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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
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City
Function
education / hotel / residential
# of Apartments
6,078
# of Hotel Rooms
1,114
# of Parking Spaces
4,097
Map of Buildings in Complex
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List of Buildings in Complex
CTBUH Awards & Distinctions
Best Tall Building Americas 2010 Award of Excellence
2010 CTBUH Awards
CTBUH Initiatives
Chicago Future Leaders to Tour Vista Tower (Sold Out)
8 August 2019 - Event
2019 Tall Building Predictions for the Year to Come
22 January 2019 - CTBUH News
Videos
17 October 2016
Dense Downtown vs. Suburban Dispersed: A Pilot Study on Sustainability
This research is focused on quantitatively investigating and comparing the environmental and social sustainability of people’s lifestyles in terms of embodied energy, operational energy use,...
Research
11 October 2019
A New View, and a New Gateway, for Chicago
Jeanne Gang & Juliane Wolf, Studio Gang
Upon completion, Vista Tower will become Chicago’s third tallest building, topping out the Lakeshore East development, where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan. Occupying a...
Videos
17 October 2016
Dense Downtown vs. Suburban Dispersed: A Pilot Study on Sustainability
This research is focused on quantitatively investigating and comparing the environmental and social sustainability of people’s lifestyles in terms of embodied energy, operational energy use,...
27 October 2015
Three Points of the Residential High-Rise: Designing for Social Connectivity
In this presentation we discuss the terms “exo-spatial design,” “solar carving,” and “bridging” as strategies for creating more socially connective tall buildings. As a typology,...
17 September 2014
It is widely accepted that the concentration of people in denser cities – sharing space, infrastructure, and facilities – offers much greater energy efficiency than...
16 September 2014
Blades of Steel: Understanding the Limits of Metal Façade Design
Metal claddings frequently skin our tall buildings. They provide the texture and shine that help distinguish one glass tower from the next. Like the fabric...
19 September 2012
Embodied Carbon and the Case for Longevity
The sustainability and longevity of today’s tall buildings is an often-neglected subject. Embodied carbon can be used as a metric for making important decisions regarding...
11 October 2011
Architecture and Engineering as One
Integrating and even celebrating the structure of a building through the architectural design often leads to dramatic and memorable buildings. To achieve the best outcome...
21 October 2010
Thursday 21st October 2010. Jim Loewenberg of Magellan Development and Bruce Lake of McHugh Constrcution are interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2010 CTBUH Awards...
25 October 2006
Materials Process and Tools: Towards the 'Particular'
Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects focuses on technology’s role in the design process for the Aqua tower at the CTBUH 2006 Chicago Conference held in...
Research
11 October 2019
A New View, and a New Gateway, for Chicago
Upon completion, Vista Tower will become Chicago’s third tallest building, topping out the Lakeshore East development, where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan. Occupying a...
08 August 2017
Having designed the 262-meter Aqua in Chicago, which completed in 2009, Jeanne Gang, principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects, received considerable attention for what...
01 June 2016
Three Points of the Residential High-Rise: Designing for Social Connectivity
In this paper we discuss the terms “exo-spatial design,” “solar carving,” and “bridging” as strategies for creating more socially connective tall buildings. As a typology,...
26 October 2015
Three Points of the Residential High-Rise: Designing for Social Connectivity
In this paper we discuss the terms “exo-spatial design,” “solar carving,” and “bridging” as strategies for creating more socially connective tall buildings. As a typology,...
08 August 2017
Ten Significant Tall Buildings, and the Significant Women Behind Them
Recently, there has been a growing and overdue recognition in the architecture discipline that women are under-represented, not just in terms of leadership positions held,...
02 June 2017
Dense Downtown vs. Suburban Dispersed: A Pilot Study on Urban Sustainability
This paper presents the initial findings of a ground-breaking two-year CTBUH-funded research project investigating the real environmental and social sustainability of people’s lifestyles in a...
17 October 2016
Dense Downtown vs. Suburban Dispersed: A Pilot Study on Urban Sustainability
This paper presents the initial findings of a ground-breaking two-year CTBUH-funded research project investigating the real environmental and social sustainability of people’s lifestyles in a...
16 September 2014
It is widely accepted that the concentration of people in denser cities – sharing space, infrastructure, and facilities – offers much greater energy efficiency than...
31 December 2009
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2009
Trump International Hotel & Tower named tallest building completed in 2009; Successful year for the American high-rise. Over half of all buildings 200m or taller...
28 October 2019
History of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete in Skyscrapers
Unbonded post-tensioned (PT) concrete has become a widely-accepted construction technique in the United States. The introduction of PT in tall buildings has been relatively recent,...
CTBUH Initiatives
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8 August 2019
The CTBUH Chicago Future Leaders Committee will lead a tour of Vista Tower, which upon completion will be the tallest Chicago building designed by a woman.
22 January 2019
2019 Tall Building Predictions for the Year to Come
Check out our monthly predictions based on our industry intelligence to see what trends and milestones will shape the industry in the year to come!
14 December 2018
CTBUH Staff Reaches New Heights at Chicago's Vista Tower
To bring a successful year to a close, CTBUH staff enjoyed an extensive tour of the under-construction Vista Tower, a residential and hotel development in Chicago's Lakeshore East.
22 August 2018
CTBUH Study Examines Tallest Buildings with Dampers
CTBUH has released a Tall Buildings in Numbers (TBIN) interactive data study on the world's tallest buildings with dampers.
16 November 2017
“Living Tall” Asks: “What Will Make Tall Buildings More Livable?"
The third installment of the CTBUH / Chicago Architecture Foundation’s (CAF) joint skyscraper lecture series brought together a diverse group of tall building experts.
20 May 2016
CTBUH Hosts China Government Delegation
CTBUH was honored to host a delegation of government officials from the Shanghai Huangpu District People’s Government.
30 October 2015
Chicago Regional Tour
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured Chicago and its architectural marvels. From recently constructed skyscrapers to the modern marvel of Willis Tower, which held the tallest title for 25 years.
17 September 2015
Warm Weather Spaces Walking Tours 2015
The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings.
29 January 2015
Seven Cities Winter Spaces Walking Tour
The new CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized a highly successful Winter Spaces Walking Tour in seven cities around the world.
1 February 2014
Study on Sustainability Implications of Urban + Suburban Location
CTBUH is conducting a research study aimed at understanding the contributing factors of “sustainability” in both urban and suburban contexts.