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Dylan Leblanc · #41 Posted: **Jul 21, 2011, 6:37 AM**

reminds me of the dozens of designs we see for proposed Chinese supertalls

ThreeHundred · #42 Posted: **Jul 22, 2011, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by QuarterMileSidewalk

Wow! most of those designs look progressive even compared to modern stuff!

The one second from right reminds me of the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait. Talk about ahead of it's time.

Flickr: Thamerium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thameri...n/photostream/

DCReid · #43 Posted: **Jun 15, 2012, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by ()_T

Here was KPF's design for the tower:

That design appears to have been used for the 311 South Wacker skyscraper in Chicago, also designed by KPF: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=33

DCReid · #44 Posted: **Jun 15, 2012, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by volguus zildrohar

Hey, it lived on. Helmut Jahn recycles.

Recycled a third time in Chicago as Two Prudential Plaza. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=32

Interesting it is the tallest of the three but less of an impact on Chicago's skyline because of the other tall Chicago buildings and its location.

gramsjdg · #45 Posted: **Jun 17, 2012, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by DCReid

That design appears to have been used for the 311 South Wacker skyscraper in Chicago, also designed by KPF: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=33

I love this design

()_T · #46 Posted: **Apr 17, 2013, 3:33 AM**

Another rendering of the BSW tower: