Chicago Sun-Times
US · 19 mins ago
A Loop glass desk designed by Frank Gehry — all 7 tons of it — heads to auction
A 7-ton glass security desk designed by the late renowned architect Frank Gehry for the Inland Steel Building is now up for auction online, with its consignor looking to get between $100,000 and $200,000 for the work.
The blocky, 16-piece set-up — dubbed Icehenge — has been a fixture in the building's lobby since 2012. Gehry, a longtime fan of the superlative 19-story midcentury tower at 30 W. Monroe St., had a small ownership stake in the skyscraper from 2005 to 2007 and created the station spe
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