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Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) is a Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
-based architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
ural and engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
 firm that was formed in 1936 by Louis Skidmore
Louis Skidmore

Louis Skidmore was an Architecture of the United States and a co-founder of the firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.Skidmore was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana and studied at Bradley Polytechnic Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later in Rome and Paris on a fellowship....
 and Nathaniel Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings

Nathaniel Alexander Owings was an American architect, a founding partner of Skidmore Owings and Merrill , which became one of the largest architectural firms in the United States and the world....
; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 in 1937. SOM is one of the largest architectural firms in the world. Their primary expertise is in high-end commercial buildings, as it was SOM that led the way to the widespread use of the modern international-style
International style (architecture)

The International style was a major architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s. The term usually refers to the buildings and architects of the formative decades of Modernism, before World War II....
 or "glass box" skyscraper.

of SOM's post-war designs have become icons of American modern architecture, including the (1950), designated as a New York City landmark in 2007 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Historic preservation Law....
, and the Lever House
Lever House

Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and located at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, is the quintessential and seminal glass box International style skyscraper....
 (1952), also in New York City; as well as the Air Force Academy Chapel (1958) in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
; and the John Hancock Center
John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue in the Streeterville area of the Near North Side, Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, is a 100-Storey, 1,127-foot tall skyscraper designed by structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill....
 (1969) and Sears Tower
Sears Tower

The Sears Tower, a signature supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world in the Americas since 1973 when it surpassed the World Trade Center....
 (1973), both in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
.

Although SOM was one of the first major modern American architectural firms to promote a corporate face, i.e.






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Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) is a Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
-based architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
ural and engineering
Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
 firm that was formed in 1936 by Louis Skidmore
Louis Skidmore

Louis Skidmore was an Architecture of the United States and a co-founder of the firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.Skidmore was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana and studied at Bradley Polytechnic Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later in Rome and Paris on a fellowship....
 and Nathaniel Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings

Nathaniel Alexander Owings was an American architect, a founding partner of Skidmore Owings and Merrill , which became one of the largest architectural firms in the United States and the world....
; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 in 1937. SOM is one of the largest architectural firms in the world. Their primary expertise is in high-end commercial buildings, as it was SOM that led the way to the widespread use of the modern international-style
International style (architecture)

The International style was a major architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s. The term usually refers to the buildings and architects of the formative decades of Modernism, before World War II....
 or "glass box" skyscraper.

Design

Many of SOM's post-war designs have become icons of American modern architecture, including the (1950), designated as a New York City landmark in 2007 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Historic preservation Law....
, and the Lever House
Lever House

Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and located at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, is the quintessential and seminal glass box International style skyscraper....
 (1952), also in New York City; as well as the Air Force Academy Chapel (1958) in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
; and the John Hancock Center
John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue in the Streeterville area of the Near North Side, Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, is a 100-Storey, 1,127-foot tall skyscraper designed by structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill....
 (1969) and Sears Tower
Sears Tower

The Sears Tower, a signature supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world in the Americas since 1973 when it surpassed the World Trade Center....
 (1973), both in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
.

Although SOM was one of the first major modern American architectural firms to promote a corporate face, i.e. not specifically crediting individual architects for their buildings, many famous architects, engineers an interior designers have been associated with the various national offices.

Architects

Well-known SOM architects include: Gordon Bunshaft
Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft was a 20th century architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Born in Buffalo, New York where he attended Lafayette High School , an architecturally significant building, Bunshaft was a modern architecture whose early influences included Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier....
, Natalie de Blois, Myron Goldsmith, Bruce Graham
Bruce Graham

Bruce Graham is an American architect. Among his most notable buildings are the Sears Tower, the Inland Steel Building, and the John Hancock Center....
, Gertrude Kerbis, Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch

Walter Netsch was an United States architect based in Chicago. He was most closely associated with the brutalist style of architecture, as well as the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill....
, Pietro Belluschi
Pietro Belluschi

Pietro Belluschi was a Portland, Oregon architect. He was a leader of the Modern Architecture, and was responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings....
, Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith (architect)

Adrian Smith is one of the most recognized architects in the world. His work includes several major skyscrapers; including what will become officially the tallest building in the world upon its completion, the Burj Dubai....
, Ferdinand Gottlieb
Ferdinand Gottlieb

Ferdinand Gottlieb was a New York-based architect. He headed his own firm, Ferdinand Gottlieb Associates based in Dobbs Ferry .He is best known for his interior design of the original Rizzoli International Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in New York City , and for his landmark Saul Victor House in the Riverdale, Bronx section of New York City ,...
, Larry Oltmanns and David Childs
David Childs

David M. Childs is the Consulting Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill who has projects all over the world and now is designing the Freedom Tower in New York....
.

Engineers

The earliest amongst the many SOM engineers was John O. Merrill; and Fazlur Khan
Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Rahman Khan , born in Dhaka, Bengal , was a Bangladeshi American structural engineer. He is regarded as the "Albert Einstein of structural engineering" and considered "the greatest structural engineer of the second half of the 20th century" for his constructions of the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center, and for his designs of struct...
, another engineer at SOM, is considered "the greatest structural engineer of the second half of the 20th century" for his constructions of the Sears Tower
Sears Tower

The Sears Tower, a signature supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world in the Americas since 1973 when it surpassed the World Trade Center....
 and John Hancock Center
John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue in the Streeterville area of the Near North Side, Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, is a 100-Storey, 1,127-foot tall skyscraper designed by structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill....
, and for his designs of structural systems
Skyscraper design and construction

The design and construction of skyscrapers involves creating safe, habitable spaces in very tall buildings. The buildings must support their weight, resist wind and earthquakes, and protect occupants from fire....
 that remain fundamental to all high-rise
High-rise

A high-rise is a tall building or structure. Normally, the function of the building is added, for example high-rise apartment building or high-rise office building....
 skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
s.

Interior designers

Davis Allen
Davis Allen

Davis Allen was an interior design and furniture designer. He was noted as a pioneer in the design of interior corporate environments and had a forty-year tenure at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill....
, a pioneer in corporate interior design
Interior design

Interior Design is a profession concerned with anything that is found inside a space - walls, windows, doors, finishes, textures, light, furnishings and furniture....
, had a forty-year tenure at SOM.

Projects

SOM has completed 10,000 projects around the nation and in more than 50 countries around the world and maintains offices in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, and Shanghai
Shanghai

Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
.

Freedom Tower

After Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind, is an United States architect, artist, and set designer of Polish-Jewish descent. He founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect....
 won the competition for master-planning, SOM was awarded the architectural design contract for the Freedom Tower, despite having withdrawn their entry in the original design competition. The project has engendered controversy -- not least because of the tensions between SOM's David Childs
David Childs

David M. Childs is the Consulting Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill who has projects all over the world and now is designing the Freedom Tower in New York....
 and Libeskind.

Planning work

In addition to architectural services, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill has also competed in the field of large scale planning programs. An example of one important commission was as the lead design firm for the Boston Transportation Planning Review
Boston Transportation Planning Review

Boston Transportation Planning Review is a transportation planning program for metropolitan Boston, United States which was responsible for analyzing and re-designing the entire area-wide transit and highway system in the 1970s....
, a metropolitan wide re-design of Boston's entire transit and roadway infrastructure in the 1970s. They have recently designed the Freedom Tower
Freedom Tower

1 World Trade Center, or the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the new World Trade Center complex currently under construction in Lower Manhattan in New York City....
 in New York City and the Burj Dubai
Burj Dubai

Burj Dubai is a supertall skyscraper under construction in the Business Bay district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world ever built, despite being incomplete....
 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Notable SOM buildings

Sears Tower Ss
Georgia Pacific Building Atlanta 01
Jin Mao Tower
*Individual buildings and the town plan for Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Oak Ridge is an incorporated city in Anderson County, Tennessee and Roane County, Tennessee Counties in East Tennessee Tennessee, United States, about 25 miles northwest of Knoxville, Tennessee....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, 1942
  • , 1950
  • Lever House
    Lever House

    Lever House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and located at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, is the quintessential and seminal glass box International style skyscraper....
    , New York City
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1952
  • Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Bank Branch Building 1954
  • Inland Steel Building
    Inland Steel Building

    The Inland Steel Building, located at 30 W. Monroe Street in Chicago, is one of the defining commercial high-rises of the post-World War II era of modern architecture....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1957
  • United States Air Force Academy
    United States Air Force Academy

    The United States Air Force Academy , is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs, Colorado in El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
    , Colorado Springs
    Colorado Springs, Colorado

    Colorado Springs is a Colorado municipalities#Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
    , Colorado
    Colorado

    The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1958
  • One Chase Manhattan Plaza
    One Chase Manhattan Plaza

    One Chase Manhattan Plaza is a banking skyscraper located in the downtown Manhattan Financial District, Manhattan of New York City . Construction on the building was completed in 1961....
    , Financial District, Manhattan
    Financial District, Manhattan

    The Financial District of New York City is a neighborhood on the southernmost section of the borough of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city's major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1961.
  • Tour Telus
    Tour Telus

    Tour Telus is an office building at 630 Ren? L?vesque Boulevard West in Montreal. It was built for Canadian Industries Limited from 1960 to 1962, given the name CIL House....
     (CIL House), Montreal
    Montreal

    Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    , 1962
  • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
    Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

    Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library was a 1963 gift of the Beinecke family. The building, designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft, of the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, is the largest building in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts....
    , Yale University
    Yale University

    Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
    , New Haven
    New Haven, Connecticut

    New Haven is the third largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000 people....
    , Connecticut
    Connecticut

    Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1963
  • Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
    Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

    The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is a hotel property on the Kohala Coast of the island of Hawaii . The development of the hotel was financed by Laurance Rockefeller and it was designed by Edward Charles Bassett for the renowned firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill....
    , Kohala Coast, Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
    , United States, 1965
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
    University of Illinois at Chicago

    The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago. It is the second member of the University of Illinois system and is the largest university in the Chicago metropolitan area, serving approximately 25,000 students within 15 colleges, including the nation's largest medical scho...
    's "Circle Campus", United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1965
  • Autzen Stadium
    Autzen Stadium

    Autzen Stadium is an outdoor American football stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Located north of the University of Oregon campus, it is the home field of the Oregon Ducks of the Pacific-10 Conference....
    , University of Oregon
    University of Oregon

    The University of Oregon is a State university, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, and the flagship school of the Oregon public university system, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later....
    , Eugene, Oregon
    Eugene, Oregon

    The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and Willamette River rivers, about 60 miles east of the Oregon Coast....
    , 1967
  • Louis Jefferson Long Library at Wells College
    Wells College

    Wells College is a nationally recognized private coeducational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake....
    , Aurora
    Aurora, Cayuga County, New York

    File:AuroraAerialView.pngThe Village of Aurora, a tourist destination and college town in Cayuga County, New York, is in the Ledyard, New York, north of Ithaca , New York, United States....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1968
  • Equitable Building
    Equitable Building (Atlanta)

    The Equitable Building is a 35-story, 453 foot tall office building in Atlanta, Georgia, located at 100 Peachtree Street in the Fairlie-Poplar neighborhood in Downtown Atlanta....
    , Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    , 1968
  • 555 California Street, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1969
  • Grand Rapids City Hall & Kent County
    Kent County, Michigan

    Kent County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Grand Rapids, Michigan–Wyoming, Michigan Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area....
     Administrative Building - Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
    , 1969
  • City Center Square
    City Center Square

    City Center Square is a Skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, built by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, in Spring of 1977. It consumes the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street, to Baltimore Street....
    , Kansas City
    Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson County, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri counties....
    , Missouri
    Missouri

    Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     1977
  • John Hancock Center
    John Hancock Center

    John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue in the Streeterville area of the Near North Side, Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, is a 100-Storey, 1,127-foot tall skyscraper designed by structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1969
  • Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1969
  • Dan Ryan Rapid Transit Stations
    Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)

    The Red Line is a heavy rail line in Chicago, Illinois, run by the Chicago Transit Authority as part of the Chicago 'L' system. It is CTA's busiest rail line, serving more than 230,000 passengers each weekday....
    , Myron Goldsmith Chicago, Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , 1969
  • Kennedy Rapid Transit Stations
    Blue Line (Chicago Transit Authority)

    The Blue Line , consists of a long trunk line in the Chicago Transit Authority's rapid transit system which extends through Chicago, Illinois Loop from O'Hare International Airport at the far northwest end of the city, through downtown via the Milwaukee-Dearborn-Congress subway, and across the West Side to its southwest end at Forest Park,...
     (Jefferson Park to Logan Square), Myron Goldsmith, Chicago, Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , 1970
  • Regenstein Library
    Regenstein Library

    The Joseph Regenstein Library is the main library of the University of Chicago, named after industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Regenstein. Holding over 4.4 million volumes, it is one of the largest repositories of books in the world, and is noted for its brutalist architecture....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1970
  • One HSBC Center
    One HSBC Center

    One HSBC Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Formerly known as the Marine Midland Bank, its name was changed when Marine Midland's parent company HSBC rebranded the bank as HSBC Bank USA....
    , Buffalo
    Buffalo, New York

    Buffalo , is the second largest city in the state of New York. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River, Buffalo is the principal city of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area and the county seat of Erie County, New York....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1971
  • Weyerhaeuser
    Weyerhaeuser

    Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest pulp and paper industry companies in the world; the world's largest private sector owner of softwood timberland; and the second largest owner in the United States, behind International Paper....
     Headquarters, Tacoma
    Tacoma, Washington

    Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park....
    , Washington
    Washington

    Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1971
  • Hajj Terminal, Jeddah
    Jeddah

    Jeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh....
    , Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
    , 1972
  • Sears Tower
    Sears Tower

    The Sears Tower, a signature supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, has been the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world in the Americas since 1973 when it surpassed the World Trade Center....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1973
  • Carlton Centre
    Carlton Centre

    The Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre located in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. At , it is the tallest building in Africa and about half the height of the Sears Tower in Chicago....
    , Johannesburg, South Africa
    South Africa

    The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
    , 1973
  • US Bank Center, Milwaukee
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
    , Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1973
  • First Wisconsin Plaza, Madison
    Madison, Wisconsin

    Madison is the List of U.S. state capitals of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
    , Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1974
  • 200 W Madison, Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois (former Hyatt
    Hyatt

    Hyatt is an international brand of hotels within the Global Hyatt Corporation that operates numerous properties.Mark Hoplamazian is the current President and CEO of Global Hyatt Corporation....
     Corporation headquarters)
  • Enerplex, North Building, Princeton
    Princeton, New Jersey

    Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756....
    , New Jersey
    New Jersey

    New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1982
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
    Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

    The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, often simply called The Metrodome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Memorial Stadium on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus....
    , Minneapolis
    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, the state's Capital ....
    , Minnesota
    Minnesota

    Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1982
  • BellSouth Center
    BellSouth Center (Atlanta)

    AT&T Midtown Center is a 677-foot , 47-story skyscraper in Midtown Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia. Completed in 1982, it serves as the regional headquarters of BellSouth Telecommunications, which does business as AT&T Southeast, and was acquired as part of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth....
    , Atlanta
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    , Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)

    Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1982
  • Georgia-Pacific Tower
    Georgia-Pacific Tower

    Georgia-Pacific Tower is a 697-foot tall skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. It contains 52 stories of office space and was finished in 1982. It has a stair-like design that staggers down to the ground, and is clad in pinkish granite....
    , Atlanta
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    , Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)

    Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1982
  • US Bancorp Tower
    US Bancorp Tower (Portland, Oregon)

    The US Bancorp Tower is the second tallest skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. It stands at 536 feet with 43 floors . The building has nearly 1.1 million square feet of office space inside, making it the largest office building in Oregon in terms of volume, and the second tallest building in Oregon, with only the Wells Fargo Center exceeding i...
    , Portland
    Portland, Oregon

    Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
    , Oregon
    Oregon

    Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1983
  • Fort Wayne Museum of Art
    Fort Wayne Museum of Art

    The Fort Wayne Museum of Art is a Contemporary art art gallery located in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, Allen County, Indiana, United States, neighboring the Arts United Center....
    , Fort Wayne, Indiana
    Indiana

    The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
    , 1984
  • Wachovia Financial Center
    Wachovia Financial Center

    The Wachovia Financial Center is a tall office skyscraper in Miami, Florida. It was known as the Southeast Bank Center , the First Union Financial Center , and now as the Wachovia Financial Center....
    , Miami, Florida
    Florida

    Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1984
  • 63 Building
    63 Building

    The DLI 63 Building is a skyscraper on Yeouido Island, overlooking the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. At 249 meters high, it is the 3rd tallest building in South Korea, the List of tallest buildings in the world, and is a Korean icon among skyscrapers....
    , Yeouido
    Yeouido

    Yeouido is a large island next to the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. It is Seoul's main business and investment banking district. Its 8.4 square kilometers are home to some 30,988 people....
    , Seoul
    Seoul

    Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
    , South Korea
    South Korea

    South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
    , 1985
  • Wachovia Tower
    Wachovia Tower (Birmingham)

    The Wachovia Tower is a 34 story, 454 foot tall office building located in Birmingham, Alabama, Alabama. Built in 1986 as the corporate headquarters for SouthTrust Corporation, the building was originally known as the SouthTrust Tower until 2005 when SouthTrust completed its meger with Wachovia....
    , Birmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama

    Birmingham is the largest city in the United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama. It also includes part of Shelby County, Alabama....
    , Alabama
    Alabama

    Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
    , 1986
  • JPMorgan Chase Tower (Dallas)
    JPMorgan Chase Tower (Dallas)

    The JPMorgan Chase Tower, located at 2200 Ross Avenue in the City Center District, Dallas of downtown Dallas Dallas, Texas, Texas is a 55-story Postmodern architecture skyscraper....
    , Dallas, Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1987
  • One Worldwide Plaza
    One Worldwide Plaza

    Completed in 1989, One Worldwide Plaza is part of a three-building, mixed-use commercial and residential complex located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known collectively as Worldwide Plaza....
    , New York
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 1989
  • Roosevelt Hospital
    St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

    File:WSTM Team Boerum 0002.jpgSt. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is a 1,076-bed, full-service community and tertiary care hospital serving New York City?s Midtown Manhattan, Upper West Side and parts of Harlem....
    , New York City
  • HKCEC, Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    , 1997
  • Ninoy Aquino International Airport
    Ninoy Aquino International Airport

    The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA , is the airport serving the general area of Manila and its surrounding Metro Manila. Located along the border between Pasay City and Para?aque City, about seven kilometers south of Manila proper, and southwest of Makati City, NAIA is the main international gateway for travelers to the P...
     Terminal 3, Manila
    Manila

    The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
    , Philippines
    Philippines

    The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
    , 1997
  • Jin Mao Building
    Jin Mao Building

    The Jin Mao Tower is an 88-storey landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China....
    , Shanghai
    Shanghai

    Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    , 1998
  • Pavilhão Atlântico
    Pavilhão Atlântico

    Pavilh?o Atl?ntico is an arena in Lisbon, Portugal.The idea to build Atlantic Pavilion was born in the first discussions over Expo?98 Master Plan....
    , Lisbon
    Lisbon

    Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
    , Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    , 1998
  • Embassy of the United States in Ottawa
    Embassy of the United States in Ottawa

    The United States embassy in Ottawa is a building located in Ottawa which opened in 1999.Before this date the mission occupied a 1930s era building directly across form Parliament Hill....
    , Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    , 1999
  • Korea World Trade Center, Seoul
    Seoul

    Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
    , Korea
    Korea

    Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
    , 2000
  • PBCom Tower
    PBCOM Tower

    The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower, more commonly known as the PBCom Tower, is an office skyscraper that currently holds the title, since 2000, of the List of tallest buildings in the Philippines....
    , Makati, Philippines
    Philippines

    The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
    , 2000
  • 7 South Dearborn
    7 South Dearborn

    7 South Dearborn was a planned skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It would have been high and at the intersection of Madison and Dearborn....
     (unbuilt), Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2000
  • Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
    Adelaide

    Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
    , Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    , 2001
  • San Francisco International Airport
    San Francisco International Airport

    San Francisco International Airport is a major international airport located south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States, adjacent to the cities of Millbrae, California and San Bruno, California in unincorporated area San Mateo County, California....
     International Terminal, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2001
  • Dallas Convention Center
    Dallas Convention Center

    The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District, Dallas, Texas of downtown Dallas Dallas, Texas, Texas ....
    , Dallas, Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2002
  • Time Warner Center
    Time Warner Center

    The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by The Related Companies in New York City. Its design, by David Childs and Mustafa Kemal Abadan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 750 ft towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops....
    , New York City
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2003
  • Random House Tower
    Random House Tower

    The Random House Tower and Park Imperial is a 52-story mixed use tower in New York City that is used as the headquarter of Random House and a luxury apartment complex called Park Imperial....
    , New York City
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2003
  • Ben Gurion Airport Terminal 3, Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
    , completed 2004 (in association with Moshe Safdie
    Moshe Safdie

    Moshe Safdie, Order of Canada is an architect and urban designer. He was born in the city of Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine now Israel....
    )
  • Rondo ONZ, Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    , 2005
  • 10 Exchange Square, London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , 2004
  • Finsbury Avenue Square, London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , 2004
  • Samsung Tower Palace 3 - Tower G
    Samsung Tower Palace 3 - Tower G

    Tower Palace Three, Tower G has been the tallest building in South Korea since its construction in 2004. It is located in the Gangnam-gu district of Seoul, South Korea....
    , Seoul
    Seoul

    Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
    , South Korea
    South Korea

    South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
    , 2004 in partnership with Samoo Architects & Engineers
  • Toronto Pearson Airport - Terminal 1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
     opened April 2004 (in association with Adamson Associates Architects, and Moshe Safdie
    Moshe Safdie

    Moshe Safdie, Order of Canada is an architect and urban designer. He was born in the city of Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine now Israel....
     and Associates)
  • AIG Tower
    AIG Tower

    The AIG Tower in Hong Kong is a 185 m , 40 storey skyscraper that was completed in 2005. It is located in Central , not far from the landmark Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong....
    , (????????), Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
    , PRC, completed 2005
  • New Providence Wharf, London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , 2006
  • 7 World Trade Center (second)
    7 World Trade Center

    7 World Trade Center is a building in New York City located across from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. The name "7 World Trade Center" has referred to two buildings: the original structure, completed in 1987, and the current structure....
    , New York
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2006
  • Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    , 2007
  • Dublin International Airport, Dublin
    Dublin

    Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
    , Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    , 2007
  • Singapore Changi Airport
    Singapore Changi Airport

    Singapore Changi Airport or simply Changi Airport, is a major aviation hub in Asia, particularly in the Southeast Asian region, and is the main airport in Singapore....
     Terminal 3, Changi
    Changi

    File:Singapore Changi Airport, Control Tower 2, Dec 05.JPGFile:Changi beach.jpgChangi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport, and is also home to the Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War during World War II which housed Allies prisoners captured in Singapore and Mala...
    , Singapore
    Singapore

    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
     in partnership with CPG Corporation
  • Cathedral of Christ the Light
    Cathedral of Christ the Light

    The Cathedral of Christ the Light and also called the Oakland Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in Oakland, California, California....
    , Oakland, California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , 2008


Buildings under construction

  • 222 South Main, Salt Lake City, Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Al Hamra Tower
    Al Hamra Tower

    The Al Hamra Tower is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. Designed by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the tower will become the tallest building in Kuwait on completion in 2010 at ....
    , Kuwait City
    Kuwait City

    Kuwait City , is the Capital and largest city of Kuwait. It has an estimated population of 63,600 within city limits and 2.38 million in the metropolitan area....
    , Kuwait
    Kuwait

    The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
  • Broadgate Tower
    Broadgate Tower

    The Broadgate Tower is a skyscraper in London main financial district, the City of London, UK. It was constructed from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the third tallest building in the City of London....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    , UK
  • Burj Dubai
    Burj Dubai

    Burj Dubai is a supertall skyscraper under construction in the Business Bay district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world ever built, despite being incomplete....
    , Dubai City
    Dubai

    Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
    , UAE
  • Chemsunny Plaza, Beijing
    Beijing

    is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
    Mumbai

    Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
    , India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • China World Trade Center Tower 3
    China World Trade Center Tower 3

    China World Trade Center Tower III is a tall skyscraper with 74 floors, 4 underground floors, and 30 elevators in Beijing, China. It is the third phase of development of the China World Trade Center complex in Beijing's central business district of Chaoyang District, Beijing at the junction of the East Third Ring Road and Jian Guo Men Wai A...
    , Beijing, China
  • Freedom Tower
    Freedom Tower

    1 World Trade Center, or the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the new World Trade Center complex currently under construction in Lower Manhattan in New York City....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing
    Nanjing

    is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • Pan Peninsula Towers, London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    , UK
  • Pearl River Tower
    Pearl River Tower

    Pearl River Tower is a skyscraper that is under construction at the junction of Jinsui Road/Zhujiang Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China....
    , Guangzhou
    Guangzhou

    'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • Trump International Hotel and Tower
    Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)

    The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and locally as the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel under construction in downtown in the United States....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Pan Peninsula, London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , Due 2009
  • NATO Headquarters, Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
    , Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    , Due 2012


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