Exelon Pavilions
- Architect
- Renzo Piano
- Year
- 2004
- Style
- Contemporary Modern
- City
- Chicago, IL
The Exelon Pavilions are four glass structures by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, built in Millennium Park at a cost of $7 million and completed in 2004. Beyond their architecture, they generate electricity from solar panels and serve as entrances to the park's underground parking garages.
the building
Solar power, hidden underneath. Together the four pavilions generate 19,840 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, worth about $2,350. Three of the four provide access down to the parking garages beneath the park, while the fourth serves as the park's welcome center and office.
Two pairs, two edges of the park. The Northeast and Northwest pavilions sit along Randolph Street flanking the Harris Theater, while the Southeast and Southwest pavilions sit along Monroe Street flanking the Lurie Garden.
the style
The pavilions are glass-walled works of modern architecture, designed in January 2001 with construction beginning in 2004.
More on Contemporary Modernthe architect
Renzo Piano, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect, designed the pavilions.
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