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Identification
Official name 330 North Wabash
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Emporis Building Number 116749
 
Location
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Bordering street #1 East Kinzie Street
Bordering street #2 North State Street
Bordering street #3 North Wabash Avenue
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Location Map (POI) *
Zone River North
Neighborhood Near North Side
District Downtown
City Chicago
State Illinois
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (tip) *
Height (struct.) 212 m 695 ft
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Floors (OG) 52
Construction start *
Construction end 1973
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Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- The lobby has a small bust of architect Mies van der Rohe by sculptor Marino Marini.
- Second-tallest building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the most famous minimalist architect of modern times.
- The building is located at a turn in the Chicago River, and can be seen straight ahead when entering the river from Lake Michigan.
- A public plaza surrounds the tower on all sides, with a large stairway descending north to the lower street level.
- For the time it was built the IBM Building housed an extraordinarily large number of computers, which required an advanced level of environmental engineering. The walls were sealed by a plastic thermal barrier, and a reverse refrigeration system was used to reclaim heat given off by machines and people.
- The original plan called for a U-shaped building, but the rectangular design was made practical when the city agreed to change the outline of Wabash Avenue on the lot's edge.
- Unlike many later curtain-wall skyscrapers with uniform facades, IBM's facade is articulated by differentiating glass, spandrel and mullion - window frames are raised and spandrel panels recessed.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: The Office of Mies van der Rohe , C.F. Murphy Associates

Other companies: Prime Group Realty Trust, Prime Group Realty Trust, Paschen Contractors, Inc., C.F. Murphy Associates [Murphy/Jahn, Inc. Architects], Otis Elevator Co..