bKL Architecture – of Record
Studio Gang – Design Architect
Height: 95 Floors / 1,198 ft (365 m) Floor area: 1.4 M sq ft (131,400 m2)
Cost: aprox. $800 M Estimated completion: 2021
400 condominium residences / St. Regis (formerly Wanda Vista) Hotel / +/-200 hotel keys
“Now the third tallest building in the Chicago skyline, the design for The St. Regis Chicago (Vista Tower) asks the question: What if skyscrapers can be porous connectors, rather than barriers, for the public realm? Defining a new edge of the city, the tower tightly knits the downtown Lakeshore East community to its surroundings with unprecedented urban connections and enhanced public access to the Chicago River. Housing condominiums, a 5-star hotel, restaurants, and amenity spaces, the building’s residential and hotel amenities combine at the upper levels to create a vibrant social center.” Jeanne Gang
I joined bKL in 2016 and spent three years as one of three project architects helping to lead the project through design development, documentation, permitting and construction. My focus was in coordination of exterior site/landscape elements, underground/civil, exterior lighting and exterior wall.
Matthew Snoap 