When the Chicago Spire will be competed on 2012, this high-rise building of 2000 feet high will be the second tallest building in the world. The building construction begun in 2007 and it has 150 floors with 81,470 square meter floor area. The buildingʼs 1,200 units can be used as a hotel, office and residential. This high-rise building has a futurism architectural style.
With the buildingʼs location at the edge of Lake Michigan, residents and guests of the hotel will be having incomparable views of the city and the lakefront. The Chicago Spire includes sustainable elements like the rainwater recycling systems used in landscape maintenance.
Designer : Santiago Calatrava via Associated Construction Publications