Get excited everyone!! We will be taking a trip to the Merchandise Mart on Friday, October 19th! We will be given a tour of the Merchandise Mart by one of the people in the showrooms to tell us what they actually use in their firms. We will also be visiting two design firms in Downtown Chicago as well. It will be an all day trip, so you may have to miss classes. This trip is well worth it! Don't know what the Merchandise Mart is? Let me give you a little information on this fabulous mart.
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| The Merchandise Mart |
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The Merchandise Mart is located on the Banks of the Chicago River, in
downtown Chicago. It is the worlds largest commercial building and
wholesale design center. The Merchandise Mart spans two city blocks and is 25 stories high! The Merchandise Mart welcomes 38,500 people each business day and nearly 10 million people each year. The Mart has11 floors of permanent showrooms for gift, home, outdoor and commercial
furnishings and 15 major trade and consumer shows as well as hundreds of
meetings and special events. The Merchandise Mart became the world's largest LEED
®-EB
certified building in November 2007. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy
and Environmental and Design and is the nationally accepted benchmark
for design, construction and operation of high performance green
buildings and is awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.
This is definitely a trip that any future designer should take advantage of! Hope to see you all there for a day full of design, useful information and fun!
*Information taken from the Merchandise Mart website.
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