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Ignite, Reinventing Thompson Center, Chicago

Helmut Jahn's work at the Thompson Center creates a fantastical world of color, texture, form, bathed in sunlight. This project attempts to preserve this unique space, while adding two new towers to the site. . . hopefully preserving Jahn's colorful constructivist magic.

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Winka Dubbeldam

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5y ago

very conventional, not exciting.... very large massing for the site

Julie Caruso 5y ago

Brilliant beautiful and practical

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