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Lake Point Tower is a high-rise residential building located on a promontory of the Lake Michigan lakefront in downtown Chicago, Illinois , just north of the Chicago River. It rises somewhat apart from the urban cluster of downtown Chicago in a composition that sets off and punctuates the skyline. The building is also the only skyscraper east of Lakeshore Drive . The designers were John Heinrich and George Schipporeit , designing under the firm name of Schipporeit and Heinrich, who were students of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe . It was completed in 1968 , is over 600 feet tall, and was the highest Apartment Building in the world at that time. It is known for its unusual and graceful form and subtle color, perhaps bronze, perhaps olive green, which reflects light in sometimes brilliant, sometimes soft, and always eye-catching ways. 'The building's plan is composed of three equal prongs extending from a central core, and alights atop a masonry podium. The exteriors of the prongs are gently curved, giving the exterior of the building a rich, gleaming form. It is often described as having been inspired by a study model of a curvilinear high-rise building made by van der Rohe during the early phase of his career, but is much taller than that proposed building, more regular in form, and its exterior glass curtainwall is tinted. The reputations of the architects of the building are associated almost entirely with this magnificent structure. SEE ALSO Tallest Buildings In Chicago REFERENCES |
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