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  2. List of twisted buildings - Wikipedia

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    When completed, Diamond Tower will be the only building to twist a full 360 degrees along its height. F&F Tower , in Panama City, holds the record for the tightest twist, that is, the highest average rotation per floor, at 5.943 degrees across each of its 53 floors; and as of 2017, it is the completed building with the highest total rotation ...

  3. Contemporary architecture - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [2] [3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale.

  4. Modern architecture - Wikipedia

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    During the 1960s and 1970s, he became noted for his designs for Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center, which was the first building to use the trussed-tube design, and 110-story Sears Tower, since renamed Willis Tower, the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998, which was the first building to use the framed-tube design.

  5. List of visionary tall buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    Phare du Monde, was a project for a 701 metre tall observation tower for the world exhibition in Paris, 1937. It was planned as a concrete tower similar to a modern TV tower, but also with a ramp for drive up access. Fanhai Centre: 699 m (2,293 ft) 2017: Skyscraper: Residential and commercial China: Wuhan: 2027 (cancelled in 2020)

  6. Twin towers (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In the medieval period, examples include the Seljuk Kharraqan towers, twin towers wrought in decorative brickwork that represent a prominent work in the art and architecture of Islamic Iran. [ 2 ] In the contemporary era, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia are a particularly celebrated example of twin tower architecture that ...

  7. Richards Medical Research Laboratories - Wikipedia

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    [12]: 21 With the Richards Medical Research Laboratories Kahn showed a way forward with a design that was clearly in the Modern style and yet evoked images from the past. The building's towers in particular reminded many observers of the centuries-old towers of San Gimignano, Italy, which Kahn had painted several years earlier. Wiseman says ...

  8. New City Residential - Wikipedia

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    Jorge Gutierrez in association with Estrategias Urbanas consulting represented by Arq. Hector Osuna Jaime. New City was designed with the idea of creating a setting of comfort for the surrounding San Diego-Tijuana populace. It was also designed to appeal to most people and features a modern and unique look. [1]

  9. Corporate architecture - Wikipedia

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    Inspired by these new ideas, new buildings were created in the 1900s that are regarded by experts as milestones of modern corporate architecture. [2] American examples described by academics are the Regional Enterprise Tower (built as the Alcoa Building) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1953), Owens-Corning Fiberglass Tower in Toledo, Ohio (1969 ...