Manhattan West is a 5,400,000-square-foot (500,000 m2) mixed-use development by Brookfield Properties which is currently in the planning stages. The project consists of two large office towers and two smaller residential towers. The towers will be built on a platform over railroad tracks along Ninth Ave. between 31st and 33rd streets. ......... from Wikipedia - select 'Wikipedia' tab above to read more.more buildings by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab One Park Avenue is a supertall skyscraper 550 m (1,804 ft) tall and will have 125 floors, to be built in Jumeirah Garden City, Dubai. However, construction is on hold due to the financial crisis.Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Shaklee Terraces also known as One Front Street is an office skyscraper in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 164 m (538 ft) 38 floor, tower was completed in 1979. The composition of the façade closely resembles that of the Shell Building by Emil Fahrenkamp, which was built in Berlin in 1931. The Shaklee Corporation was once headquartered in the tower until the company moved to Pleasanton, California in 2000. In 1999-2001 Scient Corporation, a dot-com era consulting firm, had its head office on the upper floors of the building, prior to its move to Market Street.Built: 1979 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM style: Modern Architecture location:
One Front Street
San Francisco, California
United States
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is a high rise structure in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1975, the 18 story-tower is owned by the Federal Government. The international style office building has more than 370,000 square feet (34,000 m2) of space. Designed by the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architecture firm, the building is named after Wendell Wyatt and Edith Green who both served in the United States House of Representatives.Built: 1975 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab 555 California Street, formerly Bank of America Center, is a 52-story, 779 ft (237.4 m) skyscraper in San Francisco, California. It is the second tallest building in the city and a focal point of the Financial District. Completed in 1969, the tower served as the world headquarters of Bank of America until the 1998 merger with NationsBank, when the company moved its headquarters to the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.Built: 1969 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM Structural Engineer : H.J. Brunnier Associates style: Modern Architecture location:
555 California street
San Francisco, California
United States
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab 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.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
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Tower Palace Three, Tower G is a 73-floor luxury residential skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea. It was the tallest building in the country since 2004 but surpassed in height by the Northeast Asia Trade Tower in Incheon when it was topped out in 2009. It was designed by United States-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.Built: 2004 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by AREA Property Partners (formerly known as Apollo Real Estate Advisors) and The Related Companies in New York City. Its design, by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 750 ft (229 m) towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops. Construction began in November 2000, following the demolition of the New York Coliseum, and a topping-out ceremony was held on February 27, 2003. The property had the highest-listed market value in New York City, $1.1 billion, in 2006.Built: 2003 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Design Architect : David Childs location:
10 Columbus Circle
New York City, New York
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: