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The Cira Centre Building is a 29-story Postmodernist skyscraper located in the University District of West Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. It is considered as the tallest building in the city of Philadelphia outside of Center City. It is notable for its changing shape when being viewed from different locations.
Cira Centre Building History
Cira Centre is built on top of an old set of railway tracks that already exist... Cira Centre Building
The Cira Centre Building is a 29-story Postmodernist skyscraper located in the University District of West Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. It is considered as the tallest building in the city of Philadelphia outside of Center City. It is notable for its changing shape when being viewed from different locations.
Cira Centre Building History
Cira Centre is built on [...]
100 North Tampa Building
The 100 North Tampa Building is a skyscraper located in Downtown Tampa in the state of Florida. It was previously known as the Regions Building and the AmSouth Building. It is also considered as the tallest building in Tampa and the 9th tallest building in the whole state of Florida. This unique looking skyscraper is [...]
Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower
The Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is an imposing building complex located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the Middle East. Also called as the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, it is notable for the fact that it is currently considered as the tallest clock tower in the world. It also holds a number of other records such [...]
Solow Building
Solow Building is an imposing modernist skyscraper located at 9 West 57th Street in Manhattan. It is somewhere west of Fifth Avenue and in between 57th and 58th Street. It is a black and white tower notable for its sloping facade and is one of only two Midtown skyscrapers employing such a design. It is [...]
January 26th, 2012
Cira Centre Building
The Cira Centre Building is a 29-story Postmodernist skyscraper located in the University District of West Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. It is considered as the tallest building in the city of Philadelphia outside of Center City. It is notable for its changing shape when being viewed from different locations.
Cira Centre Building History
Cira Centre is built on top of an old set of railway tracks that already exist... January 19th, 2012
100 North Tampa Building
The 100 North Tampa Building is a skyscraper located in Downtown Tampa in the state of Florida. It was previously known as the Regions Building and the AmSouth Building. It is also considered as the tallest building in Tampa and the 9th tallest building in the whole state of Florida. This unique looking skyscraper is a prime example of Postmodern architecture.
100 North Tampa Building History
100 North Tampa Buildi... January 11th, 2012
Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower
The Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is an imposing building complex located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the Middle East. Also called as the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, it is notable for the fact that it is currently considered as the tallest clock tower in the world. It also holds a number of other records such as having the tallest hotel, the world’s largest clock face, as well as having the world’s largest buil... January 3rd, 2012
Solow Building
Solow Building is an imposing modernist skyscraper located at 9 West 57th Street in Manhattan. It is somewhere west of Fifth Avenue and in between 57th and 58th Street. It is a black and white tower notable for its sloping facade and is one of only two Midtown skyscrapers employing such a design. It is also known to have the most expensive rental prices in Manhattan.
Solow Building Profile
The Solow Building was bu... December 27th, 2011
The Glass Palace
The Glass Palace is a modernist building located in Heerlen, Netherlands. It was initially built in 1935 as a fashion house and a department store. But it has since become a cultural center in the city. The original name for the building is the Modehuis Schunk, or Schunk Fashion House. But it was eventually nicknamed as the “Glaspaleis” or Glass Palace which has become its official name.
Glass Palace... December 20th, 2011
Al Hamra Tower
The Al Hamra Tower is a new skyscraper located in the heart of downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is considered as the tallest skyscraper in Kuwait as well as currently belonging in the top ten tallest skyscrapers in the world. But more notably, it is known as the world’s tallest sculpted skyscraper.
Al Hamra Tower Profile
The Al Hamra Tower was built in 2005 and completed in 2011. It was designed by architectu... December 13th, 2011
Terminal Tower
Terminal Tower is an imposing 1920’s skyscraper that still dominates the Cleveland skyline. It is located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland in Ohio. Because of its age and history as well as its imposing stature in the city skyline, it has become a popular Cleveland landmark. Currently the Terminal Tower is part of the Tower City Center development.
Terminal Tower Profile
The Terminal Tower was built to ... December 6th, 2011
First Canadian Place Toronto
The first Canadian Place is a tall skyscraper that is located in the financial district of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. It is also known as the First Bank Tower and is the location of the Toronto headquarters for the Bank of Montreal. It is currently considered as the tallest building in Canada. It is also considered as the 3rd tallest free-standing structure in the country after the CN Tower found in the same city ... November 22nd, 2011
Capital Tower
Capital Tower is an imposing skyscraper that is situated in downtown Singapore. Its specific address is 168 Robinson Road Downtown Core, Singapore. It is considered as the 4th tallest building in the Singapore skyline. It is considered as the tallest building in the Shenton Way-Tanjong Pagar financial district.
Capital Tower Profile
Capital Tower was initially built as the POSBank’s headquarters. But eventual... November 15th, 2011
601 Lexington Avenue Building
The 601 Lexington Avenue is an imposing skyscraper located at 53rd Street, between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue in midtown Manhattan in New York. It is considered as one of the 10 tallest skyscrapers in the city of New York. With its unique architectural design and bright white color, it is considered as one of the most distinctive buildings lining the New York City skyline. The tower was also previously known...