Two Prudential Plaza | |
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Height | 303m |
Floors | 64 |
Year | 1990 |
City | Chicago |
Two Prudential Plaza is a 64-story skyscraper located in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
At 995 ft (303 m) tall, it's now the sixth-tallest building in Chicago and the seventeenth-tallest in the U.S., being only five feet from 1,000 ft, making it the closest of any building under 1,000. Built in 1990, the building was designed by the firm Loebl Schlossman & Hackl, with Stephen T. Wright as the principal in charge of design. It has been honored with 8 awards, including winning the Best Structure Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois in 1995. At the time of completion, Two Prudential was the world's tallest reinforced concrete building. Its distinctive shape features stacked chevron setbacks on the north and south sides, a pyramidal peak rotated 45°, and an 80-foot (24 m) spire. The building is attached to One Prudential Plaza (formerly called the Prudential Building).One57A1 | |
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Height | 306m |
Floors | 79 |
Year | 2014 |
City | New York City |
One57, formerly known as Carnegie 57, is a 75-story, 1,005-foot (306 m) supertall skyscraper in 157 West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The construction has 92 condominium units in addition to a new Park Hyatt Hotel with 210 rooms, the flagship Hyatt property.The tower, developed by Extell Development Company and designed by Christian de Portzamparc, was the first ultra-luxury condominium tower along the stretch of 57th Street which was then named Billionaires' Row. Upon completion in 2014, it was the tallest residential building in the city for a month or two until the completion of 432 Park Avenue.
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