Thompson Center (a.k.a. Illionis State Office Building) - CHICAGO

Completed in 1985, by Helmut Jahn.:cool: 308 ft. [94m.] (17 floors)

Some Facts from Skyscrapers.com:
- The building's bold design by Helmut Jahn was commissioned by four-term Illinois governor James R. Thompson, after whom the building is named.
- Built around a giant cylindrical atrium with a sloping skylight on the roof and a glass wall on its southeast side.
-Contains state government offices, a post office, a rapid transit station serving five train lines, shops, sculptures, a free public art gallery, and a blood donation center.
- Many people compare the building's shape to a spaceship. The front side is a huge curve that sweeps around half a city block, and a futuristic glass cylinder extends from the roof over the atrium.
- Inside the atrium are glass elevators with round glass ceilings, and two levels of retail with a food court.
- Blue glass, salmon-pink panels, red structural elements, and pink granite give the interior and exterior an eye-catching color scheme.
- A two-story arcade encircles the base, with granite panels covering round columns on the street side. Isolated columns with these panels continue around the plaza's perimeter, getting smaller toward the corner.

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Very unique and futuristic!
But it looks fat and short.
I think it doesn't go well with the others tall skyscrapers around it

9/10

7.5/10

Funky and massive!
Do you consider it a skyscraper?

7.5/10

Since it is over 12 floors, it would have qualified as a scraper in s.com. ;) I too gave it 7.5 for the interesting design.

6.5/10...Interesting but F-A-T.

Yeah. It's wide and looks out of place.

It would be more in place as part of a cultural precinct with other cultural structures. Or in the middle of a large, mega park.

Due to its width it doesn't look its full 308ft/94m.

Still, I like it. Lots of glass, light, nice finishes and colors.

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8/10

it looks interesting

6/10. If only it were taller...

8/10
very special, unique

Awesome! 8.5/10

Wow, it doesn't look 94 meters at all!! 7/10

8/10 Very cool!

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for 1985, this was progressive. 8.5/10

interesting and unique but a bit too unique so i give it a 6

8/10 Nice shiny building

Outside is nice. Looks like an radarstation, but the inside is so ugly the construction (that metal) is overloaded/overfulled. 6/10

Another fine architecural Chicago piece. 8.5.

9/10
amazing!

Very unique !! 9/10

eeeeeyyiikkeesss 4/10

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8.5/10

Quite unusual appearance. 9/10

A unique design inside and out, but a bit bulky.

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7/10 ;)

Really interesting, but too short ;) 8/10

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8/10

Looks like a spaceship.

8/10

not tall but great 9/10

very,very unique and i like it! 9/10

7/10

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7/10

It's hardly a skyscraper... 8/10

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9,5/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

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8/10 nice

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