![]() The foundation incorporates 70,000 tons of steel as well as 200,000 cubic yards of concrete while seven underground floors rest right over it. The roof height was altered from 444 meters to 472 meters up to the top of the water tank. Later, single sleek tower eliminated a couple of wider towers to minimize the impact of the built form on the migratory birds. The site was previously zoned for a tower composed of 35 floors and another of 55. The idea was to build a very slender, elegant building in this skyline“, the architect commented on his project in the New York Times. ![]() “Nobody is saying it has to be the highest building in the country. The endmost design eliminated the commercial aspects and converted it into a residential obelisk of 1194 units. Primary design initiated a semi-commercial complex accommodating 250 hotel condominiums, 1200 luxury apartments and a sky observation deck consolidating the broadcast antenna at the top. The 610 meters high spire was deemed to be the tallest building in North America by the year 2012, consisting of 150 floors. The swirling façade was artistically schemed to pay homage to the ancient Americans as well as to deflect the infamous gusts of Chicago wind. The concept of the spiraling tower was conceived from the smoke, emerging from the native Indian campfires along the edge of Lake Michigan. With this simple gesture of turning one floor a little past another, you can achieve this form”. Santiago Calatrava once said in an interview with Chicago Sun-Times in 2005. “I know that Chicago is an Indian name, and I can imagine in the oldest time the Native Americans arriving at the lake and making a fire, with a tiny column of smoke going up in the air. The design got continuous revisions as per requirements of the city’s authority and the resultant structure came in a much wider and blunt form, interestingly replicating a standing drill bit. Being the first windy-city project of Calatrava, the original design served its name through a slender tower elegantly tapered upwards to penetrate the clouds with a needle. The development initiative halted due to a literally sky-piercing budget and got buried afterward under the 76 feet deep grave. Chicago Spire, the iconic twizzling edifice by Santiago Calatrava has finally entered to the museum of unconstructed dreams in Chicago, also known as the ‘birthplace of skyscrapers’ among the tallest buildings in the world.
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