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Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft), it was the world's tallest...
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- 1930
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- 1928
Villa Savoye
The Villa Savoye is considered by many to be the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris, it is one of the most recognisable architectural presentations of the International Style. Construction was...
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- 1929
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Stockholm City Hall
Stockholm City Hall (Swedish: Stockholms stadshus or Stadshuset locally) is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and...
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- 1923
Foshay Tower
The Foshay Tower, now the W Minneapolis - The Foshay hotel, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Modeled after the Washington Monument, the building was completed in 1929 in the months before the stock market crash in October of that year. It...
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- 1929
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Arizona Biltmore Hotel
The Arizona Biltmore Hotel is a resort located in Phoenix near 24th Street and Camelback Road. It recently joined the Hilton Hotels' luxury collection The Waldorf-Astoria Collection and was also featured on the Travel Channel show Great Hotels.
The...
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- Feb 23, 1929
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40 Wall Street
40 Wall Street is a 70-story skyscraper located in New York City. Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust building, it was later known by its street address when its founding tenant merged to form the Chase Manhattan Bank and today is known...
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- 1930
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- 1929
Terminal Tower
The Terminal Tower is a landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was built during the skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 1930s, and was the second-tallest building in the world when it was completed. The Terminal...
Opened:
- 1930
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- 1926
Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning, a Pittsburgh landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Standing at...
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- 1926
55 Broadway
55 Broadway is a notable building overlooking Saint James's Park in London. It was designed by Charles Holden and built between 1927–29. It was built as a new headquarters building for the London Electric Railway Company (LER), the main forerunner...
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- 1929
Magnolia Hotel
The Magnolia Hotel (sometimes still called the Magnolia Building, originally the Magnolia Petroleum Building) is a 29-story, Beaux-Arts style, upscale hotel in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) that for many years was the...
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- Aug 1922
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New York Life Insurance Building
The New York Life Insurance Building, New York is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company. It was designed in 1926 by Cass Gilbert, designer of the landmark Woolworth Building; the massive building rises forty stories to its...
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- 1928
Fisher Building
The Fisher Building (1928) is an ornate skyscraper in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan, United States constructed of limestone, granite, and marble. Financed by the Fisher family with proceeds from the sale of Fisher Body to General Motors,...
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- 1928
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Cadillac Place
Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise office building in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan constructed of limestone, granite, and marble. Originally the General Motors Building, it had housed the company's world headquarters from 1923 until...
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- 1920
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Guardian Building
The Guardian Building, designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Today, the building is owned by Wayne County, Michigan and serves as its headquarters. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929...
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- 1929
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Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre is a 1928 movie palace and performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan, near Grand Circus Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was designated a National...
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- 1928
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Penobscot Building
The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Rising 566 feet (172.3 m), the 47-story Penobscot was the tallest building in Michigan from its completion in...
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- 1928
Fred F. French Building
The Fred F. French Building is a 38-story skyscraper on the northeast corner of 45th Street at 551 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City.
It was erected in 1927 with a striking art deco facade contributing significantly to the international...
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- 1927
Ennis House
The Ennis House is a building located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA, south of Griffith Park. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923, and built in 1924.
Following "La Miniatura" ...
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- 1924
Providence Biltmore
The Providence Biltmore Hotel is an upscale hotel that opened in 1922 as part of the Biltmore Hotel chain. It was founded by John McEntee Bowman and Louis Wallick, and is currently owned by Grand Heritage Hotels International. It was added to the...
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- 1922
Lincoln Building
The Lincoln Building (now known as One Grand Central Place) is an office building located on 60 East 42nd Street in New York City, opposite Grand Central Terminal. It was completed in 1930. The architect was James Edwin Ruthvin Carpenter. It is 673...
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- 1930
Chanin Building
The Chanin Building is a brick and terra cotta skyscraper located at 122 East 42nd Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue, in Manhattan. Built by Irwin S. Chanin in 1929, it is 56 stories high, reaching 197.8 metres (649 ft) excluding the spire...
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- 1930
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Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
The Federal Building and United States Courthouse, built in 1930, is a historic landmark located at 421 Gold Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is part of the complex of federal buildings on Gold Avenue that includes the Old Post...
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- 1930
Fogg Art Museum
Opened to the public in 1896, the Fogg Museum is the oldest of Harvard University's art museums. The Fogg joins the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum as part of the Harvard Art Museum.
The museum was originally housed in an...
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- 1925
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LeVeque Tower
The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story Art Deco-style building in Columbus, Ohio. Located at 50 West Broad Street, it was the tallest building in Columbus from 1927 until 1974 when the Rhodes State Office Tower was completed. The LeVeque Tower is 555 feet...
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- 1924
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Brown Hotel
The Brown Hotel (formerly the Camberley Brown Hotel) is a historic 16-story hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., located on the corner of Fourth and Broadway. It contains 293 rooms and over 24,000 ft² of meeting space. It also contains...
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- 1923
Centre Block
The Centre Block (in French: Édifice du centre) is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of Members of...
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- 1927
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Pavillon Suisse
The Pavillon Suisse or Swiss pavilion was built in 1932 at the Cité International Universitaire, Paris.
The construction of this Pavilion was entrusted, without a competition, by the Committee of Swiss Universities to Le Corbusier and Pierre...
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- 1930
Hollyhock House
The Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House is a building in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a residence for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, built in 1919–1921. The building is now the...
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- 1921
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American Radiator Building
The American Radiator Building (since renamed to the American Standard Building) is a landmark skyscraper located at 40 West 40th Street, in midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was conceived by the architects John Howells and Raymond Hood in 1924...
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- 1924
Capitol Theatre, Melbourne
The Capitol Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, is a building located on Swanston Street, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall.
It was commissioned by a group of Melbourne businessmen including the Greek Consul General Anthony JJ Lucas and designed by the...
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- 1924
Forum Theatre
The Forum Theatre (formerly known as the "State Theatre") is a theatre located on the corner of Flinders Street and Russell Street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. The building was designed by American architect John Eberson...
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- 1929
Chicago Temple Building
The Chicago Temple Building is a 173 meter (568 foot) tall skyscraper church located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Chicago. It was completed in 1924 and has 23 floors...
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- 1924
Westward Ho
Westward Ho is a skyscraper located at 618 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, formerly occupied by a hotel of the same name. When completed in 1928, the 208-foot (63 m) hotel was the tallest building in Arizona, a title it held until 1960....
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- 1927
Nottingham Council House
Nottingham Council House is the city hall of Nottingham, England. The 200 foot high dome that rises above the city is the centrepiece of a skyline packed with elegant architecture and presides magnificently over the Old Market Square. This grand...
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- 1929
Rand Tower
Rand Tower is a 26-story skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA that was one of the city's tallest structures when it was completed in 1929. It was designed by Holabird & Root for Rufus R. Rand, Jr., a World War I aviator who was part of the...
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- 1928
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Palmolive Building
The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37 story Art Deco building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Built by Holabird & Root, it was completed in 1929 and was home to Colgate-Palmolive-Peet. A beacon was added in 1930 and...
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- 1929
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Sterick Building
The Sterick Building is an office building in Memphis, Tennessee. It was designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick & Co., and was completed in 1930—its name is a contraction of the original owners' names R.E. Sterling and Wyatt Hedrick. It is a gothic-style...
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- 1928
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Buhl Building
The Buhl Building is a skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Architect Wirt C. Rowland gave the Buhl a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents. Constructed in 1925, it stands at 26 stories, across Congress Street from the Penobscot...
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- 1925
Cadillac Tower
Cadillac Tower is a Beaux Arts skyscraper designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee located at 65 Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit, Michigan, not far from the Renaissance Center. The building's materials include terra cotta and brick...
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- 1927
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Detroit Masonic Temple
The Detroit Masonic Temple is a large-events venue located in downtown Detroit, Michigan, at 500 Temple Street. The 4,404-seat Masonic Temple Theater, managed by Olympia Entertainment), is a venue for concerts, Broadway shows, and other special...
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- 1922
Lawyer Building
The Lawyers Building is the name of an office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan, standing at 137 Cadillac Square. It is also known as the American Title Building. THs building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The...
Opened:
- 1922
Griswold Building Senior Apartments
The Griswold Building Senior Apartments is a tall apartment building in downtown Detroit, Michigan, located at 1214 Griswold Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The Griswold Building Senior Apartments was built...
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- 1929
Merchants Building
The Merchants Building is a commercial building located at 206 E. Grand River Avenue (at Broadway Street) in Detroit, Michigan. It is also known as the Broadway Merchants Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983....
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- 1922
Villa Jeanneret
Villa Jeanneret is a building designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1925. It is located at 8 square du Docteur-Blanche, XVIe arrondissement, Paris, France.
The Villa Jeanneret was commissioned by Le Corbusier's brother, Albert Jeanneret,...
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- 1925
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Selby Field
Selby Field, usually referred to simply as Selby, is the football, field hockey, track & field and men's lacrosse field at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where the Bishop's teams play.
Selby has a seating capacity of 9,100, with all...
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- 1929
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Wachovia Building
The Wachovia Building, originally the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building is a skyscraper located on 123 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This beaux arts office building was completed in 1927, but was remodelled in 1996. The...
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- 1926
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Teapot Dome Service Station
The Teapot Dome Service Station in Zillah, Washington is one example of architectural folly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Many such follies were constructed as roadside attractions as the national highway system in the...
Opened:
- 1922
Benedum Center
The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 719 Liberty Avenue in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally built in 1928 as The Stanley Theatre, the former...
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- 1928
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PacBell Building
The PacBell Building or 140 New Montgomery Street in San Francisco's South of Market district is a Neo-Gothic, 435 feet (133 m) office tower located close to the St. Regis Museum Tower and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The 26-floor...
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- 1925
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- 1924
Russ Building
The Russ Building is a Neo-Gothic office tower located in San Francisco's Financial District. The 133 meter (435 feet) building was completed in 1927 and had 32 floors as well as the city's first indoor parking garage. The building was the tallest...
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- 1927
Shell Building
From the Shell Building Site:"When the 28-story Shell Building was developed in 1930, it was one of the tallest office structures in San Francisco. Today, it remains one of the city’s most distinctive business addresses. Winner of the...
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- 1929
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McAllister Tower Apartments
Opened:
- 1929
Mercantile Building
Opened:
- 1929
450 Sutter Street
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- 1929
Hunter-Dulin Building
Opened:
- 1926
Commercial Union Assurance Building
Opened:
- 1921
John Golden Theatre
The John Golden Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan. Designed in a Moorish style along with the adjacent Royale Theatre by architect Herbert J. Krapp for Irwin Chanin, it...
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- 1927
