Aqua - 2009 Skyscraper of the Year

This news is a couple weeks old, but in February the Aqua in Chicago was named 2009 Skyscraper of the Year by Emporis, a company that sells data about tall buildings.

Here is a photograph I took of the building last year. At the time I did not know what the building was, but it certainly stands out. Given the way the balconies curve around, at first I could not figure out what I was seeing.

As an answer to a future trivia question, this the tallest building in the world by a female architect.

Aqua makes waves as world's best