Lakeshore East

Chicago
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
Demolished

Under Construction

Country

United States

City

Chicago

Function

education / hotel / residential

# of Apartments

6,078

# of Hotel Rooms

1,114

# of Parking Spaces

4,097

Map of Buildings in Complex

Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.

 

List of Buildings in Complex

Rank
Building Name
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
Demolished
Completion
Height
Floors
Material
Use
1 Vista Tower
2020 362.9 m / 1,191 ft 101 concrete residential / hotel
2 Lakeshore East I Tower
2023 289.6 m / 950 ft 85 N/A residential
3 Aqua at Lakeshore East
2009 261.8 m / 859 ft 86 concrete residential / hotel
4 340 on the Park
2007 204.9 m / 672 ft 64 concrete residential
5 201 North Columbus
- 195.8 m / 642 ft 60 concrete residential / hotel
6 193 North Columbus
2022 182.9 m / 600 ft 55 concrete residential / hotel
7 Cirrus
2021 171.4 m / 562 ft 52 concrete residential
8 The Tides at Lakeshore East
2008 152.4 m / 500 ft 51 concrete residential
9 The Regatta
2007 146.5 m / 480 ft 45 concrete residential
10 Coast at Lakeshore East
2013 142.2 m / 467 ft 47 concrete residential
11 The Shoreham
2005 137.2 m / 450 ft 47 concrete residential
12 Cascade
2021 122.9 m / 403 ft 37 concrete residential
13 The Chandler
2008 118.5 m / 389 ft 36 concrete residential
14 The Lancaster
2005 98.8 m / 324 ft 30 concrete residential
15 GEMS World Academy - Chicago, Lower School
2014 47.4 m / 156 ft 10 concrete education

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...

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

CTBUH Research Project: The Sustainability Implications of Urban + Suburban Locations – Initial Report

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

Interview: Aqua Tower

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...

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...

08 August 2017

Birds, Planes and Bio-Blitzes

Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects

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

Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects

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

Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects

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

Leading Women in Tall Buildings

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

Antony Wood & Peng Du, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

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

Antony Wood & Peng Du, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

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

CTBUH Research Project: The Sustainability Implications of Urban + Suburban Locations – Initial Report

Peng Du & Antony Wood, CTBUH

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

CTBUH Research

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

Neel Khosa, AMSYSCO

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,...

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.