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Unbuilt Towers
Everyone's seen the skyscrapers that have sprouted from the ground. Some have seen what
the tower that is under construction or is proposed and about to be built will look like.
But what about those that were never built? Not too many peple have seen
those. Here are some projects that never got off the ground, unfortunately. I
hope to have pictures of these sometime in the near future.
Houston, TX
Bank of the Southwest Tower-Competition
Winner: Murphy-Jahn
Houston, TX 1982
| Architect |
Height |
Stories |
Size |
| Murphy-Jahn |
1,400 |
82 |
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| Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
|
105 |
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| Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
|
94 |
2,000,000 sq ft |
Other Houston Buildings
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Architect |
Year |
Size |
| Block 265 Tower |
|
80 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
1981 |
2,500,000 sq ft |
| Block 261 Tower |
|
40 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
|
1,000,000 sq ft |
| Project X |
|
63 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
1980 |
1,350,000 sq ft |
| Project Y |
|
73 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
1980 |
1,900,000 sq ft |
| Cullen Center |
702 |
50 |
Johnson/Burgee Architects |
|
2,178,000 sq ft |
New York City
South Ferry Plaza-New York City (1985)
| Height |
Stories |
Architect |
Size |
| 1,082 |
51 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
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Murphy-Jahn |
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10 Columbus Circle-New York City (to begin construction possibly in 1999)
| Height |
Stories |
Architect |
Size |
| 1,600 |
137 |
Eli Attia Architects |
3,288,780 sq ft |
| 1,275 |
122 |
Murphy-Jahn |
*2,640,000 sq ft |
| **750 (2 Towers) |
62 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
2,000,000 sq ft |
* the first 15 floors have 1,156,675 sq ft
**this version most likely will be built
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Kostabi World Trade Center |
2,000 |
160 |
|
Eli Attia Architects |
3,038,310 sq ft |
| New York Stock Exchange Tower |
1,792 |
140 |
1996 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
|
| *Grant USA Tower |
1,74 |
121 |
1987 |
Pietro Belluschi |
|
| **Television City |
1,670 |
130 |
1985 |
Murphy-Jahn |
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| Larkin Tower |
1,200 |
110 |
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| 383 Madison Ave. |
1,080 |
71 |
|
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
1,600,000 sq ft |
| ***New Port Tower |
1,017 |
80 |
|
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
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| Convocation Tower |
1,000 |
80 |
|
Bertram, Grosvernor, Goodhue |
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| Metropolitan Life Annex |
|
100 |
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*to have been built in Newark, New Jersey
**tallest tower of a large project
***to have been built in Jersey City, New Jersey
Chicago
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Chicago World Trade Center |
2,300 |
181 |
1982 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
9,200,000 sq ft |
| Miglin-Beitler Tower |
2,000 |
125 |
1989 |
Cesar Pelli & Associates |
1,900,000 sq ft |
| Wolf Point |
1,745 |
142 |
|
Kay E. Vierk |
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| 1 N. Wacker |
1,275 |
83 |
1989 |
Kevin Roche, John Dinkello & Associates |
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| Dearborn Center |
1,135 |
83 |
1985 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
2,500,000 sq ft |
| 600 N. Michigan Ave. |
|
97 |
1989 |
Murphy-Jahn |
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| Chicago World Trade Center |
|
46 |
1987 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
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| Wolf Point "World's Tallest" |
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Murphy-Jahn |
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Dallas
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| *Fountain Place II |
720 |
62 |
1986 |
I.M. Pei & Partners |
1,877,838 sq ft |
| Lincoln Property Cultural District Towers (2 Buildings) |
|
50 |
1987 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
4,200,000 sq ft |
*to have been built, rotated 45 degrees from present-day tower
Atlanta
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Atlanta Tower |
2,015 |
130 |
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Cleveland
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Ameritrust Center |
1,198 |
60 |
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Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
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Phoenix
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Phoenix Tower |
1,692 |
114 |
1989 |
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Ok that's it, so far, for North America. Now Asia. Boy, this is going to be
tough because there have been many buildings proposed, and even just designed. Also,
I've never been there and so I don't know what's under construction and what's not.
So, I'll tell you about buildings I've seen information about. I have not had
a confirmation on any of these projects that say they are under construction.
Bangkok
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Bangkok 120 |
1,378 |
120 |
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| Metropolis International (2 Buildings) |
1,178 |
104 |
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Design & Develop |
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| Exchange Square Tower |
1,030 |
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Jakarta
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Kuningan Parsada Tower |
1,480 |
70 |
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
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| Sudirma Office 7 Ritz-Carlton Hotel |
1,400 |
81 |
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John Portman & Associates |
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| Sun Center Office Towers (2 Buildings) |
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Helmuth, Obata & Kassabaum |
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| Jakarta Mixed-Use Tower |
|
80 |
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NBBJ Group |
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Kuala Lumpur
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| TNB Corporate Tower |
|
80 |
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RTKL |
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| Sogo Pernas Centre |
|
75 |
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Shanghai
| Building |
Height |
Stories |
Year |
Architect |
Size |
| Daewoo Centre |
1,378 |
92 |
1997 |
John Portman & Associates |
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| Shanghai Office Tower |
1,312 |
90 |
1997 |
Mori Building Architects & Engineers Co. |
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| Shanghai Business Centre |
|
89 |
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RTKL Associates |
1,470,150 sq ft |
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