travel42 Hotel Review: The St. Regis Chicago

The St. Regis Chicago travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Occupying a prestigious point where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan, The St. Regis Chicago is the first new build in Lakeshore East in a decade. At 101 stories, it is the third tallest building in Chicago and the tallest in the world designed by a woman, Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects.

The three undulating towers and geometric cube that make up the building are clad with six different shades of glass, echoing the waves of the river and the la...