For other uses see Time-Life Building (disambiguation)

Time-Life Building (disambiguation)

Time-Life Building may refer to:*Time-Life Building at Rockefeller Center in New York City*Time-Life Building in Chicago, Illinois*Time-Life Building in New Bond Street, London, England...

The Time-Life Building is a 404 feet (123.1 m), 30-story skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 in Chicago, Illinois designed by Harry Weese

Harry Weese

Harry Mohr Weese was an American architect, born in Evanston, Illinois in the Chicago suburbs, who had an important role in 20th century modernism and historic preservation...

 and completed in 1969. Located at 541 North Fairbanks Court in the Near North Side

Near North Side, Chicago

The Near North Side is one of 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located north and east of the Chicago River, just north of the central business district . To its east is Lake Michigan and its northern boundary is the 19th-century city limit of Chicago,...

, it was among the first in the U.S. to use double-deck elevator

Double-deck elevator

Double-deck elevators are designed with two elevator cars that are attached, one on top of the other. This allows passengers on two consecutive floors to be able to use the elevator simultaneously, significantly increasing the passenger capacity of an elevator shaft...

s. The odd-numbered floors are accessible from the lower lobby, with even floors serviced from the upper level. Currently managed by the Golub Group. It currently serves as the headquarters for the Chicago Park District

Chicago Park District

The Chicago Park District is the oldest and largest park district in the U.S.A, with a $385 million annual budget. It has the distinction of spending the most per capita on its parks, even more than Boston in terms of park expenses per capita...

.

Architecture

The structure is clad in Cor-Ten

Cor-ten

Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as "Corten steel", is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years.United...

 steel, the material used for the Daley Center and the Picasso sculpture in the Center's plaze. The metal rusts with age, an effect intended by the architects. The lobby floor is ½ level below ground, and an underground retail concourse is found another half level below. The coffered ceilings in the lobby and outdoor arcade are similar to Washington DC's subway system, designed by the same architect. The 27 feet (8.2 m) lobby has a base of 87 feet (26.5 m) with 30 feet (9.1 m) bay windows.

External links

• Otis mention of double decked elevators