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. ......... from Wikipedia - select 'Wikipedia' tab above to read more.
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Crown Las Vegas, formerly known as the Las Vegas Tower, was a proposed supertall skyscraper that would have been built on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada, an unincorporated suburban community of Las Vegas. If built, the tower would have been 1,064 feet (324 m) tall, making it the tallest building in the Las Vegas metropolitan area and the 2nd-tallest structure in the Las Vegas Valley and in the state of Nevada, after the Stratosphere Tower. After two major redesigns, the project was officially canceled in March 2008.Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab 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.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
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Vasco da Gama Tower (Portuguese: Torre Vasco da Gama, pronounced: ) is a 145 m lattice tower with skyscraper in Lisbon, Portugal, built over the Tagus river. It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who was the first European to arrive in India by sail, in 1498.Built: 1998 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab AT&T Midtown Center I is a 206.4 m (677 ft), 47-story skyscraper in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly known as BellSouth Center and Southern Bell Center. Completed in 1982, it serves as the regional headquarters of BellSouth Telecommunications, which does business as AT&T Southeast, and was acquired as part of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth. BellSouth Corporate headquarters was located in the Campanile building, also in Midtown.Built: 1980 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The World Centre is an office skyscraper located in Makati City, Philippines. It is owned by Megaworld Corp. It stands at 152.4 metres (500 feet) , and is strategically located on the largest central business district of the country.Built: 1996 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab China World Trade Center Tower III is a supertall skyscraper with 81 floors, 4 underground floors, and 30 elevators in Beijing, China. It is the third phase of development of the China World Trade Center complex in Beijing's central business district of Chaoyang at the junction of the East Third Ring Road and Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue. The building topped out at 330 m (1,083 ft) on 29 October 2007 and completed in early 2009. It is currently (August 2011) the tallest skyscraper in Beijing.Built: 2009 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location: