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Cathedral Of Learning
University of Pittsburgh

4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh PA United States

Status:built
Construction Dates
  Began1926
  Finished1937
Floor Count42
Elevator Count12
Building Uses
 - education
 - university
Structural Types
 - highrise
Architectural Style
 - neo-gothic
Materials
 - limestone

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof163.1 m

Description
- This is the second tallest educational building in the world after the Lomonosov University in Moscow.

- This is the second tallest gothic-styled building in the world after New York's Woolworth Building.

- It has 2,529 windows.

- Work began September 27, 1926.

- Architect: Charles Z Klauder

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