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The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC), under reconstruction as Google center or Googleplex Chicago, originally the State of Illinois Center, is a postmodern-style building designed by architect Helmut Jahn, located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago.
20 maj 2024 · A reimagined classical colonnade in Jahn’s distinctive palette invites the public into the Thompson Center’s atrium. Credit:Serhii Chrucky / Alamy The Thompson Center’s kaleidoscopic 17-storey atrium is its centrepiece.
9 maj 2024 · The James R. Thompson Center, as it was known under state ownership, was sold in 2022 to a development firm that is renovating the building for its to-be occupant, Google. In exchange for the building, the state received $30 million and a $75 million office building on LaSalle Street in Chicago.
Our tours let you explore the city in a new way—by land and water. Learn about Chicago's world class architecture from real Chicagoans. When you first encounter the Thompson Center, you might wonder if a UFO has landed in the middle of the Loop.
The James R. Thompson Center, designed by the late Helmut Jahn, is a testament to postmodern architecture. Its all-glass exterior and 17-story atrium have made it one of the most recognizable buildings in Chicago’s Loop district.
With its curving glass façade filling an entire city block, the structure was likened to a UFO that landed in the Loop; others praised it for its unique shape and open, 16-story atrium lobby.
14 maj 2021 · For 36 years, the Thompson Center has been a backdrop for protests. In 1986, a thousand activists gathered in the building’s atrium in support of ending apartheid in South Africa.
