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SKYDB Building of the Week

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1 2018, week 21 - The former John Hancock Center is the third supertall building ever built, and the first outside New York City. It dominates the north end of Chicago's downtown skyline, and it is remarkable for its tapering frame and strong exposed cross-bracing. Although it was recently stripped of its name, most people still call it what it always has been.
875 North Michigan

Chicago, IL

344 m 100 fl1969
2 2018, week 6 - Gran Torre Santiago in Santiago, Chile is the tallest building in South America and the continent's only supertall skyscraper. It is also currently the second-tallest building in the southern hemisphere, and the remotest supertall building in the world (i.e. farthest from any other supertall).
Gran Torre Santiago

Santiago de Chile

300 m62 fl2014
3 2015, week 46 - The Grand Lisboa, a hotel and casino in Macau, is one of the most unusual skyscrapers in the world. Shaped like a gigantic tropical plant with a bulbous podium at its base, it is even more distinctive at night when its colorful lighting system accentuates its wild form.
Grand Lisboa

Macau

258 m 48 fl2008
4 2016, week 14 - The U.S. Steel Tower is a triangular office skyscraper with a Cor-Ten steel facade and the tallest building in Pittsburgh. Owing to its flat roof and very large floorplates, it has the largest roof of any building its height in North America. Six years ago there were plans to put a public park on its roof.
U.S. Steel Tower

Pittsburgh, PA

256 m 64 fl1970
5 2015, week 37 - The Bow in Calgary is, until passed by neighboring Brookfield Place very soon, the tallest building in Canada outside Toronto. Its unique design by Norman Foster combines a crescent floor plan with bold cross-bracing. The name refers both to its shape and to the Bow River.
The Bow

Calgary

236 m 57 fl2012
6 2015, week 26 - Fountain Place is an office skyscraper in Dallas designed by I.M. Pei. Clad entirely in bluish glass, the crystalline tower is carved into a striking shape with dramatic diagonal slopes. At its base is a lush oasis of trees, pools, and dozens of fountains.
Fountain Place

Dallas, TX

219 m 62 fl1986
7 2017, week 34 - Turning Torso is a residential tower designed by Santiago Calatrava on the waterfront of Malmö. It's the first of several twisting skyscrapers ever built, and it's still the tallest building in Scandinavia. Residents can easily see Copenhagen across the Öresund strait.
HSB Turning Torso

Malmö

190 m57 fl2005
8 2015, week 34 - Soyak Tower is one of Istanbul's most distinctive skyscrapers. Designed with the characteristically clean geometry of architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the tower is a folded crystal on a long podium with a rounded private courtyard.
Soyak Tower

Istanbul

169 m32 fl2014
9 2017, week 42 - The Dorint Augsburg is the tallest building between Munich and Ulm. The 18-sided hotel tower is nicknamed the "corncob", and its design was influenced by the twin towers of Marina City in Chicago. It was built to coincide with the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Dorint Augsburg

Augsburg

167 m37 fl1972
10 2015, week 7 - New York-New York is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Designed to resemble the Manhattan skyline, it includes mock-ups of the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Manhattan Municipal Building, Ellis Island, & Grant's Tomb. Nearby is a replica of the Statue of Liberty, and a roller coaster runs around its base.
New York-New York

Las Vegas, NV

161 m49 fl1997

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