Just when it seemed high-end design could not get more mainstream, a gleaming glass restaurant erected on the spot once occupied by Chicago’s Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s has breached new ground—a fast-food drive-through.
While the 269-seat establishment is still a McDonald’s, its new cube-shaped profile by Ross Barney Architects is also a tech-y homage to the future: It is built from the latest sustainable sensation (cross-laminated timber); wrapped in a light-giving, bird-friendly glazing; and bursting with green features such as a rooftop apple orchard, parkland, pervious paving, green-vehicle charging stations, and 1,062 solar panels that can generate up to 60 percent of its electrical energy.
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