Illinois
Aqua Tower
ConfirmedWell-known
- On screen
- Ocean Tower
- Where
- 225 North Columbus Drive, Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Time & access
- Private residences; view from the street.
In the game
The tower’s rippling balconies are reproduced in the game, where the building is renamed Ocean Tower.
History in brief
Designed by Jeanne Gang and finished in 2009, Aqua was for a time the tallest building in the world designed by a firm led by a woman. Its wavy balconies change shape floor by floor.
The place today
A residential and hotel tower; the balconies look best from street level on Columbus Drive or Randolph Street.
Always check opening times, access rules and travel advice before you go.