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  One Chase Manhattan Plaza

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  One Chase Manhattan Plaza is a banking skyscraper located in the downtown Manhattan Financial District of New York City, between Pine, Liberty, Nassau, and William Streets. Construction on the building was completed in 1961. It has 60 floors, with 5 basement floors, and is 248 meters (813 ft) tall, making it the 11th tallest building in New York City, the 43rd tallest in the United States, and the 200th tallest building in the world.

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  Built: 1961
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  location:
  
  New York City,
  
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  Islamic Cultural Center of New York

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  The Islamic Cultural Center of New York is a mosque and Islamic cultural center in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is located at 1711 Third Avenue, between East 96th and 97th Streets. The Islamic Cultural Center was the first mosque built in New York City. The mosque's older dwelling in a townhouse at 1 Riverside Drive, is still in continual prayer use as a satellite location.

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  Built: 1991
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  location:
  
  New York City,
  
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  333 Bush Street

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  333 Bush Street is an office skyscraper located in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 43 floor, 151 m (495 ft) building designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill was completed in 1986 and contains seven stories of separately owned residential condominium space.

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  Built: 1986
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  style: Art Deco
  location:
  333 Bush Street
  San Francisco, California
  United States
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  Georgia-Pacific Tower

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  Georgia-Pacific Tower is a 212.45 m (697.0 ft) skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. It contains 52 stories of office space and was finished in 1982. Before the six year era of tall skyscrapers to be built in Atlanta, it was Atlanta's second tallest building from 1982 to 1987, and during that time period, the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel was the tallest building in Atlanta. Including the extra 6 years which were 1976-1982 before the Georgia Pacific tower opened. It has a stair-like design that staggers down to the ground, and is clad in pink marble quarried from Tate, Georgia.

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  Built: 1982
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  location:
  
  Atlanta,
  
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  7 World Trade Center

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  7 World Trade Center is a building in New York City located across from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It is the second building to bear that name and address in that location. The original structure was completed in 1987 and was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. The current 7 World Trade Center opened in 2006 on part of the site of the old 7 World Trade Center. Both buildings were developed by Larry Silverstein, who holds a ground lease for the site from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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  Built: 2006
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  Design Architect : David Childs
  location:
  250 Greenwich St.
  New York City, New York
  
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  Burj Khalifa

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  Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة‎ "Khalifa Tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently the tallest manmade structure in the world, at 829.84 m (2,723 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) flagship development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district. The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer. The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea.

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  Built: 2010
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  Design Architect : George J. Efstathiou
  MEP Engineer : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  Structural Engineer : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  style: Modern High-Rise
  location:
  1 Emaar Boulevard
  Dubai,
  United Arab Emirates
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  Willis Tower - Sears Tower

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  The Willis Tower (formerly named, and still commonly referred to as, the Sears Tower) is a 108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. The Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the seventh-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

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  Built: 1973
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  Design Architect : Bruce John Graham
  Structural Engineer : Fazlur Khan
  style: Modern High-Rise
  location:
  233 S. Wacker Drive
  Chicago, Illinois
  United States
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  Ontario Tower

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  The Ontario Tower is a 29-floor tower in the Business Bay in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of the Ontario Tower is expected to be completed in 2009.

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  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  location:
  
  Dubai,
  

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