点评:As you drive north on Du Sable Lake Shore Drive, approaching Grant Park and the Museum Campus, two awesome structures immediately come to your attention, Soldier Field on the right and Aqua Tower on the left. Located at 225 North Columbus Drive, in the new and thriving Lakeshore East community, the 82-story Aqua Tower is a community of its own--hotel, offices, rental apartments, condominiums, parking. What? No restaurant? Acknowledged as one of the most influential buildings of the decade, Aqua Tower is the creation of noted architect Jeanne Gang and her Studio Gang. Completed in 2009 at a cost of $300 million, Aqua Tower's design was inspired by the stratified limestone outcroppings common in the Great Lakes region. The building was imagined as a vertical landscape made up of hills, valleys and pools. The mixed-use residential tower is 819 feet tall with 55,000 square feet of retail and office space. It has 215 hotel rooms from floors 1 to 18, 476 rental residential units from floors 19 to 52 and 263 condominium units and penthouses from floors 53 to 80. The building also features six levels of underground parking and an eight-story base with an 82,550-square-foot terrace with gardens, gazebos, pools, hot tubs, walking/running track and fire pit. The rooms are luxurious with an expansive terrace that allows residents to communicate with neighbors. Oh, did I mention the view? Talk about sitting on the 50-yard-line for a Bears game. Chicago's lakefront never looked so good.
翻译:当您沿着杜塞布尔湖滨大道向北行驶,接近格兰特公园和博物馆园区时,两座令人惊叹的建筑立即映入您的眼帘,右边的军人球场和左边的 Aqua Tower。82 层高的 Aqua Tower 位于新兴的 Lakeshore East 社区北哥伦布大道 225 号,是一个自成一体的社区——集酒店、办公室、出租公寓、公寓、停车场于一体。什么?没有餐厅?Aqua Tower 被公认为近十年来最具影响力的建筑之一,是由著名建筑师 Jeanne Gang 和她的 Studio Gang 打造。Aqua Tower 于 2009 年竣工,耗资 3 亿美元,其设计灵感来自大湖区常见的层状石灰岩露头。该建筑被想象为由山丘、山谷和水池组成的垂直景观。这座混合用途的住宅大楼高 819 英尺,拥有 55,000 平方英尺的零售和办公空间。酒店 1 至 18 层设有 215 间客房,19 至 52 层设有 476 间出租住宅单元,53 至 80 层设有 263 间公寓单元和顶层公寓。该建筑还设有六层地下停车场和八层楼的底层,底层设有 82,550 平方英尺的露台,露台上设有花园、凉亭、游泳池、热水浴池、步行/跑步道和篝火坑。客房豪华,设有宽敞的露台,方便居民与邻居交流。哦,我有没有提到风景?坐在 50 码线上观看熊队的比赛。芝加哥的湖畔从未如此美丽。