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As part of an AIA Conference in Chicago last week, various
people involved with the Millennium
Park project spoke about their experiences on specific
park components. Mark Sexton talked about the design and construction
of Crown Fountain in the park's southwest
corner, a project undertaken by his firm Krueck
& Sexton Architects. Initially their office felt this
project would not be appropriate for them, since they are
a design firm and since artist Jaume
Plensa already developed a concept
for the fountain. But seeing the artist like any one of their
other clients, they realized that Plensa had an idea but no
way of getting it done. So they took the job, aware of the
detailed design work still required for the two freestanding
structures and shallow pool. Sexton framed his talk on the
three physical components of the fountain: glass, water, LED
display.
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