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September 3rd, 2012, 07:56 AM
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140 William Street, Melbourne
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September 4th, 2012, 03:07 AM
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Nice one.
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September 4th, 2012, 03:13 AM
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One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC
 888 Seventh Avenue, NYC  Abeno Harukas in Osaka is another good example of international-style revival. 
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September 4th, 2012, 05:27 AM
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MAny of these buildings are very nice, but not awesome, because their ground level is trashed with retail or something like that isntead of making an unified continuum with the floors or, at most, with grand lobbies.
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September 5th, 2012, 12:39 AM
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I used to hate it but I adore John Hancock Building in Chicago. Not sure if it's my favourite though. I'll need some time to think about that.
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September 5th, 2012, 05:38 AM
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September 23rd, 2012, 07:41 PM
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 The Tokyo WTC is another one. Sadly, there are plans to demolish it. 
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September 23rd, 2012, 07:45 PM
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Ruitang Plaza Twin Towers
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September 23rd, 2012, 08:59 PM
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Toronto-Dominion Centre (Toronto)
Tour CIBC (Montreal) Aon (Chicago) World Trade Center (New York) Commerce Court (Toronto) John Hancock (Chicago) Place Ville-Marie (Montreal)
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September 25th, 2012, 06:45 AM
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Lovely example here in gorgeous CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
image hosted on flickr  ABSA Building Cape Town CBD by Ihsaan Adams | Photography Đ, on Flickr In fact theres loads of International style 70/80 stuff in Cape Town alone! image hosted on flickr  Cape Town CBD by coda, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  I'm ready for my closeup, Mr Kubrick by Kyknoord, on Flickr
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September 25th, 2012, 10:27 PM
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Oh wow, you're right!
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September 26th, 2012, 06:20 AM
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There's a few classics in Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA too. The NY of Africa
 image hosted on flickr  Carlton Centre's 50th floor by PauloSergioMDC, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  kine centre johannesburg CBD by CobusN, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Carlton centre by sagrenm1, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  In Jo'burg's CBD by MastaBaba, on Flickr
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"The ancestors will turn their backs against you and you will be bad luck forever if you leave the ANC unhappy," - Jacob Zuma --- what a douche! Last edited by Marsupalami; September 26th, 2012 at 06:29 AM. |
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October 1st, 2012, 05:23 AM
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AON Center's long lost twin, Torre Colpatria in Colombia
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October 1st, 2012, 09:10 AM
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TD Centre in Toronto is so choice!
Other big favorites of mine are the Seagram Building in NYC (1958), a Miesian High Modernist classic: image hosted on flickr  seagram building may 1958 by eralsoto, on Flickr And the Citicorp Tower in NYC (1978) which embodies outstanding Late Modernist Bauhaus design: image hosted on flickr  Citicorp -2 by Warren Greene, on Flickr
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October 3rd, 2012, 05:31 AM
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Olympia Center, Chicago
 Place de Ville, Ottawa  Water Tower Place, Chicago  Equitable Place, Chicago  Three Illinois Center, Chicago  Michigan Plaza, Chicago  Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago  Gateway Center III, Chicago  SBC Building, Chicago  Place Du Canada, Montreal  Place Ville Marie, Montreal 
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October 3rd, 2012, 09:59 PM
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Robeco, Rotterdam
 The Delftse Poort, Rotterdam 
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October 4th, 2012, 02:34 AM
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Some more from NYC
590 Madison Avenue  345 Park Avenue 
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October 6th, 2012, 04:11 PM
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From Houston
1 City Center  1 Allen Center  Devon Energy Center  Bob Lanier Public Works Building  JP Morgan Chase Tower  One Shell Plaza  Exxon Mobil Building 
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October 6th, 2012, 07:29 PM
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I love them all! Those skyscrapers made me love skyscrapers.
Here's a slection of my European favourites: Brussels - WTC 1 & 2  Brussels - IT Tower  Brussels - Astro Tower  Milano - Pirelli Tower  Rotterdam - Delftse Poort:  Antwerp - Antwerp Tower 
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