333 Wacker Drive
{{Short description|Office skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois}}
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{{Infobox building
| name = 333 Wacker Drive
| image = 333 Wacker Drive, Chicago in May 2016.jpg
| former_names =
| location = 333 Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
| coordinates = {{coord|41.8861|-87.6358|region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Chicago#Illinois#USA
| start_date = 1979
| completion_date = 1983
| building_type = Commercial offices
| current_tenants = {{ubl|Nuveen Investments|Aetna Insurance|RedRidge Finance Group|ExWorks Capital|Capgemini}}
| roof = {{convert|149|m|abbr=on}}
| top_floor =
| floor_count = 36
| elevator_count =
| cost =
| floor_area = {{convert|864200|sqft|abbr=on}}
| architect = Kohn Pedersen Fox
HKS
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| main_contractor =
| developer =
| owner = Hines Interests Limited Partnership
| management = Hines Interests Limited Partnership
| references = {{CTBUH|9021}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116840 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306090933/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116840 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 116840 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|3415}}{{Structurae|20000669}}
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333 West Wacker Drive is a highrise office building in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its reflection of the curves of the Chicago River on its river-facing side.
Design features
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On the side facing the Chicago River, the building features a curved green glass façade, while on the other side the building adheres to the usual rectangular street grid. The glass reflects both the sky and the river flowing next to it. The architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates who designed 333 also designed the high-rise buildings 225 W Wacker to the east, and 191 N Wacker Drive to the south.
The building marks the division between North Wacker Drive and West Wacker Drive as the street makes a 90 degree turn. Based on the Chicago grid system for street numbers, if the building had been given an address on North Wacker, the street number would have been an odd number between 200 and 300.
In popular culture
333 Wacker Drive was featured in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the building containing Ferris Bueller's father's offices, and was voted "Favorite Building" by the readers of The Chicago Tribune in 1995.{{cite news|last=kerch|first=steve|title= AND THE WINNERS ARE|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-04-30-9504300332-story.html|access-date=September 11, 2021|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 30, 1995}} In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, the 333 W. Wacker Drive building was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places {{cite news|last=Waldinger|first=Mike|title=The proud history of architecture in Illinois|url=https://springfieldbusinessjournal.com/2018/01/the-proud-history-of-architecture-in-illinois/|access-date=30 January 2018|newspaper=Springfield Business Journal|date=January 30, 2018}} by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois).
The building is used for exterior shots of Crows Security headquarters in Batwoman.{{cite web|title=Filming Locations: Where is Batwoman filmed?|url=https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/10/batwoman-where-filmed-city-location.html|access-date=24 April 2020}}
Gallery
File:333 Wacker Dr.jpg|Closer view
File:Chicago River from Lake Street bridge.jpg|333 Wacker (far right) and its Chicago River surroundings
File:Wolf-Point-Chicago-01.jpg|Another view of the building in the context of the river, looking towards the east.
References
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External links
- [http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=1962 333 Wacker Drive] at Hines Interests Limited Partnership
- [http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1059/333_Wacker_Drive.php 333 Wacker Drive] at Chicago Architecture Info
- [http://www.illinoisgreatplaces.com/#welcome Illinois Great Places] - [http://www.illinoisgreatplaces.com/#detail/333_w_wacker-025/city=chicago 333 W. Wacker]
- [http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IL-01-031-0002 Society of Architectural Historians SAH ARCHIPEDIA entry on 333 W. Wacker Drive]
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Category:Office buildings completed in 1983
Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago
Category:Hines Interests Limited Partnership