190 South Lasalle - Chicago
1987
40 floors
175 meters

190 South LaSalle is another very-1980’s skyscraper, with its beige exterior and faux gabled roof. But what it lacks in originality, it more than makes up for in height. It appears to be a very tall château complete with small rose windows in the gables and arched one-story windows capping the vertical window elements, unifying them into a single form. Perhaps too much effort was spent emphasizing the verticality of these windows, as their proportions make it look like some kind of ritzy high-rise jail. It is most notable, however for the fact that this was John Burgee’s first skyscraper in his native Chicago.

http://www.tjbc.com/images/190SLaSalle.gif

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Images/TheLoop/190SouthLaSalle-001.jpg

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Images/TheLoop/190SouthLaSalle-002.jpg

i'd be able to rate it better if there were more pics:)

I was looking at skyscrapers.com and i saw this one which i had never seen before. this was a surprise, i love this building! i couldnt get a good one with the base, but i will look later, i give it a 10

btw, if the second picture doesnt work, right click on it and click on show picture, thats wut i had to do

yuck. 4/10

Here are some more pictures. The gabled roof was architect Philip Johnson's homage to the Masonic Temple, an 1891 skyscraper in Chicago that was torn down during the Depression.

Some may not like it because it doesn't look modern, but you would have to know the street that this building is on. You can't build a modern-looking building on south LaSalle Street, it would look very out of place.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2001/05/105331.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2001/04/127535.jpg


the lobby, with its $1 million gold leaf ceiling:

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2000/12/126652.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2000/12/129000.jpg

whoa, those pics are awesome

8/10

I love the concept of this building, and I particularly like the variation in the window design. Awesome!

this is the building that the roof was designed to resemble (demolished)...

http://patsabin.com/illinois/masonic.jpg

oh no! :puke:
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Bleh :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

7/10

The ugliest building in Chicago :down:

5.5 bland coloring.

7/10

"Georgian" building, it has a house roof

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it looks ok

This building is great. 9.

I think it just looks OK .. 7/10

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hmm very interesting..8/10

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7.5/10 ;)

Cheap copy of classic scrapers :down: 4/10

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Oh dear. Looks like a highrise prison. Chicago has MUCH better buildings than that! 4.5

Obviously Chicago has better scrapers but this one is really ugly 5.0

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Very nice top !

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7. Regards.

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http://www.emporis.com/building/190southlasalle-chicago-il-usa

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2001/04/127535.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2001/05/105331.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2010/08/775741.jpg

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