Chicago - Sofitel

[ddny]

Architect: Jean-Paul Viguier

Year: 2002

Style: Modern

Description: There's a French restaurant called "Cafe des Architectes" at the base. The restaurant showcases some famous buildings in Chicago.

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[Kris]

Does it distinctly mark the skyline? I hope so.

[dbhstockton]

Very cool. *Nice fenestration.

[Chicagoan]

These photos are nice, but do not explore the variety of angles with which to see this building.

I have so many pictures of this building and hope to add them here someday. But this is one of the best buildings this city has gotten in the last 10 ++ years.

Its impact on the skyline is limited. You can easily see it from the west, but not so, or at all, from all the other directions. Although on the east, you can get a straight shot of it down the street all the way to the edge of the lake.

[Fabb]

All-white buildings in Chicago are not that common.
I like this one.