View Full Version : VOTE! Best 80's Skyscraper


Jan
January 22nd, 2005, 03:45 PM
1. Bank of America Seattle
http://seattle.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010075-sea1-1024.jpg

2. First Interstate World Center (US Bank Tower) Los Angeles
http://www.tombridge.com/photos/socal0803/skyline_and_wisp.jpg

3. OUB Centre Singapore
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/85oub_fullnew.jpg

4. One Liberty Place Philadelphia
http://tinypic.com/19r3ir

5. KTC (World Trade Center) Seoul
http://www.skyfocus.co.kr/zb/data/sky_gal/1026437999/7.jpg

Nominate round totals


900 North Michigan Ave, Chicago *
Bank of America, Seattle ***** **
First Interstate World Center (US Bank Tower), Los Angeles ***** *
One Atlantic Center, Atlanta: *
Williams Tower (Transco Tower), Houston`` **
Wachovia Financial Center, Miami **
BoA Plaza, Dallas *
OUB Centre, Singapore ***** *****
Bank Of China, Hong Kong **
Tower 42, City of London *
Wells Fargo Center,Minneapolis *
Deutsche Bank Twins,Frankfurt **
One PPG Place,Pittsburgh *
Scotia Plaza, Toronto **
Fountain Place, Dallas **
BankWest Tower, Perth ***
One Worldwide Plaza, New York City *
Sony Tower, New York City *
l,Arche de la Defense, Paris **
Bank of AmericA, Miami *
One Liberty Place, Philadelphia ***** *
Citicorp Center, NY **
Trump Tower, NY **
KLI 63 building, Seoul ***
KTC (World Trade Center), Seoul ***
Intraco II, Warsaw *
West Gate, Belgrade *
HSBC, Hong Kong *
Lippo, Hong Kong **
World Financial Center, New York *


KTC won the tie breaker.

Monkey
January 22nd, 2005, 03:52 PM
I don't even have to think about this one.

Bank of America Tower, Seattle ... without a doubt!!!




http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/426asunset123456789012.jpg

redstone
January 22nd, 2005, 05:19 PM
OUB!!!

It changes colour naturally throughout the day, so sleek... :cool:

Urban Girl
January 22nd, 2005, 05:46 PM
One Liberty Place!!

Cliff
January 22nd, 2005, 06:00 PM
OUB!!! How many skyscrapers on this planet can pull of 70% cladding, 30% glass so well?:D
Anyway, its a perfect geometric masterpiece which constantly changes its profile from every angle. Height does not matter, being the 2nd shortest amoung the 5, it still commands the most attention. A true Asian Skyscraper.

DamienK
January 22nd, 2005, 06:05 PM
OUB. It's simple and elegant. The way the windows are grouped and the shiny facade remind me of a microchip, same as with Tokyo City Hall. I visited this building in person last year and was impressed at how it looked from beneath.

james2390
January 23rd, 2005, 12:43 AM
Liberty Place by far.

renell
January 23rd, 2005, 12:49 AM
Man this one's a very tough choice.. but I'm going for OUB because of its uniqueness, and cant forget i was lying down in Raffles Place staring up at it for 10 minutes :D

drwho
January 23rd, 2005, 01:26 AM
OUB-Singapore:)


btw anyone from Singapore-forum..please post Cliffs antview-pictures of OUB!:)

SUNNI
January 23rd, 2005, 01:53 AM
WTC seoul was always one of my favorites :)

mumbojumbo
January 23rd, 2005, 01:58 AM
KTC!!

Ellatur
January 23rd, 2005, 02:25 AM
KTC (World Trade Center), Seoul
KTC (World Trade Center), Seoul
KTC (World Trade Center), Seoul

Iggmasta
January 23rd, 2005, 02:57 AM
liberty place

waterloo
January 23rd, 2005, 03:01 AM
KTC looks sooo fine~

waterloo
January 23rd, 2005, 03:55 AM
KTC looks sooo fine~

Cliff
January 23rd, 2005, 04:50 AM
OUB-Singapore:)


btw anyone from Singapore-forum..please post Cliffs antview-pictures of OUB!:)

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/85oub.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/851aa.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/859.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/855a.jpg

:)

Perth4life3
January 23rd, 2005, 06:07 PM
One Liberty Place !!!!!! GLASS GLASS GLASS!!
2. BOA
3.KTC
4.US bank tower
5.OUB

DamienK
January 23rd, 2005, 06:55 PM
Apparently the One Liberty Place tower is quite admired - check out this Chinese proposal: Zhongtian International Mansion!

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/568/4023zhongtian.jpg

B@dGuYoM
January 23rd, 2005, 08:27 PM
Bank of america at seattle

AtlanticaC5
January 24th, 2005, 04:55 PM
Really hard one, BoA in Seattle is awesome, OUB is really cool and so are KTC and One Liberty Place, but I'll go with US Bank Tower...;)

CborG
January 24th, 2005, 07:57 PM
One Liberty Place!

SanMiguel
January 25th, 2005, 01:11 PM
BOA in Seattle of course... so unique, i've never seen any other tower like this...
runner up: Liberty Place
Honestly OUB is not my fav 80's Skyscraper of Singapore. To me it is the IBM Tower...
but on this list it is my #3
#4: US Bank in LA
#5: KTC

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TYW
January 26th, 2005, 08:27 AM
i'm going with OUB centre in Singapore;)

Liger Zero
January 26th, 2005, 06:56 PM
My vote is for Seattle's Bank of America Building. It's reminds me of my preference of females - sleek and curvy. One Liberty Place is a close second.

pwright1
January 28th, 2005, 03:52 AM
My favorite is BoA in Seattle of course.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/cloudyseattle061Small.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/DowntownSeattle156.jpg

texasboy
January 28th, 2005, 04:04 AM
The architecture of BOA is crazy. It definitely looks like a scraper ahead of its time. That's for being built in the 80's.

rark
January 28th, 2005, 03:59 PM
of course its OUB! its so elegant and its truly beautiful!
OWNAGE!

nicholasliha
January 28th, 2005, 10:36 PM
kenzo tange.

and the mythic proportions of the OUB being asia's tallest construction at its time of arrival.

giergel
January 29th, 2005, 06:22 PM
Definatly the One Liberty Place tower!

DamienK
January 29th, 2005, 09:02 PM
I'm surprised the US Bank Tower is in last place. I thought it would have been more popular.

Vlad the Great
January 30th, 2005, 04:25 AM
1 Liberty Place Philadephia! :)

Trances
January 30th, 2005, 06:46 AM
always OUB Centre, Singapore

Joe84323
January 31st, 2005, 07:04 AM
LIBERTY ONE CC Philly BABY!!!!

It could be a tad skinnier or a tad taller tho. Love the Bank of America bldg. in Seattle, too.. but it is a killer for those OCD people who need symmetry in a building.

wanderer34
June 21st, 2005, 12:15 AM
One Liberty Place!!! How does a boxy looking, generic Bank of America get more votes than the uniquely designed One Liberty Place???? Simply boggles my mind!!!

*Sweetkisses*
June 21st, 2005, 01:47 AM
Liberty Place, who else?

i_am_hydrogen
June 21st, 2005, 02:24 AM
Liberty Place!!!

System_Halted
July 21st, 2005, 08:33 PM
Horay! I voted for my fav. 80's scraper even the competition is ended :D (Won't tell it, otherwise you will delete it ;) )

You forgot to lock the thread, so do it now :lock:

Intoxication
November 1st, 2005, 08:48 PM
KTC (World Trade Center), Seoul

Gendo
November 1st, 2005, 11:30 PM
That's a hard one to decide on. I've been inside BOA Seattle, and One liberty Place in Philly. I love them both plus the US Bank Tower in L.A.

Manila-X
November 2nd, 2005, 05:25 AM
Why is the Bank Of China in Hong Kong not in here? Anyway, I vote for US Bank Tower in Los Angeles :)

Phenomenal Fullerton
November 2nd, 2005, 08:39 AM
US Bank Tower - LA.

Followed by OUB, Singapore.

Personally, I don't understand why the Seattle scraper is in this vote, or the Seoul one for that matter, and Philly's tower just appears to be a modern translation - and a cheap imitation - of the Chrysler. But hey, that's just IMHO!

mr_storms
December 4th, 2005, 11:17 PM
BoA Seattle Followed Closely By Us Bank

superskyline
December 5th, 2005, 02:04 AM
One Liberty Place, Philadelphia :)
it is one of my FAVORITE skyscraper, hence the avatar ;)

BoA Seattle is another of my favorites though, so it would be my choice for runner up

Manila-X
December 14th, 2005, 07:25 AM
Definitely US Bank Tower! It's the King of them all :)

empersouf
December 14th, 2005, 03:46 PM
BoA is cool, just like the OLP. But US Bank tower rocks!!

Justadude
December 26th, 2005, 11:35 PM
I admire Seattle's BoA and the others on the list, but I think One Liberty will have the longest-lasting appeal. It puts a modern twist on classic form that will never go out of style.

Jules
January 22nd, 2006, 01:11 AM
1 Liberty Place.

LordMarshall
January 22nd, 2006, 04:09 AM
KTC World Trade Center

La sombra..
January 28th, 2006, 06:15 AM
KTC, waooooooooooooooooooooooooo :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :cheers:

ZimasterX
January 28th, 2006, 06:34 AM
Theres something about the US Bank Tower that I just like, so I choose it.

NiceGuy
January 28th, 2006, 02:36 PM
One Liberty Place, without doubt.

VanSeaPor
February 4th, 2006, 03:41 AM
All are nice but the BoA is best, followed by Liberty Place, OUB, Library Tower, KTL.