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Mandarin Oriental Tower, Chicago
A nascent concept is right at home in an up
and coming neighborhood.
June 2007
Article By: Samantha Brooks
For nearly a decade, Palladian Development operated its one-acre parcel of land between Chicago's East Lake and East Wacker streets as a parking lot. With the 2004 opening of Millenium Park, home to a Frank Gehry designed outdoor concert venue, landscaped gardens, and Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture, the surrounding neighborhood, south of the Chicago River near Grant Park, suddenly became a vibrant social center. Palladian's once undesirable site soon attracted the attention of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group...
Paradigm in the Making
September 2006
Article By: Carol Tisch
The Las Vegas design firm of Avery Brooks & Associates is something of a dichotomy. Its work is considered experimental, yet its designs consistently and uncannily embody real-time business goals. The firm’s principals are products of Disney Imagineering, but they don’t do themes. ABA’s artistry is dazzling, yet deliberately eschews any trace of a signature look. It subjugates itself to the personality of the client or brand instead...
Mandarin Oriental Tower, Chicago
Where the "Fortunate 500" Call Home
Article By: Donna Kozik
Mandarin Oriental has long been regarded as the finest hotel group in the world. The group's rich Oriental heritage influences superior services and amenities, such as signature restaurants and spas, which have become hallmarks of these legendary hotels. Now, the Mandarin Oriental will offer a select group to call it home...
Palladian Development, LLC
Shaping Chicago
September 2006
"Let's face it," says Gerard M. Kenny. "I'm a Chicago guy, and Chicago is the City of Architecture. My partners and I share an emotional commitment, as well as an economic interest, in building the kind of grand and gracious condominium hotel this town deserves. We created Palladian for the sole purpose of building an architectural icon worthy of its location next to Millenium Park"...