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A Window into the World of Television

ABC-7/WLS-TV challenged five firms to create an iconic statement that would engage pedestrians in the station’s news programming, while identifying North State Street as a destination on the way to and from Millennium Park and other nearby landmarks.

The competition-winning concept met the project’s complex technical and aesthetic challenges. A great deal of research and planning went into acoustics and lighting. When bids for the video sculpture came in over budget, the owner stood firm in its vision to use the sculpture as a defining element. The owner and the project team worked with manufacturers to achieve the sculpture within budget and with 95% of the original design intact.

During every newscast, businesspeople, residents, and tourists gather outside the studio and peer into what ABC-7/WLS-TV describes as “a window into the world of television.”

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Façade Enhancements

A point support glass system, suspended from a beam that spans existing columns, encloses the studio. This contributes to the sense of floatation of the glass, which hovers three inches before the terra cotta columns.

Video Sculpture

A 42-foot-tall video sculpture gently twists to achieve perpendicularity with the building and maximize visibility from all angles.

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