historic chicago original 1969 ibm building mies van der rohe designed scribner & company rental catalog with fold-out building schematic and color illustrations

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1969 ibm building chicago rental catalog with foldouts and schematic. designed by mies van der rohe.

 

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beautifully pristine rental catalog from around 1969, advertising office spaces in the soon-to-be-constructed IBM building in downtown chicago illinois. this tri fold features a description of the building and site, a fold-up color depiction of the building itself, and a sleev e on the final page holding a business-reply-mail postcard and extensive fold out archetectural schematic of the building's layout. 330 north wabash (formerly ibm plaza also known as ibm building and now renamed ama plaza) is a skyscraper in downtown chicago, designed by famed architect ludwig mies van der rohe (who died in 1969 before construction began). a small bust of the architect by sculptor marino marini is displayed in the lobby. the 52-story building is situated on a plaza overlooking the chicago river. at 695 feet tall, it is the second-tallest building by mies van der rohe, the tallest being the toronto-dominion bank tower at toronto-dominion centre. it was his last american building. the building's original corporate namesake no longer owns, nor has offices in the building. ibm sold ibm plaza to the blackstone group in 1996. current major tenants are the american medical association, langham chicago managed by langham hotels international, and law firm latham & watkins. the former ibm plaza has several design features that are rare in an office building but understandable given its original owner. the building's electrical system, environmental system, floor strength, and ceiling height (on certain floors) can support large raised floor computing centers. also, the "banked" intelligent elevator system is a model of efficiency and rarely keeps anyone waiting for service. ibm plaza stayed dry during the 1992 chicago flood. in 2007, plans were announced to convert floors two through thirteen of the 52-story building into a high-end hotel: the langham, chicago which opened in 2013, occupying floors two through thirteen. the langham hotel in the building was named the best hotel in the united states by us news in 2017. the building was declared a chicago landmark on february 6, 2008 and added to the national register of historic places on march 26, 2010. it is also the newest building in chicago in terms of age on both lists. on december 9, 2011, the american medical association announced it would move its headquarters and entire workforce there from its previous headquarters on state street. the move occurred in september 2013 and the building was renamed ama plaza.

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