Archive for the ‘Architecture & Design’ Category

Lipstick Building

Lipstick Building is an elliptical-shaped skyscraper that occupies the area between East 53rd Street and 54th Street in Manhattan, New York. Its main address is noted as 885 3rd Avenue. It is also known as the 53rd at Third. It was known as the Lipstick Building primarily due to its shape.
Lipstick Building Profile
The Lipstick Building [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]