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1. Crown Fountain, tower wall mock-up, ca. July 18, 2002 Crown Fountain, tower wall mock-up, ca. July 18, 2002 Architectural models; Wood blocks An early mock-up using wooden blocks representing glass bricks to test possible structures for the walls of the fountain's towers. This tongue and groove grid was not adopted in the finished fountain....
2. Crown Fountain, tower wall rendering, ca. August 1, 2002 Crown Fountain, tower wall rendering, ca. August 1, 2002 Computer graphics; Structural frames; A detailed plan for a steel grid frame glass brick panel. On the finished fountain, the tower walls consist of steel grids with glass bricks in each opening. This provides the necessary strength without...
3. Crown Fountain, tower wall rendering, ca. August 1, 2002 Crown Fountain, tower wall rendering, ca. August 1, 2002 Computer graphics; Structural frames; A detailed plan for a steel grid frame glass brick panel. On the finished fountain, the tower walls consist of steel grids with glass bricks in each opening. This provides the necessary strength without...
4. Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Crown Fountain, meeting in Chicago, May 13, 2002 Alleys; Glass blocks; Lighting; Architects' offices; Testing the LED display through different glass blocks in an alley in Chicago. One of the most important aspects of Crown Fountain that the project team worked on was the clarity of the images projected...
5. Crown Fountain, LED test in Millennium Park, October 3, 2002 Crown Fountain, LED test in Millennium Park, October 3, 2002 Mock-ups; Glass blocks; Scaffolding; Construction equipment; Skyscrapers; Flags; Fog; Eyes; Lighting; On a gloomy, overcast day in Chicago a second LED test was conducted on site. Glass brick panels and LED panels were temporarily erected in Millennium Park at the approximate height of the towers to check...
6. Crown Fountain, glass brick sample, April 30, 2003 Crown Fountain, glass brick sample, April 30, 2003 Glass blocks; Offices; Desks; Chairs; A corner brick sample viewed from three feet away. Other glass brick samples are visible in the background. The glass bricks were used with steel grids to create the exterior walls of the towers of Crown...
7. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Glass blocks; Glassware; Shelving; Merchandise displays; Paneling; A glass brick in the center of shelves of objects produced by L.E. Smith Glass Company. The project team had precise specifications for the size and color of the glass bricks, and clarity was necessary...
8. Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Crown Fountain, fabricating the glass bricks, May 21, 2003 Glass blocks; Posters; Tables; Paneling; Artist Jaume Plensa (right) views glass brick samples showing different clarity and texture possibilities at the offices of the L.E. Smith Glass Company in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Each of the finished...
9. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Lighting; Mock-ups; A sample glass brick panel in front of an LED screen at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. The glass bricks selected for Crown Fountain had to be thin to retain clarity, making...
10. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Lighting; Mock-ups; A sample glass brick panel in front of an LED screen at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. The glass bricks selected for Crown Fountain had to be thin to retain clarity, making...
11. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, January 17, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Shelving; A sample glass brick panel in front of an LED screen at the headquarters of Circle Redmont Inc. in Melbourne, Florida. The glass bricks selected for Crown Fountain had to be thin to retain clarity, making...
12. Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Crown Fountain, testing in Melbourne, Florida, May 19, 2003 Industrial facilities; Glass blocks; Structural frames; Mock-ups; Lighting; Cross-section of the inside of one of Crown Fountain’s towers showing the LED units and the glass brick walls. The space between the LEDs and the glass brick wall allows for ventilation and permits the...
13. Crown Fountain, checking clarity of glass brick panels, April 6, 2004 Crown Fountain, checking clarity of glass brick panels, April 6, 2004 Glass blocks; Structural frames; Construction workers; Ladders; Pipes (Conduits); Faces; Skyscrapers; Artist Jaume Plensa checks the clarity of newly installed glass brick panels on Crown Fountain's north tower. The north tower has been fitted with all but the last LED panel which will go behind the gargoyle...
14. Crown Fountain, checking clarity of glass brick panels, April 6, 2004 Crown Fountain, checking clarity of glass brick panels, April 6, 2004 Glass blocks; Structural frames; Construction workers; Faces; Marks (Symbols); A worker checks the clarity of newly installed glass brick panels on Crown Fountain's north tower.
15. Crown Fountain, Jaume Plensa and Mark Sexton visit the site, April 6, 2004 Crown Fountain, Jaume Plensa and Mark Sexton visit the site, April 6, 2004 Glass blocks; Structural frames; Construction workers; Ladders; Tiles; Trailers; Skyscrapers; Artist Jaume Plensa (left) and architect Mark Sexton view the north tower during Crown Fountain’s construction. The north tower has been fitted with all but the last LED panel which will go behind the...
16. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Great Lawn, April 23, 2004 Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Great Lawn, April 23, 2004 Skyscrapers; Hoisting machinery; The Jay Pritzker Pavilion, trellis and Great Lawn. Slightly less than three months before Millennium Park opened to the public sod had been laid for the Great Lawn and automatic sprinklers kept it watered....
17. Lurie Garden, spring rendering, ca. 2000 Lurie Garden, spring rendering, ca. 2000 Landscape architecture drawings; Rendering of Lurie Garden showing spring foliage by Gustafson Partners. Initially named "Shoulder Garden", the Lurie Garden was designed by the international team of Kathryn Gustafson of Gustafson Guthrie...
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