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Height
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To Tip:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element (i.e., including antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment).
362.9 m
/ 1,191 ft
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Architectural:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. This measurement is the most widely utilized and is employed to define the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) rankings of the "World's Tallest Buildings."
362.9 m
/ 1,191 ft
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Occupied:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building.
351.5 m
/ 1,153 ft
Floors
Above Ground
The number of floors above ground should include the ground floor level and be the number of main floors above ground, including any significant mezzanine floors and major mechanical plant floors. Mechanical mezzanines should not be included if they have a significantly smaller floor area than the major floors below. Similarly, mechanical penthouses or plant rooms protruding above the general roof area should not be counted. Note: CTBUH floor counts may differ from published accounts, as it is common in some regions of the world for certain floor levels not to be included (e.g., the level 4, 14, 24, etc. in Hong Kong).
101
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Official Name
The current legal building name.
Lakeshore East
Type
Complex
Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished
Completed
Country
City
Function
education / hotel / residential
# of Apartments
6,054
# of Hotel Rooms
795
# of Parking Spaces
3,754
Map of Buildings in Complex
Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.
List of Buildings in Complex
|
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The St. Regis Chicago | 2020 |
363 m / 1,191 ft |
101 | Residential / Hotel |
| 2 | Lakeshore East I Tower | 2026 |
290 m / 950 ft |
85 | Residential |
| 3 | Aqua at Lakeshore East | 2009 |
262 m / 859 ft |
86 | Residential / Hotel |
| 4 | 340 on the Park | 2007 |
205 m / 672 ft |
64 | Residential |
| 5 | 201 North Columbus | - |
196 m / 642 ft |
60 | Residential / Hotel |
| 6 | Cirrus | 2021 |
171 m / 562 ft |
52 | Residential |
| 7 | The Tides at Lakeshore East | 2008 |
152 m / 500 ft |
51 | Residential |
| 8 | The Regatta | 2007 |
146 m / 480 ft |
45 | Residential |
| 9 | Coast at Lakeshore East | 2013 |
142 m / 467 ft |
47 | Residential |
| 10 | The Shoreham | 2005 |
137 m / 450 ft |
47 | Residential |
| 11 | Cascade | 2021 |
123 m / 403 ft |
37 | Residential |
| 12 | The Chandler | 2008 |
118 m / 389 ft |
36 | Residential |
| 13 | The Lancaster | 2005 |
99 m / 324 ft |
30 | Residential |
| 14 | GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School | 2014 |
47 m / 156 ft |
10 | Education |
| 15 | 193 North Columbus | - |
- m / - ft |
N/A | Residential / Hotel |
CTBUH Awards & Distinctions
Best Tall Building, by Height, 300-399 meters 2022 Winner
2022 CTBUH Awards
Best Tall Building, by Function, Mixed-Use 2022 Award of Excellence
2022 CTBUH Awards
Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 2022 Award of Excellence
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About The St. Regis Chicago
Upon completion, The St. Regis Chicago became Chicago’s third tallest building and the tallest building within the mixed-use Lake Shore East development located near the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Proximity to the river and the city’s renown lakefront park system, as well as placement upon a north-south view corridor within the city’s street grid, provides for a high level of prominence for the mixed-use building. The reinforced concrete structure is composed of a series of stacked frustrum-shaped volumes moving rhythmically in and out of plane and extruded vertically into four sections extending to various heights.
The flowing form of The St. Regis Chicago’s volume is further accentuated through the façade’s gradient of colored glass, which combined with the spandrel covered floor slab edges, creates an enhanced visual texture for the exterior. As the building is set into an artificial grade change introduced by the adjacent three-level street system, public entrances are located at different elevations. The lowest level entrance along Field Boulevard provides the easternmost entrance for the city’s indoor pedestrian circulation network known as ‘The Pedway’, while the main entrances are located along the uppermost level of Wacker Drive, where two dedicated lobbies serve as the entries for the hotel and residential condominium components of the building. Between these lobbies, a public roadway passes through the structure, creating a pedestrian and vehicular link between Wacker Drive, the riverfront and the rest of the Lake Shore East development.
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Best Tall Building, by Height, 300-399 meters 2022 Winner
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