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Structure-ID: s0000247
Created on: 05/19/99
Modified on: 10/04/06


Marina City

Built: 1959 - 1964
Status: in use
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Marina City
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Function / usage:
Apartment building
Parking garage / Car park

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Bertrand Goldberg
Structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Bertrand Goldberg Associates

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height 179 m
Cost
  cost of construction US$ 36 000 000

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External LinkarchINFORM: Marina City English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Marina City English
External LinkMarina City (Mary Ann Sullivan) English
External LinkWikipedia: Marina City English
External LinkWikipedia: Marina City German
External LinkWikipédia: Marina City French
External Link维基百科: 馬里納城 Chinese

Relevant Literature
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 58-59.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 60-61.
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 303.
* Margolius, Ivan   Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 62-63.

 
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