University Apartments - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 47.698 W 087° 35.471
16T E 450882 N 4627180
These twin apartment buildings by Award-winning architect I.M. Pei show the influence of International Style architecture.
Waymark Code: WM11R8E
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2019
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The University Apartments were part of an urban redevelopment project and completed between 1959 and 1961. Designed by I.M. Pei in International Style, these 10-story twin apartment buildings are built on a traffic island, setting them apart from the surrounding neighborhood. Long and boxy, the buildings are covered with a regular grid of windows. They are made with a load-bearing exterior concrete wall.
The apartments were part of a larger redevelopment plan included a large number of townhouses in the surrounding neighborhood, some designed by Pei and others by Chicago architect Harry Weese. They have since been converted from a rental model to condominium units.
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