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MINE THE GAP, a single-stage international design ideas competition dedicated to examining one of the most visible scars left after the collapse of the real estate market in Chicago: the massive hole along the Lake Michigan remaining from the cancellation of Calatrava’s Spiral Tower, have recently announced it’s winners. See them after the break.
First Place The Second Sun / Alex Lehnerer, Team Leader, Meghan Funk, Lyndsay Pepple / Chicago, USA:
Second Place Return to Paradise / Giacomo Bongiorno, Team Leader, Thomas Bormann, Djamel Kara / Paris, France:
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Third Place Lot 400 / Mohamad Hafez, Team Leader, Maegen M. McElderry / Hamden, USA:
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Seen at Bustler.
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