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Originally Posted by DecoJim
Detroit's 28 story Fisher Building used to qualify but unlike the Standard Oil / Aon building in Chicago, the Fisher still has its marble cladding. Unfortunately it as aged from white to tan in color.
As you can see from the following close-up picture, a replacement piece of marble is white but the original material is dimmed with age.
It has been claimed that with 325,000 square feet of exterior marble, the Fisher is the largest remaining marble clad commercial building in the world. |
I'll admit that I've never looked
that closely at the Fisher building and I'm surprised that it's clad in marble. I always assumed that it was clad in the typical limestone. I guess you learn something new everyday!