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Originally Posted by J_M_Tungsten
This is the page I got it from: http://www.cgarchitect.com/2012/02/j...go-residential , but I just now read that page. It doesn't sound promising for this design, but someone has to know something out there regarding this, right?
"I did the CG on this project in late 2011. I can finally share it, as the office I was working for at the time, DeStefano Partners, is no longer around. So, no, this project will not be moving forward--at least not looking like this. This 111 West Wacker project has a lot of news and hubub circling it, but your guess is as good as mine as to what will be built there in the hopefully near future. Regardless of what the ultimate and final design is, it will be better than the shell of concrete that rests there now. The site has been an eye sore on Chicago's river for nearly four years. Enjoy! Below are some additional renderings for the project."
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It sounds like this guy doesn't know what the hell he is talking about. Just because the firm that did the design work on this has dissolved doesn't mean the design won't be built. If Related paid for these plans they own the plans now and the dissolution of the firm that made the plans will not affect that. If Related owns the rights to these designs they can build it. Also, it's not like they went bankrupt. They split up into a domestic and an international firm. That means the rights to these plans probably stuck with the domestic firm.
This may or may not be exactly what it ends up looking like, but, fact is, the breakup of DeStephano has abso-fucking-lutely nothing to do whether this is the design that gets built or not.
That said, this is Related we are talking about, they are going to pick the most baller design they can even if it's not this one.