A first look at the plans for our new Chicago office

by mattas on 12/13/2023, 4:53:05 PM with 40 comments

  • by riffic on 12/13/2023, 5:53:00 PM

    better than demolition but many are concerned about preservation:

    https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/12/08/thompson-cent...

    https://www.reddit.com/r/architecture/comments/17ahso9/demol...

  • by hedora on 12/13/2023, 6:05:22 PM

    Why are they investing in more office space?

    There’s a national glut, and this building could be put to better use.

  • by kelseyfrog on 12/13/2023, 7:21:45 PM

    What will happen to Jean Dubuffet's Monument with Standing Beast[1]?

    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_with_Standing_Beast

  • by freitzkriesler2 on 12/13/2023, 6:13:31 PM

    For government buildings it actually looks good. Compare that to Boston's government center abomination, this is refreshing. I'm glad Google is refreshing it and at least doing something to maintain it.

  • by CPLX on 12/13/2023, 6:22:25 PM

    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.

  • by zappb on 12/13/2023, 7:43:55 PM

    I wonder if the DMV will still have a presence there.

  • by carabiner on 12/13/2023, 5:57:15 PM

    This is funded by advertising dollars and hijacking the attention of humans. I'm sorry but I can't admire or celebrate this. It's all dirty money.