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Paul V. Galvin Library (1962) of Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL, USA, by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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Tianjin CTF Finance Center in Tianjin, China

Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in collaboration with Ronald Lu & Partners

(Photo: Stock Photos from Iryna Makukha/Shutterstock)

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Cliffs of Chicago.

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A review of Google Streetview shows that at some point after Sept 2017, the Inland Steel Building in Chicago installed curtains that blocked the view of the iconically transparent lobby, Richard Lippold's lobby art, Frank Gehry's cast glass jumble of a security desk—and the computer screens of the security guards playing Cowcatcher there all day.

images: google streetview details of the lobby of chicago's inland steel building by skidmore owings & merrill, with curtains (c. 2022) and without (c. 2017).

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based energy storage systems. The proposal features two particularly notable ideas. The first brings to mind research from the likes of Gravitricity and IISA, and would use excess energy – whether from renewable sources like solar or from a standard power grid – to raise a weight up to the top of a very tall skyscraper. When required, the weight is then released, allowing it to descend to the bottom of the building, harnessing the force of gravity to drive a generator.

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When the John Hancock Center (now 875 North Michigan Avenue) topped out on May 6, 1968, it was the second tallest building in the world and the tallest outside New York City.  

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Islamic Cultural Center of New York 1711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10029 United States

Consequently, the building is rotated 29° from Manhattan's north-south street grid, which in turn is rotated 29° from due north-south.

The Islamic Cultural Center was the first purpose-built mosque in New York and continues to be one of the city's largest.

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Desde Blog Arte Plus:

Construcción de muro con realidad aumentada.

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[simonh]

She Opened Up Her Heart and Let Me In by Thomas Hawk

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Contemporary Living Room

Large contemporary open concept living room idea with a light wood floor and a beige floor.

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Arthur Keating Hall (1966) of Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL, USA, by Myron Goldsmith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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The structures at the Beinecke my grandfather had a hand in constructing. I find it poignant that they happen to be those which 1) permit vertical movement, and 2) hold up the entire building.

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Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Architect: Adrian Smith (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

(Photo: Stock Photos from Kirill Neiezhmakov/Shutterstock)

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SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRIL UNION CARBIDE, 1960 New York, USA Image © Ezra Stoller