Fox Box Hybrid, 1979
Richard Hunt
900-910 North Lake Shore
Drive Apartments
This 9-foot high, welded-steel sculpture was provided by
Stein and Company, the developers responsible for the conversion into
condominiums of the two apartment buildings at this location. The Esplanade
apartments, completed in 1955 and designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
demonstrate the architect’s first use of a true curtain wall (a façade element
that is attached the structure but not load bearing). Given their proximity to Lake Michigan, the
aluminum and glass buildings offer residents a stunning view of the water and
sky.
Another of Richard Hunt’s “hybrid” sculptures, this work
features the matte patina acquired by Cor-Ten steel when it is exposed to the
elements. It combines geometric and curvilinear foliate forms, acknowledging
both the sleek modernism of the nearby towers as well as the natural features
that make Lake Shore Drive a desired address.
Other works:
Other works:
- Building Growing
- Eagle Columns
- Freeform
- From Here to There
- Slabs of the Sunburnt West
- We Will
- Why
- Winged Form
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