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  2. List of tallest buildings in the Waterloo Regional Municipality

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    In Waterloo Region, As of June 2020, the region contains 61 highrises over 50 m (164 ft) and 110 high-rise buildings that exceed 35 m (115 ft) in height. [1] [2] [3] The tallest buildings built and proposed within the Region are in Kitchener's downtown core which will be home to the Region's first skyscrapers (150m+). The tallest building ...

  3. Waterloo West Commercial Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Waterloo West Commercial Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] At the time of its nomination the district consisted of 25 resources, including 22 contributing buildings, and three non-contributing ...

  4. Tower block - Wikipedia

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    High-rise towers in Vilnius Central Business District, Lithuania The Majakka high-rise building in Kalasatama, Helsinki, Finland A tower block , high-rise , apartment tower , residential tower , apartment block , block of flats , or office tower is a tall building , as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height ...

  5. Staggered truss system - Wikipedia

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    The staggered truss system is a type of structural steel framing used in high-rise buildings.The system consists of a series of story-high trusses spanning the total width between two rows of exterior columns and arranged in a staggered pattern on adjacent column lines. [1]

  6. Case Study Houses - Wikipedia

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    The Stahl House, Case Study House #22. The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, Edward Killingsworth, Rodney Walker, and Ralph Rapson to ...

  7. List of high-rise façade fires - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of high-rise building fires where the flames were seen to involve the façade. The original dataset used to create this list [ 1 ] was found by searching news reports and research literature 1990 to 2019, and it may be biased towards high-profile fires and English-speaking reporting.

  8. Tower blocks in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Glasgow itself has taken a more measured approach to its high-rise housing stock, eschewing the mass demolition programmes being practiced in other British cities – favouring selective refurbishment of estates with secure futures and on buildings in good structural condition, only razing towers where absolutely necessary. [39]

  9. List of tallest buildings in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    This list of tallest buildings in Ontario ranks skyscrapers and high rise buildings in the province of Ontario by height. Buildings in nine cities are included in this list; Hamilton , Kitchener , London , Markham , Mississauga , Niagara Falls , Ottawa , Toronto , and Windsor , each having buildings taller than 100 metres.