Height Envy: Living
[picture from 340 On The Park website, designed by SCB]
Chicago is quickly becoming the benchmark for eco-multi-family living. Jetson Green has learned that the USGBC has moved it’s Greenbuild 2007 conference from LA to Chicago. It is because of projects like 340 On The Park that has brought Chicago recognition. When you look at the above rendering you can’t help but be amazed by it’s style.
It’s facade is deceiving, it looks like a smaller building with a larger one hiding behind it. The building also appears to have a waist, the horizontal gap between the glass curtain wall, which I believe is an amenities floor. It may even be the “Winter Garden”. The intro to the 340 On The Park’s website will give you the a sense, visually, of what you get. I believe the cost is reasonable, $413/s.f. or $618,000 for a two-bedroom with 1,650 s.f., compared to New York where the same (or smaller) could go for $1,000/s.f..
This building was designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz based in Chicago, Ill..
Another building caught my eye, Epic, in New York. It seems unusual to the people at Curbed and to me that this building would be a rental property.
This building isn’t as sexy as 340. It is however a classy high-rise box. The glass curtain wall exterior is sliced by a double Stucco “Fin”. The “Fin” calls out the obvious symmetry of the buildings footprint. This is more obvious in plan view of each floor. The website is comprehensive, you can select a floor, then a unit, and then you’ll see the view from that unit.
The beauty and high rise style is not the only unusual features for this rental property. It is the Epic’s Green credentials: On track for LEED Silver certification, over 20% recycled materials used in construction, over 20% of building materials were locally manufactured, over 50% of the wood used in the building was sustainably harvested, over 80% of construction and demolition waste was recycled, rooftop gardens, storm water reclamation system, EnergyStar appliances, energy-efficient lighting, floor-to-ceiling Low-E windows.
Why do I keep saying this is unusual for a rental property? Everything that makes this building “Green” costs more. Property owners usually can not justify the expense for offering these features. So it is usually reserved for Condo’s where the developer can charge for the extra expense. All of this may be unique to me but it’s not to The Durst Organization and Sidney Fetner Associates. This building was designed by SLCE Architects.
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