AKA: Millennium Park Music Pavilion, Chicago, IL

Structure Type: landscapes - parks - urban parks

Designers: Gehry Partners, LLP (firm); Gustafson, Kathryn, Landscape Architecture (firm); Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Chicago, IL (firm); Frank Owen Gehry (architect); Kathryn Gustafson (landscape architect); John Ogden Merrill (architect); Nathaniel Alexander Owings (architect); Louis Skidmore Sr. (architect)

Dates: [unspecified]

Millennium Park
Chicago, IL

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Sculpture by Anish Kapoor; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, Associated Architects, Kathryn Gustafson, Landscape Architect; Design Partner: Frank Gehry; Project Designer: Craig Webb; Project Architect: Manoucher Eslami; General Contractor: Walsh Construction Company of Illinoios; Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, Chicago, Structural Consultants; U.S. Equities, Project Manager; Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: McDonough Associates; Theatre Consultant and Lighting Design: Schuler and Shook; Acoustical Consultant: The Talaske Group; design: 1999-2001; construction: 2001-2004;

PCAD id: 2622


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