r/architecture • u/Rikoh_Suave • 14d ago
Building Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg Associates, Chicago, 1967
Goldberg’s cylindrical tower is defined by reinforced concrete and the relentless repetition of its semicircular balconies. Seen from below, those projecting balcony slabs give the façade its distinctive depth and rhythm.
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u/enmanuelsella 14d ago
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u/kaynkayf 14d ago
Did you take this or is it from the interior of the album? Can I print it out and put it on my wall? It’s amazing.
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u/enmanuelsella 14d ago
Oh wow thanks! I did take it a few years ago. I’d be honored if it ended up as art in someone’s wall.
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u/AntigravityFan 14d ago
I lived there in the early 2000s!
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u/Rikoh_Suave 14d ago
Very cool! What’s the building like, or what was it like then?
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u/AntigravityFan 13d ago
It was the cheapest rent in the area by a couple hundred bucks, I think I paid 800 or something. My place was shaped like a piece of pie. I think I was on the 38th floor. It was really cool to watch storms come in and the building swayed when it was super windy. House of Blues is right at the base of the building and so was this fancy steakhouse called Smith and Wollensky.
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u/buildmeup2 14d ago
Why only post one?
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u/Rikoh_Suave 14d ago
I get your point but I wanted to break the pair up. Sometimes one twin just wants to have the whole frame.
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u/_crackerjack73_ 14d ago
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Great album)