Jahn/ lines a residential building in Chicago Michigan Avenue Presented by Phillip Castillo, FAIA, Excecutive Vice-President/Managing Director Jahn/ A quick scan of the Chicago skyline reveals a sea of glass curtain wall towers. For 1000M, a new residential building in the Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Jahn set out to design a building that sets itselfRead More
Built Environment – A Market Transformation Action Agenda Presented By: Holly Crilly, Director, Key Accounts, North America -WBCSD www.wbcsd.org Following our spring seminar this past June, titled Beyond Sustainability; the Path to Carbon Neutrality. This program is an introduction to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSB) and their global Action Agenda. LaunchedRead More
Lakhta Center Presented by: Ahmad Abdelrazaq, S.E., NAE, MASE, FCTBUH, RISE Global The lecture will focus on the Lakhta Center, at 462 meters, the tallest building in St. Petersburg and in Europe. The iconic shape of the tower is composed of five individual “leaves” or “petals” that twist and taper as they rise and rotateRead More
400 Lake Shore Drive Presented by: Ryan Culligan, AIA and Brad Young (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) Rising at the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, 400 Lake Shore Drive will reshape the skyline with two towers reaching nearly 900 feet, articulated with terraces that cascade down the eastern facades. Tapering in both planRead More
Save the Date - Annual Business Meeting This meeting is schedule to address all-member business items. This meeting will take place at: Waterview 350 W Wolff Point Plaza 15th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654 The committee meeting will start at the usual time 5:00 pm in the Waterview Lounge with drinks and appetizers. At 6:00 pm we willRead More
How Tall Can We build? Climatic Impact on Internal Pressures of Mega-tall Building Presented by: Mehdi Jalayerian, PE, Senior Principal, ESD now Stantec Consulting Services Inc. The climatic conditions at the top of a very tall building are cooler and drier than those at grade. While standard equations exist to describe upper-level climatic conditions forRead More
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Illinois Supreme Court Deciding a Routine Duty To Defend Insurance Coverage Case Presented by: Jeffrey S. Youngerman Esquire, of Flaherty & Youngerman PC On November 30, 2023 the Illinois Supreme Court rejected decades of lower court decisions refusing to find insurance coverage for general contractors, developersRead More
Chicago’s Most Intelligent Office Building & Embracing the Digitization of Real Estate: Navigating Smart Building Strategy Presented by:Mehdi Jalayerian, PE., Senior Principal, ESD now Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Thru Shivakumar, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Office, Cohesion The 151 North Franklin Street tower is prominently located in Chicago’s Central Business District, with easy walking access toRead More
Cairo Iconic Tower at CBD East Presented by Michael Palmer and Marius Ronnett of Perkins&Will The Iconic Tower under construction in Egypt east of Cairo is 385 meters tall and is planned to be the tallest building on the African continent. It is part of the Central Business District East within the New Administrative CapitalRead More
111 W. Monroe – Repurposing of 1910/1958 Office Buildings into Mixed-Use Residential & Hospitality Presented by: Joe Cliggott & Jesper Dalskov (Stantec Architecture), Bud Spiewak (Consentini), & Michael Justice (TGRWA) Proposed at 111 W. Monroe, The Monroe Residences and Hotel would create a mixed-use building in the heart of the LaSalle Street corridor. With StantecRead More
Design and Construction of Merdeka 118 Tower Presented by: Ahmad Abdelrazaq, S.E. NAE, MASCE, Fctbuh Managing Director/Founding Partner: Rise Global llc Merdeka 118 is a large-scale mixed development that consist of a 118-storey mega-tall tower, three high end residential towers and more than 130 000 m2 of high-end retail space. At the heart of thisRead More
