From 02138 — “Gang’s latest opportunity to build on that tradition comes from James Loewenberg, architect and developer of the 28-acre Lakeshore East project. He met Gang and her husband and business partner Mark Schendel at a Harvard alumni dinner, and hired them to design the 82-story, $300-million tower, Aqua.

“The winning idea took inspiration from the city itself. Gang’s premise was that people buy tower apartments for the views, so the firm built a model of Chicago and plotted sight lines, running lengths of string between undulating tower balconies and city landmarks.

“I always wanted to do a tower, but I never thought I would get a chance,” Gang says. In fact, Aqua, slated for completion in 2009, is the largest project ever awarded to an American firm headed by a woman.”

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