view gallery |  LeVeque Tower - Columbus, Ohio
in Skyscrapers Standing 555'6", the LeVeque Tower is located at 50 W Broad St. in downtown Columbus, Ohio posted by: Mr. 0 location: Ohio date approved: 5/13/2007 last visited: 5/23/2012 |
view gallery |  Transamerica Pyramid
in Skyscrapers A San Francisco landmark. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 5/5/2007 last visited: 1/26/2002 |
view gallery |  Russell Investments Center (WaMu Center) - Seattle, WA
in Skyscrapers WaMu Center is the hub and corporate offices of Washington Mutual Bank.
Cross posted in the Corporate Headquarters Category, Waymark Code: WM1QWR posted by: Joyful_April location: Washington date approved: 5/1/2007 last visited: 12/27/2012 |
view gallery |  Centro Candido Mendes
in Skyscrapers A skyscrapper in downtown Rio de Janeiro. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 4/24/2007 last visited: 5/8/2007 |
view gallery |  Seattle Space Needle - Seattle, Washington
in Skyscrapers The structure we know as Seattle's Space Needle was originally built to be the landmark feature of the 1962 "Century 21" World's Fair in Seattle, which had a science and space theme. posted by: Hikenutty location: Washington date approved: 4/8/2007 last visited: 5/16/2013 |
view gallery |  Tower of the Americas
in Skyscrapers Tower of the Americas was the Theme Structure of the 1968 Worlds Fair. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Texas date approved: 3/8/2007 last visited: 2/16/2013 |
view gallery |  Energy Center - New Orleans, LA
in Skyscrapers The post-modern, 530-feet, 39-story Energy Center was designed by HKS, Inc. in 1984. Sheathed in granite panels and reflective bronze glass, the tiered crown makes the building easy to confuse with the shorter Pan American Life Center. posted by: JimmyEv location: Louisiana date approved: 3/6/2007 last visited: 9/29/2010 |
view gallery |  Place St. Charles, New Orleans, LA
in Skyscrapers On the site of the former St. Charles Hotel, this 645-feet, 53-story, post-modern skyscraper was designed by Moryama & Teshima in 1984. The window in the building’s crown is modeled on the lantern that once topped the St. Charles Hotel. Typical New Orleans balconies surround the base of the building. posted by: JimmyEv location: Louisiana date approved: 3/6/2007 last visited: 2/22/2010 |
view gallery |  One Shell Square, New Orleans, LA
in Skyscrapers One year after the international-style One Shell Plaza was erected in Houston, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed its shorter twin in New Orleans. At 51 stories and 697 feet, One Shell Square has retained the title of the tallest building in both New Orleans and Louisiana since 1972. posted by: JimmyEv location: Louisiana date approved: 3/6/2007 last visited: 1/20/2012 |
view gallery |  Metropolitan Square - St. Louis, Missouri
in Skyscrapers Metropolitan Square is the tallest office building in St. Louis. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 3/3/2007 last visited: 6/30/2012 |
view gallery |  Mirante do Vale
in Skyscrapers The tallest building in Sao Paulo. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 3/1/2007 last visited: 4/9/2008 |
view gallery |  Altino Arantes
in Skyscrapers Sao Paulo's third talest building. Has an observation deck. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 3/1/2007 last visited: 5/8/2007 |
view gallery |  Edificio Italia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
in Skyscrapers The second tallest building in Sao Paulo. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 2/23/2007 last visited: 4/14/2008 |
view gallery |  One Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
in Skyscrapers The tallest building in Vancouver, the One Wall Centre, stands at 150m even at Nelson St and between Burrard St and Hornby St. posted by: Covert Cache location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 2/17/2007 last visited: 7/13/2011 |
view gallery |  1201 Third Avenue Tower (Washington Mutual Tower) - Seattle, WA
in Skyscrapers A majestic skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. posted by: bootron location: Washington date approved: 1/30/2007 last visited: 12/27/2012 |
view gallery |  Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China
in Skyscrapers Jinmao Tower is currently Shanghai's and also China Mainland's tallest building. posted by: hansolo77 location: China date approved: 1/19/2007 last visited: 6/21/2012 |
view gallery |  Tour Montparnasse Tower, Paris, France
in Skyscrapers The Montparnasse Tower is 210m high and provides an excellent view over Paris. posted by: SUp3rFM & Cruella location: France date approved: 1/18/2007 last visited: 4/30/2013 |
view gallery |  Guardian Building - Detroit, MI
in Skyscrapers Located between Griswold, Congress and Larned Streets in downtown Detroit. At 496 feet/151 meters, the last skyscraper to waymark in Michigan. Thanks to Jagman and WrightStuff for leaving the most beautiful skyscraper in Detroit for me. posted by: S5280ft location: Michigan date approved: 12/29/2006 last visited: 3/2/2012 |
view gallery |  Bank of America Center, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers This post-modern Gothic 1983 creation of Phillip Johnson and John Burgee soars 56 stories with a stepped, gabled roof. The lower portion of the building was built over a pre-existing two-story Western Union Building, creating a huge banking hall. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 3/26/2013 |
view gallery |  1400 Smith, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers Most people will recognize this 691-feet, post-modern glass tower built in 1983 by its former name – the Enron Building. The company is gone, but the cool circular skywalk over Louisiana Street is still in place. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 4/17/2013 |
view gallery |  Heritage Plaza, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers A 53-story, 1987 Mayan mirage towering over the western edge of downtown, Heritage Plaza’s Mayan-inspired theme, developed by M. Nasr & Partners, carries into the lobby. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 4/2/2013 |
view gallery |  JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers Designed by IM Pei in 1981 the tallest building in Texas at 1,002-ft. is one of his plainer creations. The ceiling-to-floor windows in the 60th-floor sky lobby come equipped with plaques identifying the various buildings below. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 4/24/2013 |
view gallery |  Pennzoil Place, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed these two, 36-story, off-set buildings connected by a glass atrium in 1976 specifically to not look like One Shell Plaza. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 3/26/2013 |
view gallery |  One Shell Plaza, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers In 1971, this 50-story, concrete skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was an engineering marvel – the tallest concrete building in the world built with poured-in-place concrete. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 4/24/2013 |
view gallery |  2 Houston Center, Houston, TX
in Skyscrapers Wandering along the third-story terrace of this 40-story, 1974 skyscraper, you can piece together some of the original plans hatched by William L. Pereira Associates for their 75-acre, city-within-a-city project. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 11/26/2006 last visited: 3/26/2013 |
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