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Chicago Spire – Chicago, USA

The Chicago Spire is a partially constructed supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. Its construction was put on hold in 2008 due to economic reasons. The building was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and is being developed by Garrett Kelleher of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc. If completed, at 2000 feet (609.6 m) and with 150 floors, it will be among the world's tallest buildings and freestanding structures. Originally announced in July 2005 by Christopher T. Carley of the Read more [...]

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What Can Architecture Learn From Nature?

A leaf unfolds, its parts self-assembling from a slurry of nutrients, using ancient blueprints encoded on a molecular level to spread into a photosynthesizing, thermal regulating, pest-resistant and water-repelling surface. Our greatest technologies look mild compared to such simple, integrated eloquence. To modify an adage from Arthur C. Clarke, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from life. Life has had millions of years to finely-tune mechanisms and structures (such as Read more [...]

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