Fulton St

Chicago, Illinois

KORA was invited to propose a design for a large site in the West Loop, Fulton Market area of Chicago to take advantage of the sites available FAR. KORA’s vision was to create a gateway design at the western edge of Fulton Market with an iconic design steeped in the design traditions of the international style as seen in many Mies van der Rohe buildings and the spectacle of today embodied in the design of the Bean by Anish Kapoor. The project is made of 2 sites, one which is dedicated to a mixed use podium with residential towers called the U building, and the second, a mixed use podium with a mixed use tower connected at the top referred to as the O building. KORA was assisted by Thornton Tomasetti to find the best structural solution for the challenging design.