An open-air pavillion with a flat roof and viewing platform won the Chicago Architecture Biennial's lakefront kiosk design competition.
Team Ultramoderne'sĀ Chicago Horizon is wall-less, and the visitors that look over the chin-height rooftop viewing platform will see unimpeded views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline, as Dezeen reports. An architecture book library will be kept under the cross-laminated timber,Ā gravel-coatedĀ roof.
TheĀ contest's rules called for a structure that was at least 200 sf and cost less than $75,000 to build, and Chicago Horizon delivered. Ultramoderne willĀ useĀ low-costĀ materials to build theĀ 3,200-sf structure.
The pavillion will be built for theĀ Chicago Architecture Biennial, aĀ survey of contemporary architecture. The event runs from October 2015 to early January 2016.
Dezeen also highlighted the finalists of theĀ competition, which attracted 420 entries from around the world.
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