333 West Wacker Drive is a highrise office building in
Chicago
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Illinois
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, noted for its reflection of the curves of the Chicago River on its river-facing side.
Design features
On the side facing the
Chicago River
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, 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
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in ...
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
Wacker Drive is a major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River in the Loop.Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, ''Streetwise Chicago'', "Wacker D ...
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.
Major tenants
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Nuveen Investments
Nuveen is an American asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of financial planning firm TIAA, itself known for its legacy focus on managing money for not-for-profit institutions such as universities and their employees. As a consequence of int ...
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Aetna Insurance
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RedRidge Finance Group
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ExWorks Capital
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Capgemini
Capgemini SE is a multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Paris, France.
History
Capgemini was founded by Serge Kampf in 1967 as an enterprise management and data processing company. The comp ...
In popular culture
333 Wacker Drive was featured in the 1986 movie ''
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes and co-produced by Tom Jacobson. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck with supporting roles by Jennifer Grey ...
'' as the building containing
Ferris Bueller
''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes and co-produced by Tom Jacobson. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck with supporting roles by Jennifer Gre ...
's father's offices, and was voted "Favorite Building" by the readers of ''The Chicago Tribune'' in 1995. In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, the 333 W. Wacker Drive building was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the
American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...
Illinois component (AIA Illinois).
The building is used for exterior shots of Crows Security headquarters in ''
Batwoman
Batwoman is a name used by several characters of DC Comics, both in mainstream continuity and Elseworlds. The best known Batwomen are Batwoman (Kathy Kane), Kathy Kane and Kate Kane.
History
* The first Batwoman (Kathy Kane), Batwoman, Kathy Ka ...
''.
Gallery
File:333 Wacker Dr.jpg, Closer view
File:Chicago River from Lake Street bridge.jpg, 333 Wacker (far right) and its Chicago River
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surroundings
File:Wolf-Point-Chicago-01.jpg, Another view of the building in the context of the river, looking towards the east.
References
External links
333 Wacker Driveat
Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Hines Interests Limited Partnership is a privately held company that invests in and develops real estate.
The company has developed, redeveloped or acquired 1,450 properties, comprising over 485 million square feet. The company currently manage ...
333 Wacker Driveat Chicago Architecture Info
Illinois Great Places333 W. WackerSociety of Architectural Historians SAH ARCHIPEDIA entry on 333 W. Wacker Drive
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Office buildings completed in 1983
Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago
Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings
1983 establishments in Illinois