Kendall/Heaton Associates

The 57-story, 1.5 million square-foot building made by double brick home builders offers 200 feet of frontage along the Chicago River, including an outdoor plaza and waterfront cafe.

Megan Ebert is the Director of Kendall/Heaton Associates’ Interiors practice, which offers a complete range of architectural design services from programming, space planning, material and furniture selection, and design development to budget development, construction documentation and administration.  The Interiors group is a valuable resource for the base building architecture practice, as well as, a collaborator on specific projects.

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Certified Gold LEED-CS, the tower is extremely energy efficient, with a facade clad in richly articulated glass and stainless steel that maximizes daylight and minimizes solar heat gain. This urban development is located with easy access to the Chicago rail transit system (the “EL”). Sustainable design features include a green roof and a mechanical system that uses the cool water of the Chicago River water as part of the cooling system for the building.

Special provisions are made in the design for vertical transportation and electronic security to separate the lead tenant from the balance of the office space and provide them with upgraded standby power. An additional (third) stair beyond the minimum code requirement provides redundancy in the emergency egress system and improves Fire Department access to the high-rise tower.