Never built Helmut Jahn
Just picked up a Helmut Jahn book published in 1986. It was only 5 bucks..woohoo!! What I found most interesting were the projects that were never built. All photos by Keith Palmer.
Humana Building 1982 Louisville http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/...cf97a08b_b.jpg The Humana Building design was later utilized for a project in Durban, South Africa. Block 37 1983 Chicago Two early renderings http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/...36330220_b.jpg The final design included a 300,000 square foot shopping mall. Inspired in part by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. No comment on what eventually became of this space. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/...c331a1d5_b.jpg Bank of the Southwest Tower 1982 Houston Helmut actually presented seven designs for the tower. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/...30f7b5e0_b.jpg The final design http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/...0b20034d_b.jpg 60 Wall Street 1983 New York Three different designs were offered. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/...1f03035d_b.jpg The final contextual rendering http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/...cc222d92_b.jpg San Diego Convention Center 1984 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/...b8c9b301_b.jpg Broadway and 52nd Street 1985 New York http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/...447cc295_b.jpg South Ferry Plaza 1985 New York http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/...3fc8558b_b.jpg Television City 1985 150 story tower http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/...df271da6_b.jpg Ten Columbus Circle 1985 New York 1,275 feet tall http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/...face4989_b.jpg |
Its such a shame that Houston tower never got built, we would have the most damned impressive skyline in America for sure.
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I'm a Helmut Jahn fan. I like his facades. His building designs rely more on facade detail than other features like massing and shape.
That one in Houston would have been 1,352 feet if I remember correctly. That sure does look like Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany which was also designed by Helmut Jahn. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/...b8c9b301_b.jpg |
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Good catch... I thought this design looked a lot like 'the pencil' tower in Frankfort. Yet the book had no mention of the Frankfort project. Instead, this photo was on the page listing the San Diego Convention Center. I just assumed it was another recycled project similar to what he did with the Humana Building in South Africa. |
Helmut Jahn: The Starchitect that Never Was...
Seriously, its a shame that, for some reason, Jahn never exploded into the mainstream in the way that other Starchitects did. I mean he really was one of the few that did PoMo right and continues to turn out excellent modernist buildings these days. I don't know why his popularity never really took off, but its a shame. |
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Somewhere I have a book of Jahn's sketches, which are phenomenal.
I'd put Jahn's work up there with anybody out there. |
Ah, 1980's conceptual skyscrapers, can't get enough of them! Thank you for these!
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^Agreed. THAT is the South Ferry proposal I really liked.
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Cover Browser He'll never be a Gehry (one could argue that's a good thing), but he's still respected and gets commissions around the world. Why else would he have been asked to design two towers for City Center alongside KPF, Vinoly, Libeskind, Foster, Pelli? |
A friend of mine used to work for Lucien Lagrange, and said that the office once went bowling against Jahn's firm. She told me that Mr. Jahn is a bit intense.
I read an interview once that stated that he signs all of his drawings with a brown ink pen (a really expensive pen, though I can't remember what kind). And anytime somebody in his office gets licensed, he gives them one of these pens. I always thought that was pretty interesting. My older sister remembered the story and when I got licensed, bought me a really expensive pen with brown ink. I only use it to sign my drawings and for nothing else. *totally unrelated to the topic at hand, but he is one of my favorites* |
I think there's a reason many of these were never built...I'm sorry to say the Houston one is pitiful, a rip-off of One Liberty Place in Philadelphia. :yuck:
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Double post, why I don't know...
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When I saw the proposal for block 37 in Chicago, I immediately thought of the tower on 59th and Lex. I scrolled down and saw that you had the same thought. I love that tower. |
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