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Structure-ID: s0000248
Created on: 05/19/99
Modified on: 12/31/04


Lake Point Tower

Completed in: 1968
Status: in use
Address: 505 N Lake Shore Drive
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Lake Point Tower
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Function / usage:
Apartment building

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect George Schipporeit
Original drawings Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Structural engineer John Heinrich

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Design Schipporeit-Heinrich Associates

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
façade  glass
building structure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height 197 m

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Relevant Literature
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 60-61.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 62-63.
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 302.

 
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