Skyscraper Twins - Page 5

Occit · #81 Posted **Aug 11, 2006, 3:01 AM**

Tour EDF, Paris

Nicholas Tower, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Occit · #82 Posted **Aug 11, 2006, 3:23 AM**

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Arche de la Defense, Paris, France.

Parque Cristal, Caracas, Venezuela.

arlekin_m · #83 Posted **Sep 9, 2006, 11:13 PM**

jiu shi tower, shangai

torre mayor, mexico city

they're practically identical, except jiu shi is taller

vid · #84 Posted **Sep 9, 2006, 11:20 PM**

Tour EDF looks like Wall Centre in Vancouver, but upside down

COtoOC · #85 Posted **Sep 11, 2006, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by slide_rule

then there's this original:

Here's the real twin to the Giralda Tower - it's in Kansas City, an exact replica.

Minato Ku · #86 Posted **Sep 11, 2006, 7:36 PM**

Tour EDF, la Defense, Paris 2001

Sony center, Berlin 2000

Tour Areva, la Defense, Paris 1974

Trump World Tower, New York 2001

Patrick · #87 Posted **Sep 13, 2006, 4:32 AM**

Philip Burton Federal Building, San Francisco, 1959

Two Penn Plaza, New York City, 1968

Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1923

Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, 1903

Two Liberty Place, Philadelphia, 1990

One America Plaza, San Deigo, 1991

Rob511 · #88 Posted **Sep 13, 2006, 8:57 AM**

Milan's iconic Pirelli headquarters (1959):

Auckland's handsome West Plaza (1974):

SanMiguel · #89 Posted **Sep 24, 2006, 6:12 PM**

^^ i finally found out from where Shenzhen copied that building on the left...(always thought, i know this "curves")

the forms are "stolen" from the "Forums Les Halles" of Paris. see!:

it's not excactly a skyscraper twin, but i'm pretty sure the architect saw Paris' Forums Les Halles b4 he designed that tall Shenzhen bldg.

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pdxstreetcar · #90 Posted **Sep 25, 2006, 12:28 AM**

Portland Mark O Hatfield US Federal Courthouse, Kohn Pederson Fox, 1997

Seattle US Federal Courthouse, NBBJ, 2004

Distill3d · #91 Posted **Sep 26, 2006, 5:20 AM**

i checked, and no one has posted these two yet, so here goes:

Enbridge Building in Edmonton:

Emirates Office Tower in Dubai:

and though, not exactly highrises, but still twins:

US Capitol Building:

Alberta Legislature in Edmonton:

Occit · #92 Posted **Sep 26, 2006, 6:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rob511

Milan's iconic Pirelli headquarters (1959):

Auckland's handsome West Plaza (1974):

Thats towers looks like:

Mercantil Tower, Caracas, Venezuela.

Lecom · #93 Posted **Sep 27, 2006, 3:10 AM**

If these aren't twins separated at birth, I don't know what are.

Tuscon, Arizona

New York, NY

Distill3d · #94 Posted **Sep 27, 2006, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Patrick

Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1923

Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, 1903

lets not forget its triplet:
the Fairmont Paliser Hotel in Calgary:

or the illegitimate quadruplet:

Federal Building in Edmonton

C-Dawg · #95 Posted **Sep 27, 2006, 5:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by Avian001

Hey folks, I think we've got the winners!

And yes, these are two different buildings. Count the floors if you don't believe it!

These are the kings of all "twin skyscrapers." They were both designed by the same architect, Minoru Yamasaki (same guy who built the World Trade Center in NYC).

For these twin towers, he just put one in Toledo and the other in Minneapolis. They both were built in 1981. The Disalle Government Center is 328 feet tall and ranks as Toledo's fourth tallest building. The one in Minneapolis probably ranks 20-something.