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Wait they bought and are hyping up the State of Illinois building, that everyone use to call a giant glass toilet? Now I've seen everything. That building was
by CPLX 3y ago
Wait they bought and are hyping up the State of Illinois building, that everyone use to call a giant glass toilet? Now I've seen everything.
That building was a laughingstock of design when I was a kid, I had family members that worked there. If I recall correctly it also had a habit of popping glass panes out of the upper levels and having them rain down terror on unsuspecting pedestrians in the atrium.
- throwup238 3y ago> That building was a laughingstock of design when I was a kid, I had family members that worked there. What did they think about working in that building? I'll admit it's not the prettiest thing I've seen (and I can appreciate even brutalist buildings) but I don't see what's wrong with it. I imagine there'd be a lot more natural light
- CPLX 3y agoCompletely unworkable climate control and wild temperature swings. Blinding light at certain times of day that made it impossible to work. And of course the previously mentioned glass issue. I think it killed a couple people while under construction as well. It's got quite the history.
- amluto 3y agoIt does seem odd to build a building out of that much glass in a climate like Chicago’s.
- clint 3y agoWeird, I've always thought the Thompson center was a beautiful building and one of the best downtown. Many people I know also think the same.
- CPLX 3y agoIf you're looking down on it from one of the surrounding hi-rise office buildings it's indistinguishable from a toilet.
- cozzyd 3y agoIt's definitely a very polarizing building among people (not so much among architects... with a few exceptions) Here's a good documentary: https://vimeo.com/241413433 https://vimeo.com/241413433 Sadly Jahn was killed a few years ago in a bicycle accident.