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Apr 26, 2024 · Helmut Jahn (born January 4, 1940, Nürnberg, Germany—died May 8, 2021, Campton Hills, Illinois, U.S.) was a German-born American architect known for his postmodern steel-and-glass structures. After graduating from the Technische Hochschule in Munich in 1965, Jahn moved to Chicago to study at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), a ...
2 days ago · Helmut Jahn died in 2021, but his firm will handle big tech’s renovation of what was the state of Illinois’s administrative centre in Chicago. The State of Illinois Building, later renamed the James R Thompson Center after its commissioning governor, was the riotous postmodernist vision of Helmut Jahn for Chicago’s central business ...
May 7, 2024 · Work started the week of April 1 as construction equipment from Clark Construction was put in place and protective fencing was installed around the building’s perimeter and outdoor plaza. The Thompson Center’s Clark/Lake CTA L station, where six train lines converge, will remain open throughout construction. Thompson Center Redevelopment Jahn/.
Apr 25, 2024 · The famous architect's Springfield project. By James Krohe Jr. If you had asked cosmopolitan Springfieldians in 1990 or so to name the Springfield parking ramp designed by flamboyant German American architect Helmut Jahn, most would have pointed to the municipal ramp at Seventh and Monroe. As built in 1967, its louvered façade of precast ...
May 3, 2024 · 1. Rendering courtesy of Google by Pixelflakes. NBC Chicago is reporting on the start of planned demolition work for the Thompson Center in advance of a $280 million makeover that will turn the famed Helmut Jahn -designed building into a new office space for Google for 2026. Work will cover the exterior glass curtain facade and interior atrium.
May 6, 2024 · Designed by architect Helmut Jahn, the building was called the State of Illinois Center when it opened in May 1985 before being renamed for former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, who commissioned ...
May 8, 2024 · New renderings show an extensive overhaul of the Helmut Jahn-designed James R. Thompson Center in the heart of the Loop business district. In 2022, Google struck a deal to buy the Loop’s James R. Thompson Center in the heart of the Loop business district for a reported $105 million. In an announcement on Google’s The Keyword blog the tech ...
