Four years later the Aqua joined the skyline as the 40th tallest building in the world and is the first skyscraper in Chicago that will contain apartments, retail space and a hotel. The Aqua is the best name to suit the 86-story, 858-foot building because when one looks up from below it favors an exotic waterfall that many mid-westerns have probably never seen before. The balcony curves around the building that gives the illusion of water falling. The design is unique and stands out like a sore thumb from the rest of the buildings in the sky line. The Aqua recieved the Skyscraper of the Year by Emporis, an international building database.
I like that you connected the spanish meaning of aqua with new beginnings; it went above just connecting the dots to the lake and the river.
ReplyDeleteYour review seemed a bit rushed, and didn't include much of your actual opinion on the structure. Also, the sore thumb comment seemed to contradict what you had been saying before that.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to give the meaning of the word "aqua." A bit short, but straightforward.
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