
City Chicago
Street Address / Map 400 North Lake Shore Drive
Building Function residential
Structural Material composite
Start of Construction 2007
Figures
Height: Architectural 609.6 meter / 2000 feet
Height: Occupied 568.5 meter / 1865 feet
Height: To Tip 609.6 meter / 2000 feet
Floors Above Ground 150
Floors Below Ground 7
Tower GFA 85,470 m² / 919,991 ft²
Companies Involved
Developer Shelbourne Development
Design Architects Santiago Calatrava;
Santiago Calatrava
Associate Architect Perkins + Will
Structural Engineers Thornton Tomasetti;
Buro Happold
MEP Engineer Cosentini
Other Consultants RWDI;
BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd.
Videos
Interview: Richard Tomasetti
R.Tomasetti (Thornton Tomasetti), CTBUH Chicago Conference
Chicago Spire: Technical Twisting and Turning
R.Tomasetti (Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.), CTBUH Chicago Conference
East Coast / West Coast Tall - Commonalities and Differences
C. Manus (Heller Manus Architect), CTBUH Chicago Conference

News Articles
Broker seeks buyer for Chicago Spire debt
Chicago Real Estate Daily, 2013-03
Audio slideshow: Chicago's doomed spire
BBC, 2011-05
Sleeping Giants: The World's Top 10 Scrapped Skyscrapers
FlavorWire, 2010-12
Spire's Likely Demise a Blow to Chicago Architecture
Chicago Tribune, 2010-10
Filling the Chicago Spire Hole-With a Load of Whimsy
Chicago Tribune, 2010-05
Round Two: Filling the Chicago Spire Hole
Chicago Tribune, 2010-02
Chicago Spire Awaits the Next Twist
Chicago Tribune, 2009-10
Lending Freeze Tests Skyscraper Optimism
Architectural Record, 2008-10
Modest Beginnings for a Skyline Icon
Chicago Tribune, 2008-09
Towering Ambition
Chicago Magazine, 2008-05