About the author  ⁄ James Swanson, S.E., P.E.

James Swanson, S.E., P.E. (jswanson@hpse.com) is a Senior Vice President with Halvorson and Partners.

The 783,800-square-foot Zurich North America Headquarters is the largest build-to-suit office project completed in the Chicago area in the last 15 years, but this striking addition to the I-90 corridor in Schaumburg is not just notable for its size. The unique building form is comprised of the three long rectangular bars shown in Figure 1. The east and west lower bars rise six stories from the ground, while the five-story upper bar sits on top of – and spans between – the two lower bars.

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