a. c. nielson corporate headquarters

INSTITUTIONS / CORPORATE

A. C. Nielson Corporate Headquarters

Location Chicago, Illinois
Client Nielsen Corporation
Architect Welton Becket Architects
Cost $ 1,500,000
Size 8.2 Acres
Completion 1972

Geometrically shaped earth berms contrasting this flat landscape. A unique device employed to add texture and integrate the building into the landscape and screen the massive parking area. A utility retention pond as the organizing feature thereby reversing a visual liability into a design feature. This landscape provides corporate and employees save identity as well as intimate spaces for picnicking, sitting, reading and strolling.

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