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July 2nd, 2005, 12:24 AM
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DISCUSS: Best 70's Skyscraper
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July 2nd, 2005, 03:01 AM
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Buildings from the Top 200 list that are from the 70's:
4 - Sears Tower, Chicago 14 - Aon Center, Chicago 32 - First Canadian Place, Toronto 50 - Citigroup Center, New York City 55 - Renaissance Tower, Dallas 68 - Water Tower Place, Chicago 69 - Aon Center, Los Angeles 72 - Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco 81 - U.S. Steel Tower, Pittsburgh 118 - IDS Tower, Minneapolis 121 - John Hancock Tower, Boston 128 - Sunshine 60 Building, Tokyo 131 - Commerce Court West, Toronto 162 - 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York City 163 - One Penn Plaza, New York City 170 - MLC Centre, Sydney 175 - One Astor Plaza, New York City 180 - One Liberty Plaza, New York City 184 - Centerpoint Energy Plaza, Houston 192 - Shinjuku Mitsui Building, Tokyo 195 - ARCO Center, Los Angeles 198 - Shinjuku Center Building, Tokyo 200 - Carlton Center Office Tower, Johannesburg Some pretty good buildings from this era, including #4, #14, #32, #50, #55, #72, #118, and #170. |
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July 2nd, 2005, 03:01 AM
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I think we should be able to nominate the WTC, even though the towers are no longer standing.
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July 2nd, 2005, 03:03 AM
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^Good point. I forgot about those, since they weren't on Emporis' list.
I think the criteria is "best building finished in the 1970's", so the WTC would certainly qualify. |
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July 2nd, 2005, 04:04 AM
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I nominate the WTC, Sears Tower and OCBC Centre in Singapore.
I feel these have innovative and unique structural systems. For the OCBC Centre (200m) by IM Pei, it consists of 2 cores, with the floor spaces supported in the middle, like rungs on a ladder. Some construction pics from the 70s:    and today: 
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July 2nd, 2005, 04:08 AM
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@MattSal
why the Renaissance Tower Dallas? |
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July 2nd, 2005, 04:15 AM
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I nominate Commerce Court West completed in 1972 by I.M Pei in Toronto. It was the largest stainless steel-clad building in the world when completed.
Height (struct.) 239 m 784 ft 
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July 2nd, 2005, 05:19 AM
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how about Jardine House(159m) in Hong Kong
it was the tallest in Asia when it was built in 1973 Last edited by InitialD18; July 2nd, 2005 at 05:28 AM. |
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July 2nd, 2005, 07:11 AM
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The Transamerica Building
 hometown bias i guess 
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July 2nd, 2005, 07:57 AM
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Quote:
 I do think that the OCBC Center is a great building though. Nice choice. 
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July 4th, 2005, 03:20 PM
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Not my fav decade... no real style and boring, unprogressive architecture... Transamerican is okay and the WTC one of the great classics!
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July 22nd, 2005, 09:58 PM
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Don't forget the tower "credit lyonnais in LYON Part-Dieu
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September 27th, 2005, 02:00 PM
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aon chicago
sears hancock montparnasse(Paris)
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December 4th, 2005, 06:31 AM
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December 4th, 2005, 07:56 AM
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World Trade Center - New York, NY
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December 4th, 2005, 11:08 AM
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1) World Trade Centre
2) Sear Tower 3) Transamerica Pyramid
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December 4th, 2005, 03:54 PM
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World Trade Center
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December 4th, 2005, 04:04 PM
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December 4th, 2005, 05:23 PM
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Dubai World Trade Centre
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December 4th, 2005, 06:40 PM
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1)Sears tower-chicago
2)world trade center-NY 3) FCP-toronto -gotta put one from my home town
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