Brunswick Building

  • 客户 Dearborn And Washington, Chicago
  • 专业知识 商业, 结构工程
  • 地区 北美
  • 地点 Chicago, Illinois, United States

项目概况
  • 完成年份 1965
  • 设计完成年 1961
  • 尺寸 占地面积: 1 acres 建筑高度: 475 feet 楼层数: 35 总建筑面积: 825,111 square feet
  • 合作者 George A. Fuller Construction Company
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项目概况
  • 完成年份 1965
  • 设计完成年 1961
  • 尺寸 占地面积: 1 acres 建筑高度: 475 feet 楼层数: 35 总建筑面积: 825,111 square feet
  • 合作者 George A. Fuller Construction Company
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Located directly opposite the Chicago Civic Center Plaza, the Brunswick Building represents an early collaboration between three men synonymous with Chicago’s skyline: Myron Goldsmith, Bruce Graham, and Fazlur Khan. The Brunswick utilizes a tube-within-a-tube structural system. Rigid, hollow tubes make up the core and perimeter, bracing the building and allowing column-free interiors. Variations of this system would later give rise to the John Hancock Center and Sears Tower.

Widely spaced columns at the building’s base create a large, open space, which connects the building to the streetscape and gestures toward the Chicago Civic Center’s open plaza across the street. The building’s functional areas include connections to the subway and Civic Center; a ground floor plaza with a lobby, exhibits, and mechanical equipment; storage and rental areas; and corporate offices. A Joan Miró sculpture was erected in the neighboring plaza in 1980.

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