US firm Morris Adjmi Architects has designed a 43-storey residential skyscraper in Chicago with a "deeply expressive" facade that takes cues from the city's industrial past and the work of architect Mies van der Rohe.
The 480-foot (146-metre) building is located in Chicago's Fulton Market District ? a former meatpacking area that has undergone extensive redevelopment in the past few decades.
The Row is a residential tower designed by Morris Adjmi
The skyscraper was designed by New York's Morris Adjmi Architects, with interiors overseen by March and White Design (MAWD), which has offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. The building ? which has a blocky, L-shaped footprint ? holds 300 residential units and a range of tenant amenities, such as a fitness area, children's room and library.
The tower features gridded facades made of steel and glass
The ground level holds retail space, and the main entrance is located on Peoria Street.
Designed in homage to the area's industrial heritage and Chicago's "muscular and ubiquitous" elevated rail lines, the building has gridded facades made with steel and glass.
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