Developed by Smithfield Properties and designed by Booth Hansen, MoMo is a residential building planned for the northeast corner of State and Randolph Streets in Chicago's Loop, across the street from Marshall Field's and the infamous Block 37. According to Emporis, "this proposal was preceded by two plans by Lucien Lagrange" and the opening above the podium "breaks up the mass of the building base."
View looking NE :: View looking SE
The site has been home to a Walgreens and a giant, ever-changing billboard for a number of years, so almost any development is welcome. I can't say I fully understand the opening that the building straddles from an urban point of view (it won't be easily perceived from the sidewalk, especially after Block 37 is filled), and it seems too small to break up the building mass, though it should make for a more generous roof terrace for residents. Otherwise, the design is a rather simple, typically-Modern, Chicago-style high-rise; not bad but not exactly great.
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