Favorite Skyscrapers & Highrises - Page 3

StethJeff · #41 Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 6:54 AM**

1. Bank of China, Hong Kong
2. Chrysler Building, New York
3. Library Tower, Los Angeles
4. Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh
5. Burj al-Arab, Dubai
6. Smurfit-Stone, Chicago
7. 2 International Finance, Hong Kong
8. One Liberty, Philadelphia
9. Transamerica, San Francisco
10. John Hancock Center, Chicago
11. Baiyoke Tower, Bangkok
12. Figueroa at Wilshire, Los Angeles
13. Taipei 101, Taipei
14. Empire State building, New York
15. Wyndham Plaza, San Diego

Tom Servo · #42 Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 7:28 AM**

some of my many favorites:

inland steel building (easily one of my top 3 favorite skyscrapers)

*bc.edu

*www.ci.chi.il.us

*wiki

the monadnock building

*monadnockbuilding.com

*brynmawr.edu

* www.ci.chi.il.us

turning torso

*mediaarchitecture.org

*Howard on flickr

pan am building

*wiki

glaspaleis

*wiki

860-880

*mine

pompidou center

*jneil.com

*credit

*wiki

a couple new ones:
600 n. fairbanks
new york times tower

LivingIn622 · #43 Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 3:39 PM**

this is hard. I'm gonna name my top ten. no order.
Empire State NYC
Hancock Chicago
Guardian bldg. Detroit
American standard bldg. NYC
Penobscot bldg. Detroit
Sun Trust Plaza Atlanta
191 Peachtree Tower Atlanta
Comerica Tower Detroit
Tribune Tower Chicago
Ren Cen Detroit

pico44 · #44 Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 6:15 PM**

1. ESB (NY)
2. Chrysler (NY)
3. Flatiron (NY)
4. Radiator (NY)
5. NYTimes (NY)
6. Seagram (NY)
7. HSBC (Hong Kong)
8. Woolworth (NY)
9. Bank of New York Building (NY)
10. 2 IFC (Hong Kong)
11. Lever House (NY)
12. Tribune (Chicago)
13. MetLife (NY)
14. US Steel (Pittsburgh)
15. Rockefeller (NY)
16. Pierre (NY)
17. Trump World tower (NY)
18. Transamerica (San Francisco)
19. Time Warner Center (NY)
20. Hancock (Chicago)
21. Citigroup (NY)
22. Hancock (Boston)

JDRCRASH · #45 Posted **Mar 7, 2008, 7:31 PM**

These are the ones already Built:

1. Empire State Building, New York City, U.S.
2. U.S. Bank Tower, Los Angeles, U.S.
3. Chrysler Building, New York City, U.S.
4. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, China
5. Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China
6. Burj Al Arab, Dubai, U.A.E.
7. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8. Sears Tower, Chicago, U.S.
9. CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
10. One Liberty Place, Philadelphia, U.S.

stranger · #46 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 2:38 AM**

Fountain Place in Dallas
BOA in Charlotte
USBank Tower in Los Angeles
Chrysler Building
The skscraper in Houston in uptown, can't think of the name

James2390 · #47 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 6:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick

^Now thats one great taste in architecture

Why thank you.

James2390 · #48 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 6:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by nschmoyer

Fountain Place in Dallas
BOA in Charlotte
USBank Tower in Los Angeles
Chrysler Building
The skscraper in Houston in uptown, can't think of the name

I think the Houston tower is called Williams Tower, if we're thinking about the same one.

albion41 · #49 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 6:53 PM**

Messetower Frankfurt/Germany

Sears Tower Chicago

John Hancock Tower Chicago

DB Tower Berlin/Germany

Mediaparc Tower Cologne/Germany

Taipei 101 Taiwan

Library Tower L.A.

Ducov · #50 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 8:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by bryson662001

But those buildings are all old......and tired.

no they're not, in fact I get far more of a sense of vitality and yearning from many building's over 70 years old, than a lot of ubiquitous modern, homogenized committee designed econoboxes.

and even if they were, better than being new and facile.

I can't be bothered to list all the hundreds of buildings I've taken to over the years, so I'll just say most of the ones in this picture.

*from lovecharlie on SSC

James2390 · #51 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 9:46 PM**

That pic is absolutely gorgeous! Instant desktop background.

Jobohimself · #52 Posted **Mar 8, 2008, 11:45 PM**

*Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt
*Turning Torso, Malmo
*Shell Building, San Francisco
*Wyndham [Emerald] Plaza, San Diego
*Monadnock Building, Chicago
*Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles
*ICC, Hong Kong (U/C)
*Shaw Tower, Vancouver
*Costanera Center, Santiago (U/C)

BrandonJXN · #53 Posted **Mar 9, 2008, 12:46 AM**

My top 10 friends list(in order):

1. One Liberty Plaza (Philadelphia)

jpalidigi

2. Q1 (Gold Coast)

sinandcity

3. Eureka (Melbourne)

stephen b

4. US Bank Tower (Los Angeles)

dugm2

5. Empire State Building (NYC)

pmarella

6. Bank of China (Hong Kong)

Steve Webel

7. Penbscot Building (Detroit)

DetroitDerek

8. Conde Nast Building (NYC)

wallyg

9 & 10. Veer Towers (Las Vegas)