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Upcoming Apple Store in Chicago Features MacBook Roof Design
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FWIW, the Prairie Style might be most associated with Frank Lloyd Wright, but mainly because he was the most famous architect to work in that style (if not the most famous architect, ever, period). Prairie was a regional style centered on Chicago. Anyhow, the little irony here is that Wright was notorious for designing buildings with roofs that leaked.
I live in Chicago and have walked by the construction site many times over the past several months. The visual effect of this building is really unusual. If you're right next to its upper level along Michigan Avenue or the plaza to its north, the store seems, in a way, barely there. I actually walked by the construction site several times before I realized that's where the store was being built (I thought it was further west).
The walkway hasn't opened yet, so I can't say what it's like to walk alongside it but you'll come across it only immediately after an coming from an underpass if you're on the riverwalk and then the walk ends shortly to the east, so if you're on the same side of the river you can see the store facade only when you're relatively close to it.
The only way to see it in its entirety is from the other other side of the river which, if you're only seeing this via photos, is actually pretty far away. From there, despite its size, the store has a weirdly small-looking footprint, especially compared to the skyscrapers in the immediate vicinity.
What remains to be seen, of course, is the view from inside the store looking out onto the river, which I imagine will be pretty spectacular.
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Funny tale about this – I learned on the tour of it that the original owner of the famous Falling Water house in Pennsylvania would jokingly refer it as "Rising Mildew" because of all the leaks in the walls and roof.
The walkway hasn't opened yet, so I can't say what it's like to walk alongside it but you'll come across it only immediately after an coming from an underpass if you're on the riverwalk and then the walk ends shortly to the east, so if you're on the same side of the river you can see the store facade only when you're relatively close to it.
The only way to see it in its entirety is from the other other side of the river which, if you're only seeing this via photos, is actually pretty far away. From there, despite its size, the store has a weirdly small-looking footprint, especially compared to the skyscrapers in the immediate vicinity.
What remains to be seen, of course, is the view from inside the store looking out onto the river, which I imagine will be pretty spectacular.
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Funny tale about this – I learned on the tour of it that the original owner of the famous Falling Water house in Pennsylvania would jokingly refer it as "Rising Mildew" because of all the leaks in the walls and roof.
Isn't here a lot of crime in Chicago? I might be confused with Detroit and the Robocop movie though.
Chicago isn't even in the top 10. http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-united-states.html
People never read the facts.
My first reaction was "there's no way Apple is going to skeuomorphic architecture", but then I saw the "homage to Frank Lloyd Wright" and now I'm not sure...
Architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view. When I run dry, I stop a while and think of you.
Architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view. When I run dry, I stop a while and think of you.
Hah! Half of me is like "Woah! That's AWESOME! Imagine the overhead view in Apple/Google Maps!" The other half is like "Uh... that's... uh... interesting." Heh. I'm interested to see how it turns out 
True story. Supposedly Wright justified his leaky roofs by saying that if the roof didn't leak, the architect hadn't been creative enough. One of his clients was also supposed to have remarked, "that's what happens when you leave a work of art out in the rain."
Looks like an Hommage to the outgoing design of The MacBook Air.
Where’s the courage for a rose gold MacBook with butterfly keys door handles.
Where’s the courage for a rose gold MacBook with butterfly keys door handles.
First: Apple logo is upside down.
Second: Store looks like an aftermarket MacBook doc.
Third: Is this April 1st?
Second: Store looks like an aftermarket MacBook doc.
Third: Is this April 1st?