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J_M_Tungsten · #**361** Posted **Nov 22, 2014, 10:27 PM**

Thanks for those rlw! This would really balance out the skyline from many angles.

joeg1985 · #**362** Posted **Nov 23, 2014, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by UrbanLibertine

Yeah I know, that's why I said that it was a backward view of the Site O rendering. Just not doable to flip the image using MS Office.

But the scale, location, and overall bulk of the building should be pretty comparable. So if you're driving up LSD, it could possibly look like 3 buildings.

Site O is the site next to Aqua, ps. Not this site. This is like sites J and H or something.

Yackemflaber69 · #**363** Posted **Nov 23, 2014, 7:55 PM**

one word......ugly

munchymunch · #**364** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 5:13 PM**

Reuters has an article saying that Wanda plans 150 hotels by 2018 and that they are raising 6bn to finance them. So I guess that's confirming that Spyguy is right about the construction timeframe.

The hotel brand is "Wanda Vista"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0J70LJ20141123

chris08876 · #**365** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 5:22 PM**

^^^

That is true. Along with plans in numerous Chinese Cities such as Beijing, Dalian, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, they also plan to have projects in the Middle East, and numerous U.S. cities such as good old Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, and a couple more. Hoping the NYC one is a supertall. In terms of the project schedule, he is most likely correct. They have a track record of getting stuff done when they say they will.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**366** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 6:56 PM**

Im sorry Chicago but that design is horrible...its disproportionate, awkward and down right gimicky. I Think Chicago deserves a design with real class and elegance. Think Shenzhen....Shanghai....designs.

UPChicago · #**367** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 7:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

Im sorry Chicago but that design is horrible...its disproportionate, awkward and down right gimicky. I Think Chicago deserves a design with real class and elegance. Think Shenzhen....Shanghai....designs.

its horrible for sure a total skyline destroying dud

munchymunch · #**368** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 7:31 PM**

I don't know about that.......

The Best Forumer · #**369** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 7:37 PM**

This is a nice tower. Kudos for Chitown.

Chicago_Forever · #**370** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

Im sorry Chicago but that design is horrible...its disproportionate, awkward and down right gimicky. I Think Chicago deserves a design with real class and elegance. Think Shenzhen....Shanghai....designs.

I thought the exact same thing the very first time I saw the design. It was a while after, upon seeing Ryan81's Google sketch, that I started warming up to it. However, I'm still not 100% sure about design until I see more refined renders. For me, I think the current color scheme is one of the main things that I don't like.

munchymunch · #**371** Posted **Nov 30, 2014, 9:40 PM**

I found this sexy version, seems like they messed up copying, but it looks better LOL.

The towers are opposite but it looks great, the name that is listed is "Wanda Towers"

http://onenineelms.com/wanda/

UrbanLibertine · #**372** Posted **Nov 30, 2014, 10:55 PM**

I'm not an architect so I don't know the terminology, but I think I would prefer a grayish look as opposed to blueish.

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

I found this sexy version, seems like they messed up copying, but it looks better LOL.

The towers are opposite but it looks great

http://onenineelms.com/wanda/

Steely Dan · #**373** Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 9:11 PM**

* many off-topic posts deleted *

please stay on topic folks.

LouisVanDerWright · #**374** Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

I found this sexy version, seems like they messed up copying, but it looks better LOL.

The towers are opposite but it looks great, the name that is listed is "Wanda Towers"

http://onenineelms.com/wanda/

This is a better looking rendering and it looks like they flip flopped the orientation of this building with the tallest portion now to the West instead of the east.

Another interesting thing to note about the form of this tower that I just now noticed is that each one of the "stacks" is staggered slightly more to the North as you go from east to west. This will add a considerable amount of interest to this design and is clearly to generate more corner views to the East down the river towards the lake.

Cyprose · #**375** Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 11:22 PM**

The staggering (likely) follows the angle of the street. This was also present in the previous renders.

But besides the flip in this new rendering also compare the top. It is no longer stretched compared to the lower sections and now matches them in story count. Height decrease or increase in ceiling heights on every floor?

munchymunch · #**376** Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 11:30 PM**

I wish there was a way to access wandavista.com. To bad the website doesn't work. This rendering is very strange though, it's from an official wanda website, and the surrounding buildings aren't flipped. I wish Wanda wasn't so shady......

sentinel · #**377** Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 11:39 PM**

even though it's just a different glass color, it's already a big improvement, imo.

Cyprose · #**378** Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 11:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

I wish there was a way to access wandavista.com. To bad the website doesn't work. This rendering is very strange though, it's from an official wanda website, and the surrounding buildings aren't flipped. I wish Wanda wasn't so shady......

I just tried layering this presumably new rendering over the older one in ps.

The angle of this new rendering is just a bit different then the older one. So this is something more then just a photoshop reworking of the blue render.

It also means that I can't figure out if this silver version is the same height or shorter. It depends on what assumptions you make with the slightly different angles. A more complex photogrammic analysis could do it, but without having a view of the full building this is hard.

munchymunch · #**379** Posted **Dec 2, 2014, 12:00 AM**

If you compare the middle section you can see the height difference between the renderings. This is definitely a different render, the tall section is a lot more visible in the new version than the old version. I remember when this first came out people thought this looked short, so who knows! Maybe this is the version that is 350 meters.

spyguy · #**380** Posted **Dec 17, 2014, 8:43 AM**

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...216-story.html

Chinese developer plans tower designed by Jeanne Gang of Aqua fame
By Kathy Bergen

Chicago officials are expected to announce this week that a Chinese developer is moving ahead with plans for an 89-story riverfront residential and hotel tower, to be designed by Chicago architect Jeanne Gang, according to sources close to the deal.

Beijing-based Wanda Group reportedly plans to invest $900 million in the project, which is likely to house an ultra-luxurious hotel, insiders say. For Chicagoans, it is the splashiest of deals being highlighted this week as U.S.-China trade talks get started here.

The project is expected to have an unusual profile — three interlocking, zigzagging high-rises, according to conceptual designs from the developer. At this point the entire cost of the project is not known.