The BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,100-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Designed to accommodate arena football, hockey, basketball, concerts, and similar events, the facility was built at a cost of $178 million in public funds and an additional $18 million in privately-funded upgrades. Ground was broken on August 31, 2005 and a ribbon-cutting ceremony involving Tulsa musicians Garth Brooks and Hanson took place on August 30, 2008. The arena's schedule of concerts and other events began on August 31 with a community choir hosted by Sam Harris. ......... from Wikipedia - select 'Wikipedia' tab above to read more.
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab South Station Tower is a proposed skyscraper intended for construction in Boston, Massachusetts. The tower by design would rise 621 feet (189 m), with 41 floors and consist of a hotel, condominium units, office space, and a parking structure. It would be built atop Boston's historic South Station complex, an example of "transit-oriented development." The property was developed by Hines Interests and TUDC, a subsidiary of Tufts University.Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Costanera Center is an ongoing development and construction of four skyscrapers being built in the Sanhattan financial district of Santiago, Chile by Cencosud. The tallest of the four buildings Gran Torre Santiago, designed by Argentine architect César Pelli, will be 300 meters in height, making it the tallest building in South America when completed and second tallest in the Southern Hemisphere only behind Australia's Q1 on the Gold Coast at 322 m tall. Two other buildings will be 170 m high and a fourth one will be smaller.Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Cira Centre South is a skyscraper currently under construction in the University City district of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is across the Schuylkill River from Center City Philadelphia. The location of the buildings is between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street south of 30th Street Station. The structure will consist of two towers, Cira 2 and Cira Centre South. In this project, Cira 2 will likely soar over 600 feet though the official height of both buildings is yet to be announced. Cira Centre South is planned to be completed by 2011-2012.Built: 2007 Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Key Tower is a skyscraper on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio designed by architect César Pelli. It is the tallest building in both the city of Cleveland and the state of Ohio, the 18th tallest building in the United States, and the 88th tallest building in the world. The building reaches 57 stories or 948 feet (289 m) to the top of its spire, and it can be visible for up to twenty miles (32 km) away. The tower contains about 1.5 million square feet (139,355 m²) of office space.Built: 1991 Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Bloomberg Tower is a 1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m2) glass skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P., retail outlets, restaurants and 105 luxury condominiums. The residences are known as One Beacon Court and are served by a separate entrance. The tower is the 15th tallest building in New York City and the 46th tallest in the United States. It stands at 55 stories tall, reaching 806 ft (246 m).Built: 2005 Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
731 Lexington Ave.
New York City, New York
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The World Financial Center is a complex of buildings across West Street from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan in New York City, overlooking the Hudson River. This complex is home to offices of companies including Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, Nomura Group, the Wall Street Journal, American Express, Dow Jones and others. The entire complex is owned by Brookfield Properties, except for the space occupied by American Express (which American Express owns). The complex also serves as the corporate headquarters for Brookfield Properties, which has its headquarters in Tower Three.Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab 30 Hudson Street is a 42 story, 238 m (781 ft) Goldman Sachs office tower in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is the tallest building in New Jersey, and the tallest in the United States that is not in its metropolitan area's largest city.Built: 2004 Design Architect : Cesar Pelli location:
30 Hudson Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Petronas Towers (Malay: Menara Petronas, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers or Menara Berkembar Petronas in Malay) are skyscrapers and twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the CTBUH's official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101, but remain the tallest twin buildings in the world ever built, surpassing the World Trade Center. The building is the landmark of Kuala Lumpur with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower.Built: 1998 Design Architect : Cesar Pelli General Contractor : Hazama Corporation Structural Engineer : Thornton Tomasetti style: Modern High-Rise location:
Jalan Ampang
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia