LAKE SHORE DRIVE APARTMENTS

Lake Shore Drive apartments

ADDRESS : 880 N Lake Shore United States

ARCHITECT : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

AREA : 4856 m²

YEAR BUILT : 1949

BUILDING TYPE :glass-and-steel apartment

Architectural style : Moderne

860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin

pair of glass-and-steel apartment tower

 Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the

Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
860–880 LAKE SHORE DRIVE APARTMENT

860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin

pair of glass-and-steel apartment
towers.

Lake Shore Drive along Lake

Michigan in the Streeterville
neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

 Construction began in 1949 and the

project was completed in 1951
 The towers were added to the National
Register of Historic Places on August 28,
1980, and were designated as Chicago
Landmarks on June 10,

modern International Style as well as essential

for the development of modern High-tech
architecture.
 SITE PLAN

The two 29-story Esplanade Apartment

towers, are located between Walton Place
and Delaware Place on Lake Shore Drive.

 Mies was careful to integrate them with the

landscape by positioning them against a
spacious grassy lawn.

The 900/910 buildings are much like their

predecessors at 860/880 N Lake Shore
Drive, as they are also positioned
perpendicular to one another.

 Their relationship to Lake Shore Drive

differs however in that the north building is
set much farther from it, providing a more
open landscape.

 A cor-ten steel sculpture by Richard Hunt

titled ”Fox Box Hybrid” sits on this lawn.
 Recognition
•The buildings were finished in 1951 and
were featured in a 1957 article in Life
Magazineon Mies.

•In 1996 they became the first buildings

designed by Mies van der Rohe to
receive Chicago Landmark Status.

•The glass towers have been on the

National Register of Historic Places
since 1980.

•In June 2005, the United States Postal

Service included the towers in the
commemorative stamp program,
Masterworks of Modern Architecture,
wherein they were listed as one of the “12
outstanding examples of modern
buildings
 STRUCTURE

•The strong vertical emphasis

of 860 is due to the narrow vertical I-beam rails,

•Which rise from the second floor to the roof

line, welded to the columns and mullion.

•buiidings are divided into five bays and

the short sides into three bays, each bay
twenty-one feet wide.

•steel-framed buildings hadto be fireproofed with

two inches of concrete all around the structural
steel.

•The twenty-two-story building has reinforced

•concrete frame with the columns exposed on
all elevations.
 FIGURES AND STATISTICS

•The twin towers are 26 stories high.

•The buildings are 46 feet apart.

•The steel skeletal frames rest on a 21-foot grid and

are uniform in their design.

•The building was originally designed for 860 to

contain 90 three bedroom apartments and 880 to
hold 158 one bedroom apartments.

• Many of the units have been combined to enlarge

living spaces
 •lake Shore Drive
of Chicago River, the
south border (right)
of the Near North
side
Streeterville and
north border (left)
of Chicago Loop
•View of Lake Shore Drive at
the edge of Lake Michigan
crossing the Chicago River

•Viewed from Near North •860–880 Lake Shore •Looking up at mullions

Side looking north Drive
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
•A two-story condo in the 860-880 Lake •880 interior.j2 bedroom living room with a
Shore Drive building. view.

•A dramatic round window is a focal point in the

private dining room at Brookdale Plaza Lake Shore
Drive.
 AVAILABEL SERVICES

•floor-to-ceiling picture windows [ thick plate glass set in

specially-designed aluminum frames ]
•clean radiant heating-noexposed radiators
•thermostatic heat control
•optional air conditioning
•electrical ranges
•sliding doors
•individual storage lockers
•self services elevators
•outdoor parking facilities

FACILITIES AND FEATURES

•doorman,both buildings
•valet shop
•receiving room services
•window washing
 AREA OF SET BACK
SITE (SQ. M FRONT BACK SIDE 1 SIDE 2
)
Row
housing

up to 50 1 - - -

50-100 1.5 1.5 - -

100-150 2 2 - -

150-300 3 3 - -
 Semi
detached

300-500 4.5 4.5 3 -

Detached

500-1000 6 6 3 1.5

1000-1500 9 6 4.5 3

1500-2000 9 6 6 6
Height of apartment Set back on all four sides
10.5-15 5
15-18 6
18-21 7
21-24 8
24-27 9
27-30 10
30-35 11
35-40 12
40-45 13
45-50 14
50-above 15
 Constructed Ground coverage F.A.R.
/developed area
(m2)
Up to 100 75 2
101-300 65 1.75
301-500 55 1.5
500-2000 45 1.25
Undeveloped
area
Up to 100 65 2
101-300 60 1.75
301-500 55 1.5
500-2000 45 1.25
THANK YOU

SUBMMITED BY
SUMAN SHUKLA
B.ARCH 3RD YEAR