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Two students of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, George Schipporeit and John Heinrick, designed Lake Point Tower, in part inspired by one of their teacher’s conceptual projects. The skyscraper is one of the first to be constructed with curving glass walls and was at the time of its construction the world’s tallest apartment building. Meis Van der Rohe himself has no projects in the list of 150.
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Comments (4)
Mies van der Rohe's name is misspelled.
Posted by meg | February 13, 2007 1:01 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 13:01
Thanks Meg. I fixed it.
Posted by Andy | February 13, 2007 1:57 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 13:57
Great choice and one of the few primarily residential buildings on the list. There is not bad view in the place.
Posted by Lisa | February 13, 2007 9:10 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 21:10
Although both George Schipporeit and John Heinrich were trained at IIT, and Mr. Schipporeit worked in Mies's office for three years in the 1950s, Lake Point Tower's design development had nothing to do with Mies's 1920s glass skyscraper projects. This red herring has been repeated over and over since it was asserted in Architectural Record's cover story on the building in 1968. The curved plan came out of site constraints and program requirements--the first design was for a cruciform tower, later reduced to the three lobes to cut the number of units from 1200 to 900.
Posted by Edward Windhorst | March 9, 2007 1:02 PM
Posted on March 9, 2007 13:02