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Rebuilding Das Center (formerly Sony Center) with Berliners in mind

When Oxford Properties invited us to help reimagine the 25-year-old Sony Center in Potsdamer Platz, it represented both a homecoming and a transformation. Once a bold symbol of Berlin’s post-reunification ambition, the district had become more spectacle than city. Together, we set out to change that—to transform a top-down master plan into a place that…

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Three Jahn/ Projects win Gold

1000M, EDEN Tower and Pritzker Military Archives Center have won Gold Awards for the Global Future Design Awards hosted by the Architecture Press Release.

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1000M Balances Striking Design With Sustainable Performance

1000M’s high-performance glazing, efficient mechanical systems, smart building controls, and water-saving fixtures reduce energy use and resource consumption while maximizing comfort. Recently earning Two Green Globes, a distinction shared by only three other tall multifamily buildings in Chicago, the tower sets a benchmark for sustainable, high-rise living.

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Chicago Yimby Features Thompson Center Construction Progress

The transformation of the Thompson Center into the new Google HQ in The Loop continues, as the new glass skin continues to wrap around the building’s skeleton. As is well known by now, the Prime Group is renovating the former state office building, with a deal in place to sell it to Google upon completion. Google plans…

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Evan Jahn and Francis Greenberger, CEO of Time Equities, share origin story of 1000M at Bisnow’s Multifamily Conference

At Bisnow’s recent keynote, Francis Greenberger, CEO of Time Equities Inc. and Evan Jahn shared the story behind 1000M Chicago‘s newest luxury residential tower. They highlighted how our team carried the project through an extraordinary journey from pandemic delays and financing shifts to the tragic loss of Helmut, without losing sight of the vision.

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Award‑Winning EDEN Tower Boldly Blends Nature and Architecture

Award-winning EDEN Tower boldly fuses nature and architecture, with more than 2,000 square meters of living walls climbing its 98-meter façade. Recognized with CTBUH’s Best Tall Building Under 100 Meters Award, the 29-story residential tower introduces a new generation of sustainable high-rise living to Frankfurt’s city center. Jahn and Sempergreen, which developed the green wall…

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Google makes progress on Chicago headquarters with windows update

The transformation of the Thompson Center into Google’s new Chicago headquarters continues by replacing its outdated skin with a high-performance triple-pane glass curtain wall designed to reduce glare, cut solar heat gain, and dramatically improve insulation.

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1000M and EDEN Tower Shortlisted for The Plan Awards

1000M in Chicago and EDEN Tower in Frankfurt have been shortlisted for The Plan Awards, honoring architectural excellence across the globe.

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Eden Tower Receives an International Architecture Award Honorable Mention

Eden Tower received an International Architecture Award Honorable Mention, sponsored by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

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EDEN Tower featured in BauNetz

EDEN Tower was recently featured in BauNetz for its bold integration of nature and architecture.

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Google’s High‑Profile Renovation Gives New Look to the Heart of the City

Construction continues as the glass panels along Lake Street side provide the best public look so far at how the 17-story structure will appear when complete.

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Pritzker Military Museum and Library Named World Architecture Festival Finalist

Pritzker Military Museum and Library will go on to compete LIVE at the festival in Miami, November 12-14, 2025, where we will present the project to the esteemed judging panel.

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1000M named Modern Luxury’s Best Of The City

The new residential tower takes home the title Hottest New Luxury Rental Building in CS Magazine‘s 2025 Best of the City Winners list.

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The Sony Center Marks 25 Years as ‘Das Center’

Celebrating 25 years at Potsdamer Platz, the Sony Center—now known as Das Center—continues to evolve through thoughtful modernization in collaboration with Jahn. As it enters a new chapter, it remains a space where memory, innovation, and community converge.

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EDEN Tower Named Best Tall Building by CTBUH

Eden Tower in Frankfurt, Germany, has won a Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Best Tall Building Award of Excellence! Celebrated for its innovative architectural vision and dedication to sustainable urban living, the tower features lush vertical greenwalls that create a biophilic environment rising with the city—seamlessly blending nature and high-rise design.

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Global Footprint, Local Impact: Jahn’s Residential Architecture in Focus

Jahn’s global residential portfolio reflects a legacy of innovation, clarity, and urban integration—consistently redefining how people live in dense and dynamic environments. One of the firm’s earliest contributions, State Street Village at the Illinois Institute of Technology, referred to today as the Jeanne and John Rowe Village, challenged the norms of campus housing with transparent,…

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Messeturm Featured on Inside Skyline Frankfurt

Completed by Jahn in 1991 with a lobby refresh in 2022, Frankfurt’s Messeturm has defined the city’s skyline. Inside Skyline Frankfurt recently featured the building in its Safety First at the Messeturm on ARD Mediathek & Das Erste.

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Skylines Transformed: See How Jahn Is Redefining Urban Living Around the World

Jahn’s global residential portfolio reflects a legacy of innovation, clarity, and urban integration—consistently redefining how people live in dense and dynamic environments. One of the firm’s earliest contributions, State Street Village at the Illinois Institute of Technology, referred to today as the Jeanne and John Rowe Village, challenged the norms of campus housing with transparent,…

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A 246‑Meter Marvel of Modern Engineering—TK Elevator Test Tower

Rising from Germany’s Black Forest, the TK Elevator Test Tower in Rottweil is a 246-meter marvel of modern engineering. Far from a conventional skyscraper, it serves as a vertical lab for testing high-speed elevators which includes the groundbreaking MULTI system that moves both vertically and horizontally.

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Former Sony Center in Berlin Sets New Energy Standards

How can ambitious environmental goals be combined with the requirements of modern working environments? The former Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz shows how it’s done…

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