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Architects: Gensler
- Area: 800000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: C.R. Laurence, Designtex, ELEVATE, Lutron, Vitro®, dormakaba, Assa Abloy, Atlas Schindler, DuPont, Interface, 9Wood, Acor, Aerco, Anwo, Aquacell, Armstrong Ceilings, Armstrong Flooring, Automated Logic, BASWA acoustic, Blumcraft, +48
Text description provided by the architects. When Gary Saulson, PNC’s Director of Corporate Real Estate, came to Gensler’s Chicago office in 2011 for The Tower at PNC Plaza project kick-off, he challenged the team with an audacious goal: design the greenest skyrise in the world. Months earlier, the design team had traveled to Europe and Canada to study best-in-class high-performance buildings. Seeing first-hand the focus on the quality of the built environment with respect to performance, and the ubiquity of building technologies such as double-skin façades and passive radiant systems emboldened our resolve to rethink how green office buildings could be designed back at home.
