Living Modernism
Legacy
The visual articulation between nature and urbanism in glass and steel, 900 910 refined Mies Van der Rohe’s high-rise residential building design. Never to be reproduced again.
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only such architecture is creative. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Reflections
The Iconic Sculptures
of 900 910 North Lake Shore
by Ashley Lukasik
900 910 North Lake Shore is home to an impeccably curated art collection occupying wall space in the resident hallways and common areas. Included are two sculptures by Chicago artists, Fox Box Hybrid by Richard Hunt and Earth Form by Virginio Ferrari. The sculptors shared the stories behind the pieces and how the buildings came to acquire them…
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News
The New 900 910 Visual Identity
The Narrative takes us behind-the-scenes of the buildings’ rebrand
The graphic design duo and married couple, Sofya Karash and Daniel McManus of The Narrative bring us behind-the-scenes to discuss the new visual identity for the 900 910 N Lake Shore apartments. This is the first rebrand the buildings have undergone since the late 1970’s…
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Living at 900 910
Works of art overlooking the expanse of Lake Michigan and downtown. Residents experience quintessential Chicago.
Nature, too, shall live its own life. We must beware not to disrupt it with the color of our houses and interior fittings. Yet we should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together into a higher unity. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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