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Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection. The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool.
Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area. Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton Architects, it opened in July 2004.
Crown Fountain. Designed by Jaume Plensa and built by Krueck + Sexton Architects, Crown Fountain uses numerous design elements including water, light, and glass to create a unique meeting point and reflection space.
Jul 12, 2024 · The faces in the fountain: Millennium Park's Crown Fountain still watching over Chicago after 20 years Its two LED video-screen towers, designed by Spanish architect Jaume Plensa, showcase more ...
The two fifty-foot-high illuminated glass towers of Plensa's monumental Crown Fountain are united by a black granite skin pool measuring 232 feet long by 48 feet wide but only 1/8 inch deep.
Apr 23, 2014 · One of several fountains in Chicago’s Millennium Park, the Crown Fountain openly invites passers-by to splash around in the shallow reflecting pool and get soaked by the stream of water that ...
Crown Fountain is easy to find, it's located on the west side of the Millennium Park, near the corner of E Randolph and S Michigan Ave. The fountain is open during spring -- early fall months of the year: from May through October.
Sitting in Chicago's Millennium Park is Crown Fountain, a water sculpture featuring two 50 ft. towers and video of 960 residents who pucker and spout water.
The Crown Fountain is a “live” piece of art, and in its establishment has an agreement with the City, park founders and artist Jaume Plensa that it not display any images beyond the faces that were curated by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Chicago Illinois, a city famed for its bold architecture and deep-dish pizza has been home to the renowned Crown Fountain in Millennium Park since 2004.
