Posted Nov 27, 2009, 4:45 PM
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Chicago carpetbagger
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville
Posts: 662
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See, I think the juxtaposition is exactly why it should go there. I love the contrast to Sears *cough* [Willis] and quite frankly, I think it speaks to the effort to reinvent the Tower. And let's face it, it needs reinventing. I like the idea that it will capture Sears effects on wind and help to cut it's environmental impact.
To me, Willis is at its best from a distance, the way it looms over the entire city, and from the base, it's brutalist verticality. This tower does nothing to hinder either of those.
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