"IBM Plaza" redirects here. For the IBM Plaza in Kansas City, see 2345 Grand.
330 North Wabash (formerly IBM Plaza also known as IBM Building and now renamed AMA Plaza) is a skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, designed by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (who died in 1969 before construction began). A small bust of the architect by sculptor Marino Marini is displayed in the lobby. The 52-story building is situated on a plaza overlooking the Chicago River. At 695 feet (212 meters), 330 North Wabash is the second-tallest building by Mies van der Rohe, the tallest being the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower at Toronto-Dominion Centre. It was his last American building.[2]
The former IBM Plaza has several design features that are rare in an office building but understandable given its original owner. The building's electrical system, environmental system, floor strength, and ceiling height (on certain floors) can support large raised floor computing centers. With even more need to contain possible electrical fires, fire safety was especially important, and asbestos was one of the most useful fire prevention materials of that era. As with most other buildings of that era, asbestos abatement is an ongoing aspect of building life,[4] with air quality monitoring, asbestos "mapping," and opportunistic asbestos removal when feasible. Also, given IBM's traditional office hours, large number of workers, and commercial interest in marketing then emerging electronic building control systems (notably the IBM Series/1 and its predecessors), the "banked" intelligent passenger elevator system (with separate all-floor cargo elevators) is significantly over-provisioned for a building of its size and rarely keeps anyone waiting long for service. IBM Plaza stayed dry during the 1992 Chicago Flood.
In 2007, plans were announced to convert floors two through thirteen of the 52-story building into a high-end hotel. The Langham, Chicago which opened in 2013, occupying floors two through thirteen. The Langham Hotel in the building was named the best hotel in the United States by US News in 2017.[5] The building was declared a Chicago Landmark on February 6, 2008, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 2010. It is the youngest building in Chicago on both lists.
On December 9, 2011, the American Medical Association announced it would move its headquarters and entire workforce to 330 N. Wabash from its previous headquarters on State Street. The move occurred in September 2013 and the building was renamed AMA Plaza.[6]
This building is used in The Dark Knight, where it is the location of Harvey Dent's and Mayor Anthony Garcia's offices as well as the Wayne Enterprises headquarters (including the company board room).
This building is used in Dhoom 3, where Sahir Khan's apartment was.
The building is also used in the opening episode (Season 1, Episode 1) of the original Netflix series Ozark, where Jason Bateman's character and his business partner are touring potential new office space.
In Buck Rogers That Man on Beta (1979 novel), the building (set in year 2492) is collapsed and makes a bridge to the Inner City. This is due to the nuclear holocaust in 1987.
^"Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for March 26, 2010". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
^Kamin, Blair (May 11, 2005). "Another perspective: views around the worksites". Chicago Tribune. from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
^“IBM Plaza in Chicago”, IBM Archives. IBM.com (Retrieved 2019-01-29).
^Rackl, Lori (February 3, 2017). "Chicago's Langham named best U.S. hotel". Chicago Tribune. p. Section 2, page 3.
^. Chicago Tribune. December 9, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
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IBM Plaza redirects here For the IBM Plaza in Kansas City see 2345 Grand 330 North Wabash formerly IBM Plaza also known as IBM Building and now renamed AMA Plaza is a skyscraper in downtown Chicago Illinois United States at 330 N Wabash Avenue designed by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe who died in 1969 before construction began A small bust of the architect by sculptor Marino Marini is displayed in the lobby The 52 story building is situated on a plaza overlooking the Chicago River At 695 feet 212 meters 330 North Wabash is the second tallest building by Mies van der Rohe the tallest being the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower at Toronto Dominion Centre It was his last American building 2 IBM BuildingU S National Register of Historic PlacesChicago LandmarkShow map of Chicago metropolitan areaShow map of IllinoisShow map of the United StatesLocation330 North Wabash Chicago IllinoisCoordinates41 53 19 N 87 37 39 3 W 41 88861 N 87 627583 W 41 88861 87 627583Built1973 50 years ago 1973 ArchitectLudwig Mies van der RoheNRHP reference No 09000166 1 Significant datesAdded to NRHPMarch 11 2010Designated CLFebruary 6 2008The building s original corporate namesake no longer owns nor has offices in the building IBM sold IBM Plaza to the Blackstone Group in 1996 IBM all but completed its move out of IBM Plaza as of early 2006 taking up space in the new Hyatt Center building closer to Union Station Current major tenants are the American Medical Association Langham Chicago managed by Langham Hotels International WeWork and law firm Latham amp Watkins 3 The former IBM Plaza has several design features that are rare in an office building but understandable given its original owner The building s electrical system environmental system floor strength and ceiling height on certain floors can support large raised floor computing centers With even more need to contain possible electrical fires fire safety was especially important and asbestos was one of the most useful fire prevention materials of that era As with most other buildings of that era asbestos abatement is an ongoing aspect of building life 4 with air quality monitoring asbestos mapping and opportunistic asbestos removal when feasible Also given IBM s traditional office hours large number of workers and commercial interest in marketing then emerging electronic building control systems notably the IBM Series 1 and its predecessors the banked intelligent passenger elevator system with separate all floor cargo elevators is significantly over provisioned for a building of its size and rarely keeps anyone waiting long for service IBM Plaza stayed dry during the 1992 Chicago Flood In 2007 plans were announced to convert floors two through thirteen of the 52 story building into a high end hotel The Langham Chicago which opened in 2013 occupying floors two through thirteen The Langham Hotel in the building was named the best hotel in the United States by US News in 2017 5 The building was declared a Chicago Landmark on February 6 2008 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 26 2010 It is the youngest building in Chicago on both lists On December 9 2011 the American Medical Association announced it would move its headquarters and entire workforce to 330 N Wabash from its previous headquarters on State Street The move occurred in September 2013 and the building was renamed AMA Plaza 6 Contents 1 Position in Chicago s skyline 2 Gallery 3 In popular culture 4 Current tenants 5 Former tenants 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPosition in Chicago s skyline edit nbsp Gallery edit nbsp The sign of the plaza in 2006In popular culture editThe building is seen briefly in the film The Corporation This building is used in The Dark Knight where it is the location of Harvey Dent s and Mayor Anthony Garcia s offices as well as the Wayne Enterprises headquarters including the company board room This building is used in Dhoom 3 where Sahir Khan s apartment was The building is also used in the opening episode Season 1 Episode 1 of the original Netflix series Ozark where Jason Bateman s character and his business partner are touring potential new office space In Buck Rogers That Man on Beta 1979 novel the building set in year 2492 is collapsed and makes a bridge to the Inner City This is due to the nuclear holocaust in 1987 Current tenants editAmerican Medical Association Latham amp Watkins SmithBucklin Swanson Martin amp Bell WeWork BDO USA LLP Thornton TomasettiFormer tenants editChicagoland Chamber of Commerce IBM Mercury Records moved to New York City when consolidated into PolyGram Records now part of Universal Music Group Jenner amp BlockSee also editList of buildings List of skyscrapers List of tallest buildings in Chicago List of tallest buildings in the United States World s tallest structuresReferences edit Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for March 26 2010 Weekly Listings National Park Service March 26 2010 Retrieved March 29 2010 Kamin Blair May 11 2005 Another perspective views around the worksites Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on May 6 2008 Retrieved May 9 2008 IBM Plaza in Chicago IBM Archives IBM com Retrieved 2019 01 29 SEC Form 8 K Filing Rackl Lori February 3 2017 Chicago s Langham named best U S hotel Chicago Tribune p Section 2 page 3 IBM building to get new tenant name AMA Plaza Chicago Tribune December 9 2011 Archived from the original on January 1 2012 Retrieved December 9 2011 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 330 North Wabash Chicago 330 N Wabash building website The LanghamChicago website Archived April 13 2013 at the Wayback Machine Emporis com page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 330 North Wabash amp oldid 1176996509, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
