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Wasn't Bank of China completed in 1990? Thats what Emporis says.

The Bank of China was structurally topped out in 1988, but was completed in March of 1990, according to the Pei Cobb Freed website, the architects of the tower. Actual planning of the tower began in late 1982.

The Williams Tower in Houston #1
BOC #2
WFP in Houston #3

Bank of Nova Scotia Toronto!

^ That is a very nice one too!

boc
boa miami

boc for sure
http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/central_bank_of_china.jpg
http://sokamonline.com/HongKong/HongKong97/photo/086-02.jpg

BOFA Seattle

One Liberty Place in Philadelphia!!

http://www.photodump.com/direct/swtrackie/LIBSD.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/swtrackie/LIBBBBBBBBBBBB.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/swtrackie/libsmall.jpg

For more info and pics go to http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117928

My #2 would be Bank of America Tower in Seatle
http://www.photodump.com/direct/swtrackie/SEEE.jpg

Scotia Plaza, Toronto

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/eighteighths/Scotia%20Plaza/101_0171.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/22755170.jpg

http://tinypic.com/5wqia

Bank Of China in HK

BoC is 90's.

My house (ca. 1986), but seriously BOC is a great building and is hard to beat.

I really like the Lippo Centre :

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20051004/OCT04-S02-001.jpg

scotiabank in toronto is very nice, i also like bank of america in seattle. is that the columbia seafirst center

Bank of america of seattle without any doubt

PPG Place, Pittsburgh (1983).
http://www.wqed.org/erc/pghist/photos/mdn/PPGplace1.jpg

One Liberty Place.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong

http://www.istructe.org.uk/students/images/15to18/HSBC.jpg
^^(from the Institute of Structural Engineers (http://www.istructe.org.uk/students/db/index.asp?page=51&bhcp=1))

http://www.datarq.fadu.uba.ar/datarq/relacion/arqui/htech/foster.jpg
^^(Source (http://www.datarq.fadu.uba.ar/datarq/relacion/arqui/htech/homepage.html))

http://users.compaqnet.be/cn117945/foster/11fostergroot.jpg
^^(Source (http://users.compaqnet.be/cn117945/foster/))

Hong Kong building is a classic scraper in HK and it's still post modern even to this day.

But I prefer The US Bank Tower in Los Angeles as the best for this decade. It defined LA's skyline and put the city on the skyline map!

US Bank Tower (Downtown Los Angeles)
http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/nucleus/media/5/20060210-usbank.jpg

Yes The US Bank aka LibraryTower is pretty good. Another Pei Cobb Freed masterpiece
HSBC in Hong Kong is also amazingly unique. I remember that the steel was actually produced in Scotland??????

Bank of Cina and Bank of America in Seattle.

PPG caught my eye and is quite an innovative design :

http://www.globalphotos.org/pittsburgh/DSCN7335.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/pittsburgh/DSCN7333.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/pittsburgh/DSCN7252.jpg

Absoluut the international finance centre in hongkong

baiyoke tower(1987) : bangkok.the best of colour full in 80's :lol:...

http://www.geocities.com/topsyturvy_6051/b1d.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/topsyturvy_6051/baiyoke1a.JPG
the baiyoke 1 and 2
http://www.bigfoto.com/asia/bangkok/bangkok-skyscraper.jpg

I don't have a picture of my favorite 1980's Skyscraper. But it is in New York City, 53rd at Third. I call it the Lip Stick Building, it was completed in 1985, designed by Philip Johnson.

I don't have a picture of my favorite 1980's Skyscraper. But it is in New York City, 53rd at Third. I call it the Lip Stick Building, it was completed in 1985, designed by Philip Johnson.
http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060701/IMG_2980.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060701/IMG_2962.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060701/IMG_2959.jpg

Bank of China and HSBC. You gotta love HK!

Absoluut the international finance centre in hongkong

Completed 2002.

This might seem nationalistic, patriotic, biased, whatever the word is...but HK takes top 3 for me here:

1. Bank of China
2. HSBC
3. Lippo

If we're counting BoC as 90s, then the US Bank Tower in LA comes 3rd.

cityspire center (NYC)
bank of china (HK)
sony tower (NYC)

I consider BOC to be 1990s, because that was when it was completed. I would say one of if not the best 90's skyscraper

1- AT&T Building - New York
2- Bank of America Center - Houston
3- Lippo Center - Hongkong

Scotia Plaza, Toronto

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3404719823_93ae28241c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathancastellino/3404719823/sizes/l/

http://construction.trumptoronto.ca/wp-content/gallery/2009_jan/DSCF7118.jpg http://construction.trumptoronto.ca/wp-content/gallery/2009-june/ae-trump-june-16-2009-0139.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2833033293_c39326dee9_o.jpg
Courtesy of tomms

Many people have mentioned Bank of China. I agree that is a wonderful building (one of my all-time favorites), but it was completed in 1990, so that is the best 90's Skyscraper, not the best 80's.

My votes for best of the 1980's:
1. Lippo Centre in Hong Kong (designed by Auburn University grad Paul Rudolph)
2. One Liberty Place in Philly
3. Williams Tower in Houston

best 90s skysraper: BOC - HK. but of the 80s:

#1 one liberty place (philadelphia), it's a real beauty...
#2 bank of nova scotia (TO)
#3 US bank tower (LA)
#4 lippo center (HK)
#5 bank of america (seattle)

One Liberty Place, Philadelphia.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/texas/63100d1274307690-williams-tower-houston-versus-bank-america-bank_of_america_center_houston.jpg

Bank Of America Center Houston is the best!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/4_One_Atlantic_Center.jpg

...or One Atlantic Center!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Pittsburgh-pennsylvania-ppg-place-2007.jpg

PPG Place

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Williamstower.jpg

Williams Tower